It's beginning to look that way to me. Of course they have to be nominated first, which they should be The contenders:

Lead Actress
Melody Thomas Scott, Jeanne Cooper, Robin Strasser and Kathy Brier (possible Erika Slezak)

Lead Actor
Okay, well to me it is just Eric Braeden, but Trevor St. John stands a mighty fine chance. These two are unbeatable right now.

Supporting Actress
Definitely a Y&R/OLTL actress will win this one if there is any justice. You have Kassie Depaiva, Jess Walton, Susan Haskell, Elizabeth Hendrickson (Yes I think she's done some wonderful work), and Nia Peebles (a true Supporting actress with some mighty fine tapes in there).

Supporting Actor
Again we have Chris Engen, the erratic Christian Leblanc (if he chooses to go Supp.), John Paul Lavoiser(sp?), and maybe a surprising Billy Miller.

Only when it comes to the Younger categories is it up in the year. Though OLTL stands a better chance with Alderson and the actors that play Shane and Matthew. Y&R has a chance with the actor playing Noah too.

In the end, 2009 should be a showdown between the two Top Drama Series of 2008 and that is ABC's "One Life to Live" and CBS "The Young & the Restless." That's not to say the other soaps don't have worthy contenders, but I just think these two soaps did better with there's.

Judith Chapman has to be nominated.

It's Y&R and OLTL for me that have to be nom for best show. The other 2 slots will probably go to AMC and B&B, but like I said it's OLTL & Y&R battle for the win.

Remember, these are the Daytime Emmys we're talking about. In a tight race between OLTL and Y&R, the winner will probably by GH.

Don't expect a lot of love for OLTL in the acting races. Never expect a lot a love for OLTL in the acting races. Last year, it had its incredible renaissance and earned exactly ONE nomination, for supporting actor Brian Kerwin. Since the new system was instituted, OLTL has had a lot of luck scoring nominations in the supporting actress category, but the show has won exactly ONE acting Emmy in the last decade: Erika Slezak's sixth lead actress win in 2005. When was the last time OLTL won an acting award for someone other than Slezak? You guessed it: 1994, when Howarth/Haskell/Smith won for the original rape storyline.

Y&R, however, can expect great success, for its many fine actors as well as a good half dozen of its hair models. Considering last year's preposterous nominations, we'll probably end up seeing both Edens nominated in the younger actress category and another nod for the world's youngest and least effectual DA.

I have said it once and I will say it again. Susan Haskell will win Best Supporting actress. Yes, even over the amazing Jess Walton and the annoying as hell, melodramatic, Judith Chapman. Her tapes are raw knockouts.

An uneven year for OLTL and to a lesser extent, Y&R- Y&R has the most consistent brilliance day to day, Y&R deserves Best Show. However, I think OLTL's STRONG episodes are so strong that they have a better shot at winning emmys (if nominated) than ANY of Y&R's episodes. Y&R's finest episodes are more suited to longterm viewers, they are brilliant but will not be appreciated as much by the people voting.

If there is a god, Melody Thomas Scott will win Best Actress. Jeanne Cooper's performances are again more suited to longterm viewing than to viewing two episodes.
And yet again, you have Erika Slezak with incredibly strong episodes that are going to give any nominated actress a run for their money in terms of someone watching 2 tapes.

Eric Braeden IS BEST ACTOR. No one comes close.

If nominated I do think OLTL will win Best Show, Best Directing, Best Supporting Actress and possibly Best Actress- if nominated in any of these categories.

Best Writing- I think Y&R can pull this one off with Katherine's funeral episodes.

And as far as that damn GH- I am sure they have one of their "specifically made for the emmy" Bang Bang Shoot em up, fireworks, JFP Specials-

I hope this year that these voters see through the bulls-it and give it to Y&R or OLTL.

Given Emmy trends and histories, I tend to think Y&R will win best drama series, whether OLTL is nominated or not (and it probably will be). GH, as mentioned, is also always a contender, and is unfortunately more likely to win than OLTL. Having the best tapes hasn't really helped OLTL that much in the past, so I don't see it netting them a win as best series now.

I also kind of doubt that Haskell will win best supporting actress. My feeling this year is that if it's not Kathy Brier, it'll be someone fairly unexpected, not Haskell or any of the women mentioned above. Maybe Ellen Dolan or Sarah Brown.

I still think the Emmy system is ****ed up big time. Show's like Y&R and OLTL that have big casts are the ones who lose out because there are so many deserving performers worthy of a nomination.

That said, here are my Y&R choices

LEAD ACTRESS.....Cooper and Scott
LEAD ACTOR.......Bergman and Braeden
SUPPORTING ACTRESS......Walton and Chapman
SUPPORTING ACTOR......Shackelford and Davidson
YOUNGER ACTRESS..O'Brien and Khalil
YOUNGER ACTOR.....McClure and the actor who plays Noah


But this 2 pre nom thing worries me, especially in the Lead category...
With all the ass kissing that is done on this show by the likes of Peter Bergman, Christian LeBlanc and Michele Stafford, i have a feeling that the truly deserving are going to be screwed once again....

namely Eric Braeden and Melody Thomas Scott.
If LeBlanc gets in over Braeden and Stafford takes away Scott's nod, i will be livid!!

And sad to say, i see it happening!

OLTL will get screwed again thanks to the machinations of CBS and the voting system. Y&R will unjustly score all the nods again, with most of the hair models taking up space. Melody Thomas Scott will get screwed over again, thanks to her beloved co-star, Jeanne Cooper.

I truly gave up on my AMC this year. I said if Pratt can't save it nothing will. However, if there's one category I could see AMC having locked it would be Debbi Morgan in Lead Actress. She was outstanding. And Darnell Williams and David Canary should score Lead Actor noms. Other than that, I don't think AMC deserves any more noms. Well I take that back...If they submit Angie and Jesse reuniting plus Angie and Jesse's wedding (the closest thing to the "glory days" AMC had in 2008 with its cast and all) they would be deserving. But they'll probably submit the tornado stunt which eliminates them in my book.

I will say in a perfect world Melody Thomas Scott would be nominated and win. Also...Judith Chapman has done more than enough good work to earn a nomination. Sure it's camp at its finest, but IT WORKS FOR HER AND THE CHARACTER! Chapman seems to get a lot of hate on these boards, and I eat up every moment of her's onscreen.

--Morgan

Really? I find most people love Chapman, except me!

Yeah Y&R tends to get alot of nominations(some undeserved, generally in the younger categories) And yeah, I am over LeBlanc and Stafford at this point.

This is Braden and Melody's year. I think Melody has much stronger tapes than Jeanne, unless the "academy" still goes for dual roles...

Again, Erika Slezak's dynamite tapes may be a huge upset.

And I would love to see Debbi Morgan get a nomination and from what I hear she most likely will. ( I haven't watched AMC in 15 years- I was 16 or something)

I would think the nominess will be:

Melody Thomas Scott
Jeannie Cooper
Erika Slezak
Debbi Morgan
and I have no idea who the 5th will be

And I do not think it will be Robin Strasser.

I agree w/Cooper, Morgan, & Scott getting nominations, but I really don't think Erika will be nom even though it wouldn't bother me if she were. The final slots, one of them must go to KKL b/c she was amazing in the Storm Suicide story and to be blunt it's about damn time this woman is recognized. The final slot for me is up in the air and will probably go to Robin Strasser which would be fine w/me, but I would love to see Noelle Beck, Laura Wright, or Arianne Zuker get it.

All I'm sure of, is that Days, Y&R, or any other show helmed by a WGA Fi-core writer, won't be winning an Emmy.

I'd like to add OLTL's Melissa Fumero to the younger category. I think she's got a great chance.

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Oooh. I'd completely forgot to remember Melissa Fumero's astonishing star-making turn during May Sweeps when compiling my pre-list of the year's best performances to consider. Thanks for reminding me Cindi! I hope she's given a chance to take the slot everyone seems to want to reserve for Julie Berman who I thought was just one-note and almost bratty as the younger Spencer this year. She's fast becoming the most unbecoming character on that show. And that in a field that includes that duntz who plays Nickolas's love interest. Just how many ways is there to say lame, lame, lame?

I don't think the Fi-Core issue is going to come up at the Emmy's since those who are upset about that whole issue make up a very small portion of the voting block.

GH didn't do any big splashy Emmy event grabbing thing this year. When they don't do that they don't win. Look at every Best Series Emmy they have won this decade it is always a Sweeps/Emmy Stunt they didn't do anything this year on that scale.

In terms of sheer Emmy bait, I'll be astonished if Susan Haskell doesn't win Supporting Actress. Not that she hasn't worked what she was given, but damn...

at OLTL i think the pre-noms are going to be tough because you have a lot of worthy contenders: Haskell, Brier, Williamson, Archer for Supporting actress; Slezak, Strasser, De Pavia for Lead Actress.

I actually think this year that De Pavia should not submit her name because she was less front-burner than some of the others.

I'd like to see it work out like this:

Lead: Slezak, Strasser
Supporting: Haskell, Brier

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Originally posted by Boidiva02:
at OLTL i think the pre-noms are going to be tough because you have a lot of worthy contenders: Haskell, Brier, Williamson, Archer for Supporting actress; Slezak, Strasser, De Pavia for Lead Actress.

God, I hope you're wrong about Archer. She shouldn't get anywhere near a pre-nom.

Oh Charger I agree completely.

Archer is one of OLTL's worst actors.

One note, shrill- she lacks any subtext and HAS NEVER ONCE CRIED ON THE SHOW- EVER. They generally resort to glycerine tears with her.

Her "performances" during sweeps were legendary in their badness.

When the script calls for it, you find a way to feel the material. She screams it, scrunches her face, delivers her lines in that same annoying way every time. She bores me to tears.

Yuck.

Ha.

I'd much rather see DePaiva get the pre-nom than Slezak. I think OLTL is very good at using Slezak to anchor the show without really writing for her all that much. Anyway, I think DePaiva was really good all year, and she would consistently surprise me with how effective I found her performances to be.

As always, I'm eager to see how noms shake down, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are as psycho as they were last year.

I think OLTL should stick with Slezak and Strasser in lead. I love DePaiva but I cant think of anything that she could submit that would get her a nomination. Her best episodes were probably Starr and Cole's first time but Trevor St. John, Alderson and Buddy had the meatier material there. I assume Slezak would submit the pre-Thanksgiving episode at Victor's grave with 1 of the 40th anniversary- Viki goes to heaven again episodes. That pairing could easily get her a nomination and win. Strasser has a ton to submit from the earlier part of the year. She has the BE takeover episodes and all the plotting that lead up to it plus the 40th anniversary episodes were great for her too. The scenes where she drugs Charlie, asks for Mel's forgiveness and then dumps Charlie behind a bar on her way to BE paired with the scenes where Mel comes back from the dead to tell her off and tells her to snap out of her obsession with Viki would make a very competitive reel. I don't remember any material that DePaiva had this year that would make for a better reel than these 2 ladies.

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