Daytime Emmys have the PBS on a roll

PBS is leading at the Daytime-Emmys with 13 awards, including the 18th for Bob Barker.

Daytime Emmys have the PBS on a roll Besides the retired game show host, 6 of the 13 Creative Craft awards went to the Sesame Street. "The Price is Right" won for game-audience participation show, where Bob Barker was working until last week as the executive producer.

In the category for morning shows - a tie between ABC's "Good Morning America" and NBC's "Today". Paula Deen from the Food Network won an award for the lifestyle host during the Daytime Emmy ceremony.

NBC's "The Office: Accountants" won in the Daytime Emmy comedy category; "It's Jerrytime!" on Ozone Inc. won in variety, "Cyberchase" on PBS won in children's. Ellen DeGeneres' talk show took four of the nine Daytime Emmys among the syndicated shows.

Rosie O'Donnell, who replaced Vieira on ABC's chatfest "The View" before her recent departure, was nominated for talk show host Friday night, along with her former colleagues Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Joy Behar.

Currently the online betting website Bodog is offering odds on who will be named Rosie O'Donnell's permanent replacement on The View, with Roseanne Barr favorite with odds 5/2.

Published on 06/15/2007