Friday night saw a new victor emerge in the Digital Drama Series categories, as well as top-rated soap, The Young and the Restless taking home the most gold at the 46th annual Daytime Creative Emmy Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, in Pasadena California.
After Forever tells the story of two middle-aged gay men whose love and their marriage were both supposed to last forever. But when one unexpectedly dies, “forever” is cut short, and the other must learn to negotiate not only his grief, but the world as a, now, single gay man in his early 50’s.” The series took home the gold in four categories including: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Drama Series, Supporting Actress in a Digital Drama Series and for Writing and Producing for a Digital Drama Series. Some very familiar names to soap fans won for the digital series including Kevin Spirtas (Ex-DAYS) for his leading role and former OLTL, GL and ATWT director, Jennifer Pepperman. Spirtas and his writing partner for After Forever, Michael Slade (Ex-DAYS) also won in the writing category.
For The Young and the Restless behind the scenes talents, they took home five awards including: art direction, lighting direction, sound mixing,, costume design, and hairstyling. Days of our Lives picked up three in the makeup, music composition, and casting categories. The Bold and the Beautiful took in two statuettes with wins for original song and for technical team, and General Hospital scored one for multi-camera editing.
Are these daytime drama wins a sign of what is to come Sunday night in the major award ceremony? Not necessarily! Last year, Days was completely shut out at the ‘Creatives” and ended up winning the big three, Drama, Writing and Directing for a Drama Series and more.
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Now below, check out the night’s big winners in the digital drama and network daytime drama categories. Then, let us know what you thought of the outcome via the comment section below!
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
Vanessa Baden Kelly, Giants
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
Kevin Spirtas, After Forever
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
Erin Cherry, After Forever
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
Terrence Terrell, Giants
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
Sean Patrick Flanery, The Bay
Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design for a Drama Series
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Drama Series
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Technical Team for a Drama Series
The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series
General Hospital
Outstanding Live and Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series
Ken Corday and team, Days of our Lives
Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Drama Series
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Makeup for a Drama Series
Days of our Lives
Outstanding Casting in a Drama Series
Marnie Saitta, Days of our Lives
Outstanding Writing for a Digital Drama Series
Kevin Spirtas, Michael Slade, After Forever
Outstanding Directing for a Digital Drama Series
Jennifer Pepperman, After Forevcr
Outstanding Original Song
“You’re The One” – The Bold and the Beautiful