# 39th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), "recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m. during the 2011 calendar year". The ceremony took place on June 23, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. The ceremony was televised in the United States by HLN and produced by LocoDistro and Executive Producer Gabriel Gornell.
The evening was not hosted however the pre-show ceremony was hosted by A.J. Hammer and Nischelle Turner. The drama pre-nominees were announced on March 2, 2012, and the nominations were announced during an episode of The Today Show on May 9, 2012. In related events, the 39th Annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles on June 17, 2012.
General Hospital won the most awards, with a total of five wins including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team and other Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The soap opera also had the most awards with a total of 23 (including Creative Arts Emmy Awards). Anthony Geary won its seventh win in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series category. Live! with Regis and Kelly won in the Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment category for its last season. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to television producer Bill Geddie. The ceremony attracted 912,000 viewers (not counting four repeat broadcasts which brought the total to 2 million), the broadcast was "the most watched regularly scheduled, non-news telecast" ever on HLN, but by far the least-watched Daytime Emmy ceremony ever.

## Winners and nominees

In the lists below, the winner of the category is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
| Key | Meaning |
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| Category | Winners and nominees |
| Outstanding Drama Series | General Hospital‡ All My Children Days of Our Lives The Young and the Restless |
| Outstanding Children's Animated Program | The Penguins of Madagascar‡ Dora the Explorer SpongeBob SquarePants Curious George Sid the Science Kid Peep and the Big Wide World |
| Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show | Jeopardy!‡ BrainSurge Cash Cab Let's Make a Deal Wheel of Fortune Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
| Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program | Last Shot with Judge Gunn‡ America's Court with Judge Ross Judge Joe Brown We the People With Gloria Allred |
| Outstanding Morning Program | The Today Show‡ Good Morning America |
| Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Entertainment | Take This Lollipop‡ The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Clarence Update - The Bold and the Beautiful The Today Show |
| Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment | Live! with Regis and Kelly‡ The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Talk The View |
| Outstanding Talk Show Informative | The Dr. Oz Show‡ Anderson The Doctors |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer on General Hospital‡ Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos on General Hospital John McCook as Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful Darnell Williams as Jesse Hubbard on All My Children Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan on One Life to Live |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Heather Tom as Katie Logan Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful‡ Crystal Chappell as Carly Manning on Days of Our Lives Debbi Morgan as Angie Hubbard on All My Children Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord on One Life to Live Laura Wright as Carly Corinthos Jacks on General Hospital |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer on General Hospital‡ Bradford Anderson as Damian Spinelli on General Hospital Matthew Ashford as Jack Deveraux on Days of Our Lives Sean Blakemore as Shawn Butler on General Hospital Jason Thompson as Patrick Drake on General Hospital |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis on General Hospital‡ Melissa Claire Egan as Annie Lavery on All My Children Genie Francis as Genevieve Atkinson on The Young and the Restless Elizabeth Hendrickson as Chloe Mitchell on The Young and the Restless Rebecca Herbst as Elizabeth Webber on General Hospital |
| Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | Chandler Massey as Will Horton on Days of Our Lives‡ Eddie Alderson as Matthew Buchanan on One Life to Live Chad Duell as Michael Corinthos on General Hospital Nathan Parsons as Ethan Lovett on General Hospital |
| Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series | Christel Khalil as Lily Winters on The Young and the Restless‡ Molly Burnett as Melanie Jonas on Days of Our Lives Shelley Hennig as Stephanie Johnson on Days of Our Lives Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Steffy Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful |
| Outstanding Game Show Host | Todd Newton on Family Game Night Ben Bailey on Cash Cab Wayne Brady on Let's Make a Deal Meredith Vieira, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
| Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host | Sandra Lee on Semi-Homemade Cooking‡ Rick Bayless on Mexico One Plate at a Time Nate Berkus, The Nate Berkus Show Paula Deen, Paula's Best Dishes Giada De Laurentiis on Giada at Home |
| Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Kevin Clash as Elmo on Sesame Street‡ Dakota Goyo as Josh on R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour The Series Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadaby on Sesame Street Caroll Spinney as Big Bird on Sesame Street |
| Outstanding Talk Show Host | Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa on Live! with Regis and Kelly Anderson Cooper on Anderson Mehmet Oz on The Dr. Oz Show Rachael Ray on Rachael Ray Lisa Masterson, Jillian Michaels, Andrew P. Ordon, Jim Sears, Travis Lane Stork and Wendy Walsh on The Doctors |
| Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team | General Hospital‡ The Bold and the Beautiful One Life to Live The Young and the Restless |
| Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team | Days of Our Lives‡ All My Children General Hospital The Young and the Restless |

### Lifetime Achievement Award

* Bill Geddie

## In Memoriam

Deidre Hall presented the filmed tribute to the TV artists and producers who died in 2011:
* Jack LaLanne
* Jeff Conaway
* Leonard B. Stern
* Sherwood Schwartz
* David Pressman
* Mary Fickett
* Patricia Breslin
* Sue Mengers
* Judy Lewis
* Nick Santino
* Jonathan Frid
* Dick Clark
* Bob Stewart
* Lee Rich
* Jim Paratore
* Kathryn Joosten
* Ray Bradbury
* Richard Dawson
* Judy Freudberg

### Special Tributes

* All My Children
* One Life to Live