NBC's "Santa Barbara" took the daytime Emmy awards by storm Thursday, namedthe outstanding soap opera for the second year in a row and capturing five otherstatuettes.
Among its Emmys was the award for outstanding lead actress in a daytime drama, which went to Marcy Walker, who plays Eden Capwell on "Santa Barbara."The Emmy for outstanding actor in a soap opera went for the second consecutive year to David Canary, who plays Adam and Stuart Chandler on "All My Children" (ABC).
The envelopes were opened at the 16th annual Daytime Emmy Awards presentation, held at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and telecast on NBC.
Walker's win meant that Susan Lucci of ABC's "All My Children," who has been nominated for the top actress award 10 times, didn't make it again.
"Santa Barbara," which has been on the air only five years - just a twinkling in a genre where shows can last for a quarter century - also won Emmys in the categories of writing, juvenile male actor, supporting actor and supporting actress (a tie).
In the talk show race, the syndicated "The Oprah Winfrey Show" won for the second consecutive year. Sally Jesse Raphael, also syndicated, won her first Emmy as top talk show host after 33 years on the air, leaving last year's winner, Phil Donahue, with only thanks from Raphael for all she learned from him.
Among the game shows, the winner was "The $25,000 Pyramid," which has been on shaky ground on CBS. Alex Trebek, host of "Jeopardy!" (syndicated), was named outstanding talk show host.
NBC was the winner among the networks Thursday, taking seven Emmys - six of them for "Santa Barbara." ABC won five, syndicated shows had three, CBS only two and PBS, one.
The rest of the winners named outstanding in their categories were:
Soap opera directing team: "The Young And The Restless" (CBS).
Costume design in a soap opera: Margarita Delgado and Charles Shoonmaker of "Another World" (NBC).
Children's special: "Taking A Stand," an "ABC Afterschool Special" that dealt with racial bigotry in an all-white neighborhood.
Children's series: "Newton's Apple" (PBS).
Animated program: "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" (ABC), breaking the winning streak of "Jim Henson's Muppet Babies," which had taken the Emmy for the last four years in a row.
Juvenile female in the soaps: Kimberly McCullough of "General Hospital" (ABC).
Juvenile male in a soap: Justin Gocke of "Santa Barbara" (NBC).
Supporting actor: Justin Deas of "Santa Barbara" (NBC) for the second year in a row.
Supporting actress: A tie, going to Debbi Morgan of "All My Children" (ABC) and Nancy Lee Grahn of "Santa Barbara" (NBC).
Muppeteer Jim Henson presented the Television Academy's first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award for daytime to Joan Ganz Cooney, president of Children's Television Workshop, for bringing quality children's television to the air in the form of "Sesame Street," "The Electric Company," "3-2-1 Contact" and "Square One TV."
Cooney, who came on to the theme song from "Sesame Street," thanked her associates and added, "Above all, I'm here because of the children throughout the world and in this country who have responded so unstintingly to CTW's work."
A special tribute went to Douglass Watson, who played Mackenzie Cory in NBC's "Another World." Watson, who died in May, also had been up for a best actor award.
Thirty-four Emmys in 32 technical and creative arts categories were handed out on June 24 in non-televised ceremonies in Los Angeles. CBS won 15, PBS seven, syndicated shows took four. ABC, HBO, and NBC each won two, and Cinemax and Disney each had one winner in those awards.