38th Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations

The usual suspects and some strange head-scratchers dominated the list of nominees for the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. GH led with 21 nominations, while Y&R claimed 20.

Both of those soaps are up for Best Drama Series, along with AMC (13 noms) and last year's winner, B&B (14 nods).

OLTL, generally considered to be the best soap on the air, received scant recognition thanks to their annual bungling of tape submissions. (Really, OLTL? You submitted "Starr X'ed Lovers?") The show received 12 nominations, nothing bigger than the supporting races.

NBC's lone soap, DAYS, received five nominations. The now canceled ATWT got four nods in its last at-bat.

Among soap hunks nominated were DAYS' James Scott and Chandler Massey, GH's Jason Thompson and Chad Duell, Y&R's Billy Miller, and B&B's Scott Clifton.

The major nominations:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
All My Children (ABC)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
General Hospital (ABC)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Maurice Benard, GH
Ricky Paull Goldin, AMC
Christian LeBlanc, Y&R
Michael Park, ATWT
James Scott, DAYS

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Susan Flannery, B&B
Alicia Minshew, AMC
Debbi Morgan, AMC
Michelle Stafford, Y&R
Laura Wright, GH
Colleen Zenk, ATWT

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR

Doug Davidson, Y&R

Jonathan Jackson, GH

Brian Kerwin, OLTL

Billy Miller, Y&R

Jason Thompson, GH

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tricia Cast, Y&R
Melissa Claire Egan, AMC
Nancy Lee Grahn, GH
Julie Pinson, ATWT
Heather Tom, B&B
Bree Williamson, OLTL

(No Robin Strasser, Academy? Really?!)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR
Scott Clifton, B&B
Chad Duell, GH
Chandler Massey, DAYS

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS
Lexi Ainsworth, GH
Brittany Allen, AMC
Emily O'Brien, Y&R

The 38th Annual Daytime Emmys will be televised live from Las Vegas June 19th on CBS.