‘All My Children’ leads Daytime Emmy nominations with 18

ABC’s “All My Children” earned a leading 18 Daytime Emmy nominations Wednesday, while “The View” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” each had 11 in talk show categories.

“General Hospital” and “Guiding Light” each received 13 nominations, as did the venerable children’s show “Sesame Street.”

“Martha Stewart Living” received three nominations. Stewart is being released from prison this week and, if she wants, can ask federal probation officials for permission to attend the awards ceremony.

The 32nd annual awards are scheduled for May 20 at Radio City Music Hall in New York, televised by CBS.

DeGeneres’ show won last year’s award for best talk show – in its freshman season – and will compete in that category this year against “The View,” “Live With Regis & Kelly,” “Dr. Phil” and “Soap Talk.”

“All My Children” will compete for best drama series along with “General Hospital,” “As The World Turns” and “The Young and The Restless.”

Its star, Michael E. Knight, was nominated for best actor along with Roger Howarth of “As the World Turns,” Jack Wagner of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” Steve Burton of “General Hospital,” Grant Aleksander of “Guiding Light” and Christian Jules LeBlanc of “The Young and the Restless.”

Oddly, the eight nominees for best actress don’t include anyone from “All My Children.”

They are: Martha Byrne, “As the World Turns”; Susan Flannery, “The Bold and the Beautiful”; Nancy Lee Grahn, “General Hospital”; Kim Zimmer, “Guiding Light”; Erika Slezak and Kassie DePaiva, “One Life to Live”; Juliet Mills, “Passions”; and Michelle Stafford, “The Young and the Restless.”