For those of you who don't know, I'm a fan of soap operas. I grew up with Sami and Carrie Brady on Days of Our Lives. Spent my college years with Erica Kane's extended family on All My Children. Now, I flip between the towns of Llanview, Port Charles, Genoa City, Salem, and Pine Valley. I'll also mourn the loss of Guiding Light in a couple weeks.
Since the actors and shows who deserve the award are lucky to even make it to the nomination stage, I have doubts anyone I want to win will be invited up on the stage. Forget who will win. I just want to tell who I want to see holding the Emmy this Sunday.
Outstanding Drama Series: Nominees
- All My Children
- The Bold and the Beautiful
- Days of Our Lives
Who I want to win: Honestly, I don't care about this one. AMC is the only one of these shows I watched in 2008, and the show was frustrating to say the least. Where was General Hospital and One Life To Live or even Guiding Light on this list?
Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team: Nominees
- All My Children
- The Bold and the Beautiful
- General Hospital
- One Life To Live
Who I want to win: One Life To Live.
Outstanding Lead Actress: Nominees
- Debbi Morgan (Angie, AMC)
- Maura West (Carly, ATWT)
- Susan Flannery (Stephanie, B&B)
- Susan Haskell (Marty, OLTL)
- Jeanne Cooper (Katherine, Y&R)
Who I want to win: Cooper is always amazing, but I'm going with Haskell. As much as I hate the cliché of a victim falling for abuser in soap operas, Marty did have amnesia, and Haskell played the part well.
Outstanding Lead Actor: Nominees
- Thorsten Kaye (Zach, AMC)
- Peter Reckell (Bo, DAYS)
- Anthony Geary (Luke, GH)
- Daniel Cosgrove (Bill, GL)
- Christian LeBlanc (Michael, Y&R)
Who I want to win: Cosgrove. If Geary wins again, I'll throw things at the tv. Luke has not been involved in a decent story arc in years. Though it would be interesting to see married in real life couple Haskell and Kaye win a matching pair of Emmys.
Outstanding Supporting Actress: Nominees
- Melissa Claire Egan (Annie, AMC)
- Alicia Minshew (Kendall, AMC)
- Julie Pinson (Janet, ATWT)
- Tamara Braun (ex-Ava, DAYS)
- Bree Williamson (Jessica, OLTL)
Who I want to win: Williamson. Multiple personalities, child swapping, and loss of a spouse lead to the well deserved Emmy gold.
Outstanding Supporting Actor: Nominees
- Vincent Irizarry (David, AMC)
- Jacob Young (JR, AMC)
- Van Hansis (Luke, ATWT)
- Bradford Anderson (Spinelli, GH)
- Jeff Branson (Shayne, GL)
Who I want to win: Branson is great, and I'd like see Guiding Light win something. However, Anderson brings much needed spark to General Hospital, and he deserves to walk away with this one.
Outstanding Younger Actress: Nominees
- Meredith Hagner (Liberty, ATWT)
- Rachel Melvin (ex-Chelsea, DAYS)
- Kirsten Storms (Maxie, GH)
- Julie Berman (Lulu, GH)
- Emily O'Brien (Jana, Y&R)
Who I want to win: Storms without a doubt. Storms and Anderson are golden on General Hospital.
Outstanding Younger Actor: Nominees
- Cornelius Smith, Jr. (Frankie, AMC)
- Blake Berris (ex-Nick, DAYS)
- Darin Brooks (ex-Max, DAYS)
- EJ Bonilla (Rafe, GL)
- Bryton James (Devon, Y&R)
Who I want to win: Smith, Jr. should win, and Bonilla should not be on this list.
Disagree with Storms and Anderson winning.
Hansis should win supporting actor. Anderson's reel doesn't hold candle to the others.
Storms was good but Berman and Melvin's reel were far superior. Melvin or Berman should win.
Posted by: melissa | Saturday, 29 August 2009 at 02:08 PM
I'd be cool with Berman winning, but anyone other than Anderson winning Supporting Actor will result in me booing at the tv loudly.
Posted by: -Jen | Saturday, 29 August 2009 at 03:09 PM