Sorry, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Bold and the Beautiful. Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless were the only soaps to land Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series nominations for the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Days of Our Lives may have earned some Daytime Emmy love in the Lead Actress and Supporting Actress categories, but not among the Lead Actor or Supporting Actor categories. General Hospital’s Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), The Bold and the Beautiful’s Scott Clifton (Liam) and The Young and the Restless’ Jeff Branson (ex-Ronan) and Billy Miller (Billy) all received nods.

 

All those focus group-wielding ageists, who have long tried to demand daytime soaps revolve around models under 40, can suck it! Two soap senior citizens have been nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress category for this year's Daytime Emmy Awards. READ MORE

The Young and the Restless dominated the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series category with three Daytime Emmy nominations for Peter Bergman (Jack), Doug Davidson (Paul) and Michael Muhney (Adam). General Hospital’s Jason Thompson (Patrick) earned his soap's only Lead Actor nod.  

It's a happy, happy day for fans of The Bold and the Beautiful's Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan), which any Daytime Confidential reader knows, I am Chief BeLieFer among them! The striking and emotive actress was nominated for her very first Daytime Emmy nomination this morning. READ MORE

From Magic Milo (Drew Cheetwood) and his pals stripping down for charity on General Hospital, to Salem’s hottest getting their pants stuffed with dollars on Days of Our Lives, shirtless hunks were everywhere on soaps in April.

Vargas (Sean Douglas) sizzled with Nicole (Arianne Zucker) on DAYS, while Rick (Jacob Young) and Co. worked out at Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Check out shirtless soap hunks from All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless after the jump! READ MORE