Lucci Receives Nomination - Again

Like an ongoing soap opera plot line, all eyes will again be on “All My Children” star Susan Lucci when the winners of the 26th annual Daytime Emmy Awards are announced May 21.

Lucci, who plays Erica Kane on the long-running ABC soap, was nominated Thursday in the outstanding actress in a daytime drama category for the 19th time.

She has left the ceremony empty-handed the 18 other times she was up for the prize.

This year, Lucci will compete with another veteran, Elizabeth Hubbard of CBS’ “As the World Turns.” Hubbard won the outstanding actress statuette in 1974 when she starred in NBC’s “The Doctors.” The other contenders are Kim Zimmer of CBS’ “Guiding Light,” and Jeanne Cooper and Melody Thomas Scott, of CBS’ “The Young & the Restless.” Zimmer has won previous three times in the category.

“Y&R” racked up 21 nominations, the most of any program, and ABC’s “General Hospital” followed with 13. Both are nominated for outstanding daytime drama along with ABC’s “All My Children” and NBC’s “Days of Our Lives.”

“The Rosie O’Donnell Show” had the most nominations of any talk show with 11, followed by ABC’s “The View” with 10. Both will contend in the outstanding talk show category with “Live With Regis and Kathie Lee,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “Leeza.”

PBS’ “Sesame Street” received 11 nominations, the most of any children’s program. It will compete in the outstanding preschool children’s series category against Nickelodeon’s “Blue’s Clues” and “The Wubbulus World of Dr. Seuss,” and PBS series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and “Teletubbies.”

“Hollywood Squares” scored the most nominations of any game show with five. The freshman syndicated series is up for an Emmy in the outstanding game/audience participation show category with CBS’ “The Price Is Right,” Comedy Central’s “Win Ben Stein’s Money,” “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune.”