Days of Our Lives tops 2018 Daytime Emmys with five awards; Steve Harvey wins best informative talk show host

The soap opera Days of Our Lives was the top winner of the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. It took home the trophy for Outstanding Drama Series as well as Outstanding Lead Actor (James Reynolds), Supporting Actor (Greg Vaughan), Directing and Writing. The winners were announced on Sunday night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California. The Talk won for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment beating out Ellen DeGeneres, while the ladies of The Real won for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Hosts, reports Deadline. [caption id=“attachment_4450837” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Ken Corday and the cast and crew of Days of Our Lives accept the award for outstanding drama series at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, April 29, 2018, in Pasadena, California. Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP[/caption] Other winners for the evening included Dr. Oz winning for Outstanding Talk Show/Informative for a second year in a row as well as Steve Harvey, Wayne Brady, The Price is Right, Good Morning America and Entertainment Tonight. During the ceremony, actress Deidre Hall honoured Days of Our Lives veterans and soap opera icons Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Mario Lopez, who co-hosted the ceremony with Sheryl Underwood said that it was “not a show about politics”. Even so, there was the occasional mention of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements and even Attorney Gloria Allred mentioned actor Bill Cosby’s guilty verdict when she came out on stage to present Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program to Judge Mathis. Besides that, the ceremony was lighter on the social and political front as it stuck to celebrating daytime television. Actress-singer Joely Fisher sang an In Memoriam tribute to the talent that people lost in the past year including singer-actress Della Reese, host Monty Hall, actress-singer Rose Marie and actor Jim Nabors, among others. The ceremony also recognised anniversaries of iconic shows including the 50th anniversary of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood as well as the 55th anniversary of General Hospital and the 45th anniversary of M*A*S*H.