Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, May 27, 1994 TAG: 9405270098
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By JOE UNGARO ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: NEW YORK LENGTH: Medium
Winfrey was a double winner at the 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, collecting trophies for best talk show and best talk show host.
``This is getting to be nice,'' Winfrey said Wednesday night as she accepted her fourth consecutive best-host award.
She also presented the evening's premier award to ABC's ``All My Children'' for best drama series.
Soap opera queen Susan Lucci, whose reign has yet to be confirmed by an Emmy, was the host.
Lucci, who has played Erica Kane on ``All My Children'' for 23 years, has been nominated 14 times for Outstanding Lead Actress - and has lost 14 times. She wasn't nominated this year.
The ceremony was televised on ABC.
Including previously announced technical awards, the biggest winners were ``Sesame Street'' with seven awards, ``Guiding Light'' with five, ``The Bold and the Beautiful'' with five, and ``One Life to Live'' and Winfrey's show with four each.
Hillary B. Smith was named outstanding lead actress in a drama series, on ABC's ``One Life to Live.'' Michael Zaslow of CBS's ``Guiding Light'' won the outstanding lead actor award.
Justin Deas, also of ``Guiding Light,'' won the best supporting actor award. The Emmy for best supporting actress went to Susan Haskell of ``One Life to Live.''
Daytime TV pioneer Dick Clark received a lifetime achievement award for his work on ``American Bandstand'' and other programs.
The Emmy for outstanding animated children's program went to Nickelodeon's ``Rugrats.'' ``Sesame Street,'' on PBS, was named outstanding children's series.
Shari Lewis, of ``Lamb Chop's Play-Along'' on PBS, was voted outstanding performer in a children's series. It was her 10th Emmy award.
Bob Barker of CBS's ``The Price is Right'' beat out the only other nominee for top game show host, Alex Trebek of the syndicated ``Jeopardy.'' That award was presented May 21.
``Jeopardy'' won an Emmy for outstanding game audience participation show.
Winners were determined by peer panels of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
by CNB