Before signing off on Wednesday, the women of The Talk paid tribute to deceased CBS Daytime colleague Jeanne Cooper. Co-host Julie Chen recalled some of The Young and the Restless star’s accomplishments, as Sheryl Underwood attempted to fight back tears. Watch the emotional clip after the jump. READ MORE

The 20th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala brought together a number of current and former daytime stars. General Hospital favorite and Dancing With the Stars competitor Ingo Rademacher (pictured with wife Ehiku above) walked the orange carpet in support of the cause.

Former The Young and the Restless star Clementine Ford was joined by her fiancé Cyrus Wilcox and mother Cybill Shepherd. Criminal Minds' Shemar Moore (ex-Malcolm, Y&R), former Days of Our Lives vixen Lisa Rinna, Save Me star Anne Heche (ex-Vicky and Marley Hudson, AW) and The Talk’s Sharon Osbourne and Sara Gilbert were also in attendance. See more photos after the jump! READ MORE

The majority of daytime talk's biggest names (Ellen DeGeneres and Kelly Ripa to name a few!) have skipped out on the Daytime Emmy Awards in recent years. Could that be changing this year? TV Guide Magazine's Michael Logan posed the question to Scot Safon, executive vice-president and general manager of HLN, which will air the kudocast on June 16.  Said Safon:

"We are outreaching as aggressively as possible to all the nominees," Safon says. "We want them to know this year is important. The themes that will rock this show are themes they will be proud to be associated with. To be in that room as part of the daytime community will be an incredible opportunity. The show is not just an announcement of winners. It's a celebration people are going to remember for a long time to come." READ MORE

The programming peeps at CBS Daytime must subscribe to the same motto I do — if it don't make dollars, it don't make sense! Next week on The Price is Right, Let's Make a Deal and The Talk, loads of cash and high-dollar prizes will be handed out. 

TPIR contestants will have the chance to win up to $500,000 playing the popular game "Plinko", the week of April 22-26. A whopping $250,000 will be at stake during play of "Punch A Bunch"; while the "Grande Game" will be worth $100,000. Additionally, one contestant will be able to play "3 Strikes" for a brand new Ferrari! READ MORE

 

Mrs. O is about to go from the coffee table to the witness stand! Sharon Osbourne confirmed on CBS Daytime's The Talk she has been contacted to testify in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial.

After revealing she has pertinent information concerning Katherine Jackson's multi-billion dollar lawsuit against concert promoter AEG, earlier this week on The Talk, Osbourne was reportedly contacted by the attorney for the musical dynasty's matriarch. Watch Osbourne discuss the bombshell with her co-hosts after the jump!
 

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Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler have reason to celebrate this Thursday afternoon. The ratings are in for the first quarter of 2013, and The Talk pulled in its largest-ever first quarter audience, according to Nielsen. READ MORE