LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Van Dyke has gained a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98.
The actor was honored Friday evening as visitor performer in a daytime drama sequence for his half as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives,” making him the oldest Daytime Emmy winner.
“I don’t believe this. I feel like a spy from nighttime television,” he mentioned. “I’m 98 years old. Can you believe it? This really tops off a lifetime of 80 years in the business. If I had known I would have lived this long I would’ve taken better care of myself.”
“General Hospital” gained 4 trophies, together with its fourth consecutive honor as finest daytime drama. It’s the second time within the ABC present’s 61-year historical past that it gained 4 daytime drama trophies in a row.
Robert Gossett of “General Hospital” gained supporting actor honors. The primary cousin to the late Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. was honored for the second straight 12 months for his position as Marshall Ashford.
“General Hospital” additionally gained the directing and writing classes.
Thorsten Kaye of “The Bold and the Beautiful” earned his second straight lead actor win for taking part in Ridge Forrester.
“I got to be very honest. I don’t like award shows. I didn’t like award shows until tonight,” he mentioned. “The other thing that doesn’t make sense is that anyone can do this alone. You need a great boss who sees you and hears you. You need a cast that tolerates you. You need a whole village of people that have agreed that they’re not going to let you drown. I’ve have all of that.”
A clearly surprised Michelle Stafford of “The Young and the Restless” gained finest actress as Phyllis Summers, a trophy she first earned in 2004.
“I am honored to be an actor. It is the greatest gig. It is a privilege,” she mentioned. “I’m honored to entertain people.”
Van Dyke acquired a standing ovation as he used a cane to make his solution to the stage, accompanied by his spouse, Arlene, who held the trophy.
“I brought this lady up because she was also on the show,” he mentioned. “She played the cop who arrested me.”
Producer Norman Lear was 100 when he acquired his last Primetime Emmy nomination in 2022 and died the subsequent 12 months.
Van Dyke has gained 4 Primetime Emmys, together with three within the Nineteen Sixties for his basic comedy sequence “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”
Van Dyke beat out final 12 months’s winner Alley Mills of “General Hospital,” Australian actor Man Pearce of Amazon Freevee’s “Neighbours,” Linden Ashby of “The Young and the Restless,” and Ashley Jones of “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
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“The Kelly Clarkson Show” continued its domination of the daytime present class with a fourth consecutive victory. The singer, who moved her present from Los Angeles to New York final 12 months, was readily available to gather the trophy.
“The move has been so great, not just for me and my family but for our whole show,” she mentioned, singling out NBC. “Thank you for thinking of mental health and not just a product.”
Courtney Hope, who performs Sally Spectra on “The Young and the Restless,” earned supporting actress honors. She originated the position on “The Bold and the Beautiful” in 2017 earlier than shifting to “Y&R” in 2020.
Melody Thomas Scott, who has performed Nikki Newman on “The Young and the Restless” for 45 years, and her producer-husband, Edward Scott, have been honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Scott labored on “Y&R” for years earlier than shifting to his present job on “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
“I can’t tell you how encouraging a thing like this is,” joked Thomas Scott, who made her appearing debut at age 8 in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Marnie.”
Her husband instructed the gang, “I promise to do my very best to try to continue to amaze you.”
The wife-and-husband staff of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos gained daytime discuss sequence host for his or her “Live with Kelly and Mark.” Ina Garten gained finest culinary sequence for “Be My Guest” on Meals Community.
The ceremony honoring cleaning soap operas, discuss and sport exhibits aired reside on CBS from The Westin Bonaventure lodge in downtown Los Angeles.
The 51st annual Daytime Emmys returned to their ordinary place on the calendar, simply six months after the present’s fiftieth version aired in December after being pushed again due to final 12 months’s Hollywood writers and actors strikes.
