I congrat Doug Davidson but I was rooting for Jason Thompson. And I wanted Bradford Anderson to finally get an Emmy this year!

Congrats to Chandler Massey! I have to say that acceptance speech he made (that included Freddie) was beyond amazing! I screamed when Chan started talking about Freddie.

The Emmy award show was a Mess, worst I’ve seen… Glad Billy Miller & Doug Davidson won. The guy from B&B Scott Clifton couldn’t shut up, kept running his mouth…Guess they had no money to produce a show so they just threw something together and it was evident. Never again will I waste my time on a mess of a show like this.. The only thing on in the daytime is Y&R. I hate talk shows and game shows..
Bring back more soaps!!!

General hospital had a great year!!
The actors were superb!
The stories with all Vets returning were outstanding!
The stories had me on the edge!
General Hospital was excellent during the past year!

((shame on the judges))

I can’t even view this as an upset – Days of Our lives! Best Soap – YEAR 2013. OK. I dig it. right on. spot on. I get it Now.

Days squirts as best. I’ll salute it. NOW.

throughout the show… I saw Maggie and Abigail… one, strong, headshot, of Hope.
Justin Kiriakis looking so handsome… too handsome… HOT. altogether… he’s fine… i’m it… now on… for some fun…. I love it.

Maggie was shown and that’s alright! DAYS was shown and spirited.

DAYS deserves accolades. Tributes since May … year 2013 are earned. Stellar actors’ don’t all need mention – it’s just that good.

This makes up for the nominees. or WINS.

Chandler Massey Wins again. I hope thats regular. his thanking Freddie Smith as the best co-star immediately sent chills up my spine.

seeing Chrishelle Strause sitting with cast sitting with sent chills up my.

Happy Dance for DAYS i’m with You.

deserved recoginition it’s here.

Days of our Lives Salem’ites.

Salute.

Doug Davidson= I give it too him. wanting an Micael Muhney upset over Jason Thompson WIN. I got that.

Heather Tom – repeat. OK… so what… I’d prefer it Peggy McCay or Michelle Stafford.
She made me emotional her dig at 21 years with.

Days of Our Lives – wins Top Spot. OK.

My DVR Recorded only 2 hours.

imagine, my surprise that DrOOL. WON!

Happy Dance with Salem.

Congratulations Doug Davidson!

Long overdue and well deserved.

I was not able to watch as HLN is in HD only and I have an old TV. I am happy that Doug Davidson won. He deserved it.

Also, happy to see Kristen Alderson win.

Days of Our Lives wins for best Soap.

year 2013.

believable Win and deserved Win.

why not… GH faltered and CBS for some reason couldn’t camp it up and solidify.

I am very disappointed that Bradford Anderson and Jason Thompson did not win!!! At least in Jason’s category I am truly happy Doug Davidson won for his outstanding performance… but Scott Clifton over Bradford is a sad state of affairs.

I am very disappointed that Susan Flannery did not win too!

I can’t believe DOOL won… they were the worst with maybe a tie with B&B after Susan left. GH deserved more!

So sad OLTL did not get a the award!!!

Very happy about Julie and Kristen’s wins!!!

Chandler deserved his completely!

Can’t wait for your Emmy content… Michael!!!

Disappointed that Jason Thompson lost love however Doug Davidson long overdue the show was horrible didn’t look like it worked with three host n the couch oh well hope there is a next time

Congratulations to ALL winners of the Daytime Emmys. I am especially excited for Days of our Lives’ Outstanding Drama win! It is a much deserved and long overdue win!

My favorite was finally my Doug Davidson won

there should NOT have been a tie between billy miller and scott clifton because billy acted circles around scott……………i watch both shows daily & honestly all scott’s character did was stand around looking confused or like a deer stunned by headlights 90% of the time.
there SHOULD have been a tie between doug davidson & jason thompson because they both are extraordinary actors…………………..jmo

I was thoroughly disappointed with this broadcast. It was unprofessional, not thought out (who gives Lead Actor awards at the top of the show), and obviously a platform for America to hear Robyn Meade sing. Seriously…this was incredibly amateurish. And I’m not even referring to the lack of representation in the awards categories for the ABC soaps. Just a sad show, bordering on the absurd.

Chandler deserved to win but Days…even if its my favorite at the moment…wasnt the best…One Life To Live shouldve taken home the trophy…it was at its all time best in its final two weeks…no other soap kept me watching every moment like OLTL…i doubt even its reboot will ever come close to its last year on ABC.

The Emmys were nothing more than a joke! Who produced this show? A bunch of 6th graders? What happened to seeing a bit of the nominees submission? Oh right the winner sitting on a couch after they won was how it went. Not to mention that OLTL was robbed of best show. Don’t attack me here I watch BOTH shows and Days did not earn this award. Never again will we ever see the quality, the story lines or the superb acting that went into the last 2 weeks of OLTL. And GH walks away with 1 award? Please. If any one has learned anything in the past 2 years its the loyalty and dedication of abc actors and their fans. We/they are first class all the way. As far as Y&R with Jill Farren Phelps running the show Y&R’s ratings will soon go way down. That’s what she does best.

The broadcast was putrid.Even worse (f that is possible) than the preposterous Vegas infomercial few years back.Every acting winner was wrong with the possible exception of Doug Davidson.

Very happy for Doug Davidson and Chandler Massey. Very well deserved!

Doug Davidson has a brilliant story. Great win. Heather Tom also had a great year with the PPD story. I was a little shocked that Katherine Kelly Lang didn’t take home a much deserved trophy. Regardless, a nomination is still a huge honor to an actress who is very underrated. To be honest, i wouldn’t have mind if Julie Breman and KKL had a tie instead of Scott Clifton and Billy Miller.Not surprised that Kristen Alderson won. She had a great story.

I totally forgot it was on. 🙁 Maybe it will be recast. I’d love to see it. Yay for Days! Thrilled they won. And hooray for Heather and Doug, Scott and Billy. Would love to have seen KKL win. She so deserves it. I can’t believe she have any Emmys and this was her first nom.

It was a poorly produced show and the hosts were terrible – and the couch interviews were stupid. Surprised Susan Flannery lost. Too bad for Jason Thompson. Glad GH claimed a couple of winners. But DAYS as the best show was nonsense. I am not even a B&B fan, but how can you have the best writers and directors and lead actress and not be the best show – a joke. And Ben Bailey winning out over Steve Harvey – insulting. Here’s hoping that next year OLTL gets all the glory!

I am pretty happy with all of the results. Doug Davidson for sure!! Kristen Alderson as well…she has deserved an Emmy for 15 years. The repeat winners didn‘t really excite me…Julie has left the show and I‘ve never been a fan of Heather Tom‘s acting, even though I can‘t deny she is talented. I kind of wish One Life to Live had won as kind of an “in your face“ moment to ABC, but I am thrilled with the DAYS win. No soap is consistently good so the Emmy win comes down to who can do the best Emmy bait show. I‘m glad B and B did not win. To keep honouring that show with Emmys validates that their utter crap and non-existent storylines somehow make a show. Stephanie‘s death was a masterpiece, but the rest of it is a badly written, incohesive mess. The telecast itself was just…weird.

One Life to Live was robbed.

Congrats to DAYS, Kristen Alderson & Doug Davidson on their Emmy wins! A HUGE Congrats to the most talented guy in daytime, Chandler Massey. Love him!!!

One Life to Live robbed again.

congrats to all, especially GH actors who won.

It was a total train wreck !

SO proud of my little soap that could Days of Our Lives! So well deserved! To the cast, crew, NBC and Sony well done! And to Chandler Massey as well for his award, second in a row. He did beautiful work last year in an important storyline, in my opinion, there was never any competition….he was the shoe-in. I would have liked him to have thanked Deidre Hall, his good luck charm two years straight, and have made a comment about the importance, relevance and necessity it is to have more socially responsible storylines- in his case coming out and coming to terms with your sexual orientation- and maybe ended with some reassurances for anyone out there dealing with the same thing. But maybe when I win my Emmy for a soap, that’ll be what I say :D. So delighted, thrilled and excited for the show! I LITERALLY got a leg cramp from dancing when DAYS was announced!

I may have been disappointed Jason Thompson didn’t win for GH, whose visceral and heartbreaking portrayal of a widower getting ready to say goodbye to his wife was absolutely breathtaking and will go down in the annals of Best Soap Moments Ever, how could you not be thrilled for Doug Davidson! After all these years and yes he did have a good year acting wise, you can’t argue with his win! And his speech was poignant and heartfelt, lighthearted and classy.

I knew Heather would get Actress, though I was rooting for Peggy. And I can’t say I’m disappointed Katherine KL didn’t get Supporting Actress. Her reel was magnificent and I know everyone was rooting for her, but eh, I’m not upset at her loss. My vote was for Ari Zuker anyway.

There was no one I was rooting for in Younger Actress.

I won’t comment on the show itself because I know Michael Fairman had a hand in it, or parts of it, and I don’t want to offend anyone.

But damn am I proud of DAYS!!!!!

Congrats to DAYS for a very well deserved and LOOOOONG overdue Emmy win. Bravo to u all.

I am happy for all the winners, even if I don’t watch all the shows. What I especially appreciated were the wins by long-tome stars such as Doug Davidson and Kristen Alderson. And the other winners seem like such nice people, too. I saw some HLN interviews with a number of them and they all seemed so humble. My shows didn’t win big, but their wins were big…if that makes sense. I hope people are happy that the wealth was fairly well spread out. I was once I stopped to think about it. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

Loved the show… flaws and all, but was really disappointed they did not run the tribute clip to Monty Hall, regardless that he was brought on stage early, it still should have been shown.

It’s funny that Kristen Alderson has played the same character on OLTL for years…but doesn’t win until she gets to GH. Hmmmm, interesting

I was thrilled for Doug Davidson! And even though I do not watch Days anymore have not in years I was happy for them.

This was THE WORST Daytime Emmys in history! The production and organization of this ceremony was TERRIBLE! I’m sure many of you noticed how many errors or flubs occurred during the telecast. This show belongs on network television. It was such a snooze. The HLN woman (can’t remember her name) who sang those songs was terrible. There was just nothing at all exciting about the show. Why can they not go back to showing audible clips of each actor’s work in each category when the nominations are announced. The interviews after each win were unnecessary and forced. The actors should be given a chance to let it all sink in before asking them a bunch of trivial, stupid questions. That part should not be repeated next year. I almost didn’t watch this year because the ladies of GH were so robbed: Finola Hughes, Robin Mattson, Kelly Sullivan, Laura Wright, and Kelly Monaco. I was rooting for Jason Thompson, but if anyone else deserved to win, it was Doug Davidson. Please, if Heather Tom wins won more Emmy… aarrgghh!! She’s very overrated in my opinion. Give someone else a chance! The “In Memoriam” part was tastefully done, though. This show needs a major overhaul, and the people who put it together and organized it need to find another, less important event to mess up. I will not watch next year, but just read the winners list the day after. It was just so embarassing.

I will add this I thought the actual emmy show was pretty lousy I am not even familiar with the emcees and sorry but Jess Walton & Corbin Bersen should have watched the clip of the 1989 emmy show on how to do a tribute. Victoria Wyndham in her tribute to Douglas Watson their was not a dry eye in the house. But the Emmys were very well done in the old days. Lol!

I was so happy the Doug Davidson won- I remember when I watched those scenes that it was a powerful performance, but didn’t think he stood a chance against the Emmy system that seems to favor certain people year after year– so Doug winning has given me some hope the Emmy’s haven’t completely become a sham.

As for Days winning well that was a shock— not sure how that happened, maybe it is a sign the end of the world is near– LOL– Okay, good for them, the little engine that could– it is always nice when the underdog wins, but I think a lot OLTL fans will be upset.

First, things I liked.

Definitely Doug Davidson’s win. Well deserved, long overdue.
Chandler Massey’s winning.
Kristin Alderson FINALLY getting recognition (and her shout out to OLTL)
Days win, though in my heart I was rooting for OLTL.
Billy Miller’s win.
Most of Nancy Lee Grahn’s mini-interviews were amusing.

Overall, the broadcast was a disaster. Yes, I am grateful to HLN for airing it so the fans could see the presentations. But, the hosting was awkward, that damned couch and the choice of interviewers a huge fail. The seeming concentration on talk shows/hosts – especially Steve Harvey & The Talk. Wayne Brady would not shut up! He spoke longer than Monty Hall accepting his Lifetime Achievement award.

And, with so many soap actors having singing ability why did we have to hear Robin Meade sing 3 times? (yeah, yeah she works for HLN & has a cd coming out)

I assume it was a money thing having dinner during the awards show but I really felt it limited the areas that the cameras were able to focus upon to see people in the seating area – well, unless you were George Lucas who seemed to be on the screen every 10 minutes. I usually enjoy seeing candid shots of the actors as they watch the show. Unless you have a theater sized television the tiny screen insert during commercials was useless. Who could see anything?

The “let’s wrap it up” given to many of the winners. Considering they were re-airing the show IMMEDIATELY after the live broadcast they could have let it go on even 30 minutes longer and maybe edited out some of the stupidity.

I was reading some of the Twitter comments and it seems like a lot of people were rolling their eyes (or worse) Hillary B. Smith tweeted the show was so bad she was turning it off. Mimi Torchin (founding editor of SOD) was hysterically vocal about the missteps in the show) Carolyn Hinsey’s comments were also verging on the WTF?

So, thanks HLN. But I expected better considering you had a year to pull it together.

Doug by far is the most exciting Emmy of all night. He’s WAY overdue and he really blew us away with his scenes last year. Hands down the best moment of the night.

And even though I don’t watch it, I’m glad to see Days pick up an Emmy for best show. Most had predicted OLTL or GH, again.

While none of the shows seemed to be most deserving last year, Days also probably was overdue!

For the awards with who was actually nominated, I was relatively happy with the winners since Doug Davidson has been overlooked for so long and celebrating 35 years with Y&R, he earned his Emmy. Kristen Alderson has been omitted from the Younger Actress category for years so it was great to see her finally get a nomination for the character of Starr Manning. With the clips submitted, she totally deserved to win so very excited for earn to win what seems like a lifetime achievement award since she’s been playing this character for 15 years. I think Bradford Anderson was definitely robbed again this year and should have won in the Supporting Actor category. Chandler Massey and Freddie Smith have had a strong storyline this past year so either could have won and it would have been good. As for Supporting Actress, I have many favorites in this category, Arianne Zucker, Melissa Claire Egan and Julie Marie Berman. I will say it is great to see the actual clips submitted because it is very hard to determine who should win for overall work when only scenes from one or two episodes is submitted to review. The Academy definitely has always made some odd and unique choices but watching the clips sometimes helps the viewer to understand why one actor wins over another particularly of the specific material entered for contention. I wanted Arianne Zucker to win with her extraordinary work especially since DOOL actors are ignored by the Emmy’s. However, after watching Julie Marie Berman’s scenes, I knew she had the best chance of winning and she deserved it so I am excited for her especially since she left GH. Heather Tom – this is the one nomination and win I totally DISAGREE with and yes, I have a personal dislike for Ms. Tom. I have no clue why she continues to get nominated and has gone on to win 5 Emmy’s. She is one of the most untalented actresses in television and has no range whatsoever! The HATERS can attack all they want but it is just my opinion and she is horrible. She certainly should take her name out of contention (like Peter Bergman) so others can have a chance at a nomination and the Emmy. As for the HLN broadcast itself, I am thrilled someone aired the show so am grateful for HLN for putting the telecast together. However, the shoddy camera work, audio difficulties, and production numbers (thankfully there were only two songs nominated so Robin Meade didn’t have to sing any more than the two numbers) made the show difficult to watch. It all seemed very unrehearsed with not knowing when to go to break and who the camera was on and when to even speak. I will give props to Nancy Grahn’s hilarious segments in between commercial breaks which provided much needed laughter during the show. I didn’t think the interview couch segments were too bad but I believe having a soap fan like… Read more »

Emmy broadcast was horrible but the winners were great choices! While I’m shocked DAYS won Best Drama, I’m very happy for them that they finally won after 38 years………………Can’t believe it took them so long to finally win!

DD winning Lead Actor was deserving, FINALLY………….

1) WORST Award program I have ever seen! CNN HLN should NEVER get to air this event again! The “interview section” wasted time and sucked …… Sheryl from The Talk embarassed herself and eveyone else, screaming like a teenager when she was sent tot he stage then pawing Doug Davidson–disrespectful! The “Chef” with the Boob dress–to make herself relevant? Wrong Envelop, the Singer who couldn’t carry a tune?!?!?!? Why even have this award (2 songs compelte, seriously)….MWorst part: Monty Hall video, narrated by his daughter, can’t be run after all these freaking years!!?!?!?!?!? Please…..WORST WORST WORST! Ironically, Kathy Griffith finally acted and spoke appropriately in public and the rest of the show sucked!
2) Susan Flannery was ROBBED and DISRESPECTED!
3) Jacqueline was ROBBED as well … her scenes were far superior to the one chosen for th award–I watch the reels!
4) B&B Wins for Writing! Has anyone bothered to look t ANY of the Facebook fan sites for B&B–Worst writing Ever — one story told over and over and over … Brad bell doesn’t know HOW to write a story without Brooke being in it — The whole cast is leaving because it is a triangel every day! Who paid for that award?
5) Scott ties with Billy? On WHAT Universe? Brad Bell keep pushing this kid Liam–the Fans Hate him! He looks around the room day and after day with no lines … can’t chose a woman … ad the ONLY Scene where he spoke, and wore his underwear and dyed his hair is what he is BEST ACTOR for? Seriously?????????????? No way as good as Billy Miller who actually ACTS almost everyday, and adlibs perfectly! Brad MUST have paid for that award!

Forgot one more thing …. The fact that no extra laud was givine to GH for 50 years and Y&R for 40 years on TV was obsene! They could have killed the couch and the muscial travesty and done a decent tribute to both shows for their anniversaries! A COLLOSAL Missed Opportunity! SOAPNEY or CBS Better rescue this program–We Need the show, just on another network!

DAYS OF OUR LIVES finally wins Outstanding Drama Series…SO DAMN LONG overdue…after years of undeserved snubs!

Hard to believe it has been 38 years since their last win in that category!

Congrats to Doug Davidson and Chandler Massey, the two most deserving acting wins of the night.

While the winners weren’t necessarily those I would have chosen, I think everyone who won was deserving. My bigger concern is the reports I’ve been hearing from credible people at the event that soap actors were told by an HLN red carpet interviewer “Um, this is a LIVE show” and turned down for interviews. While I understand that there are other shows on Daytime besides soaps and respect that some talkshow personalities will be interviewed, I feel that the red carpet show was disporportionately focused on talk show hosts and other personalities who were there (e.g. Kris Jenner, WTH? Why?) and a snub to the actors who work the hardest and are still the heart and soul of Daytime television.

Congrats to all the winners! With that said the 40th Daytime Emmys was the worst production ever. Those stupid interviews wasted so much time. Where were the actual clips of the nominated soaps as well as the actors? Did there really have to be a song category? Who the hell watches CBS Sunday Morning? Why no tributes to GH or Y&R? Who picked the hosts? They were awful! You know a show is bad when the commercials were the best part. I appreciate HLN broadcasting the Emmys but I’ve seen high school shows run better. I remember when Dick Clark produced the Emmys and they were held in NYC and on a weekday afternoon. That’s how the Daytime Emmys deserve to be run.! The Emmys deserve respect!,

Let me start out by saying, I am grateful that HLN was kind enough to air the Daytime Emmy’s, and I was so looking forward to watching them, thinking that a channel of that nature would do a great job, but I was disappointed in the lack of professionalism. I did enjoy it more than the ridiculous broadcast from Las Vegas, but again, it was a promo for their own network, which is understandable, but not my cup of tea. I am an ABC fan, so I was happy to see Julie Berman and Kristen Alderson win, and while I would have loved Jason Thompson to win, I am very happy for Doug Davidson, who has been a talented actor and staple in daytime for many years. I was most disappointed in One Life to Live not getting the Best Drama Series nod, and Bradford Anderson not getting the win in his category either, but since they did not bother showing clips of all of the nominees, I have no idea what the others submitted. I truly believe that the lack of showing substantial clips of all nominees is one of the biggest negatives in all of the broadcasts of this show over the last few years. Bottom line is, as much as I complain, I am still happy to be able to see it each year, regardless of the things I did not like, something is better than nothing. Congrats to all of the nominees and hooray to all of the winners!!!! I am not a DOOL fan, but I am happy for all of those who work at the show and the fans who love the show, as that is some come from behind win – congratulations!

I’ve never seen such poor production values on an awards show. Who were the hosts? Did they just slap the thing together @ the last minute?