Daytime Emmy Awards 2008

The 2008 Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 20, 2008 at the Kodak Theater , Los Angeles . The show was hosted by Cameron Mathison ( All My Children ) and Sherri Shepherd ( The View ). The program was broadcast by ABC . For the first time, votes and nominations were made on a dedicated website. It was the 35th award in the Daytime category.

Program categories

Drama Series (Outstanding Drama Series)	Game Show (Outstanding Game / Audience Participation Show)
General Hospital ( ABC ) Springfield Story ( CBS ) Love, lie, passion (ABC) Shadow of Passion (CBS)	Cash Cab ( Discovery Channel Jeopardy! ( Syndication ) The Price Is Right (CBS)
Entertainment Talk Show (Outstanding Talk Show-Entertainment)	Breakfast program (Outstanding Morning Program)
Rachael Ray (Syndication) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndication) The View (ABC)	Good Morning America (ABC) American Morning ( CNN ) Today ( NBC )
Lifestyle program (Outstanding Lifestyle Program)	Court show (Outstanding Legal / Courtroom Program)
Everyday Italian ( Food Network ) Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie (PBS) Lidia's Italy (PBS) Nigella Express (Food Network) Witch Crafts (DIY)	Christina's Court (Syndication) Judge David Young Judge Hatchett Judge Judy The People's Court
Children's program (Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series)	Children animated series (Outstanding Children's Animated Program)
Sesame Street (PBS) Unter Löwen - Between the Lions (PBS) Blue's Room ( Nick Jr. ) Jack's Big Music Show ( Noggin ) Super Why! (PBS)	Curious George (PBS) Aardvark Arthur and Friends (PBS) Charlie & Lola ( Disney Channel ) Little Einsteins (Disney Channel) Peep and the Big Wide World ( Discovery Kids )
Special Program (Outstanding Special Class Series)	Children's series (Outstanding Children's Series)
MTV Made ( MTV ) Cause Effect (mtvU) Instant Beauty Pageant (Style Network) Samantha Brown: Passport to Latin America (Travel Channel) Split Ends (Style Network)	Greatest Inventions with Bill Nye (Discovery) Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (Syndication) Design Squad (PBS) Postcards from Buster (PBS)
Animated series (Outstanding Special Class Animated Program)
Backyardigans - The Backyard Dwarfs ( Nick Jr. ) Barnyard - The Insane Farm ( Nickelodeon ) The Batman (Kids' WB) Ben 10 ( Cartoon Network ) My friends Tigger and Pooh ( Disney Channel )

play

Leading actor in a drama series (Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series)
main actor	Leading actress
Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer in General Hospital Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott in Shadow of Passion David Canary as Adam and Stuart Chandler in All My Children Christian LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin in Shadow of Passion Thaao Penghlis as André and Tony DiMera in Time of Longing	Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor in Shadow of Passion Crystal Chappell as Olivia Spencer in Springfield Story Nicole Forester as Cassie Lewis in Springfield Story Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers Newman in Shadow of Passion Maura West as Carly Tenney in Young and Passionate - How Life Works
Supporting Actor (Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series)
supporting cast	Supporting actress
Kristoff St. John as Neil Winters in Shadow of Passion Daniel Cosgrove as Bill Lewis in Springfield Story Trent Dawson as Henry Coleman in Young and Passionate: The Way It Goes Brian Kerwin as Charlie Banks in Love, Lies, Passions Greg Rikart as Kevin Fisher in Shadow of Passion	Gina Tognoni as Dinah Marler in Springfield Story Tracey E. Bregman as Lauren Fenmore Baldwin in Shadow of Passion Judi Evans as Adrienne Johnson in Time of Longing Kelley Menighan Hensley as Emily Stewart in Young and Passionate Heather Tom as Katie Logan in The Bold and Beautiful
Child actor in a drama series (Outstanding Performance by a Younger Artist in a Drama Series)
Child actor	Child actress
Tom Pelphrey as Jonathan Randall in Springfield Story Darrin Brooks as Max Brady in Time of Longing Bryton James as Devon Hamilton in Shadow of Passion Van Hansis as Luke Snyder in Young and Passionate - How Life Works Jesse Soffer as Will Munson in Young and Passionate: The Way It Goes	Jennifer Landon as Gewen Munson in Young and Passionate: The Way It Goes Vail Bloom as Heather Stevens in Shadow of Passion Rachel Melvin as Chelsea Brady in Time of Longing Emily O'Brien as Jana Hawkes Fisher in Shadow of Passion Tammin Sursok as Colleen Carlton in Shadow of Passion

Moderation

Game Show Moderation (Outstanding Game Show Host)	Talk show host (Outstanding Talk Show Host)
Alex Trebek , Jeopardy! Ben Bailey , Cash Cab Pat Sajak , Wheel of Fortune	Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa in Live with Regis and Kelly Barbara Walters , Whoopi Goldberg , Joy Behar , Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd on The View
Lifestyle Moderator (Outstanding Lifestyle Host)
Giada De Laurentiis in Everyday Italian Ina garden in Barefoot Contessa Bobby Flay at Boy Meets Grill Todd English in Food Trip with Todd English Nigella Lawson in Nigella Express

production

Script for a Drama Series (Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team)	Directing a drama series (Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team)
Love, lie, passion General Hospital Rich and beautiful Springfield story Shadow of passion	Love, lie, passion All my children Rich and beautiful General Hospital

More awards

Appearance in an animation program

(Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program)

• Eartha Kitt (as Yzma in Kuzco's premier class )
• Kevin Michael Richardson (as Joker in The Batman )
• Christopher Lloyd (as a hacker in Cyberchase )
• Jessica DiCicco (as Malina in Kuzco's premier class )
• Danica Lee (as Ming-Ming Duckling in Wonder Pets )

Appearance in a children's series

(Outstanding Performer In A Children's Series)

• Bindi Irwin as herself in Bindi the Jungle Girl
• Jack Hanna as himself in Jack Hanna's Into The Wild
• John Tartaglia as John in Johnny and the Sprites
• Kevin Clash as Elmo in Sesame Street
• Rachel Coleman as Rachel in Signing Time!

Life's work

(Lifetime Achievement Awards)

• Regis Philbin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry for the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards Goes Online! (No longer available online.) Emmyonline.org, December 6, 2007, archived from the original on February 13, 2012 ; Retrieved December 27, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.