36th Daytime Emmy Awards


The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, August 30, 2009, at the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, California, and were televised live on The CW for the first time. The Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented a day earlier on August 29 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
The televised ceremony was hosted by Vanessa L. Williams, and directed by Jeff Margolis and Debbie Palacio. The nominations were announced on May 14, 2009, partially on The Today Show.

Nominations and winners

The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold:
CategoryWinners and nominees
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
  • Daniel Cosgrove
  • Anthony Geary
  • Thorsten Kaye
  • Christian LeBlanc
  • Peter Reckell
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  • Jeanne Cooper
  • Susan Flannery
  • Susan Haskell
  • Debbi Morgan
  • Maura West
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
  • Bradford Anderson
  • Jeff Branson
  • Van Hansis
  • Vincent Irizarry
  • Jacob Young
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
  • Tamara Braun
  • Melissa Claire Egan
  • Alicia Minshew
  • Julie Pinson
  • Bree Williamson
  • Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
  • Blake Berris
  • E.J. Bonilla
  • Darin Brooks
  • Bryton McClure
  • Cornelius Smith Jr.
  • Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
  • Julie Marie Berman
  • Meredith Hagner
  • Rachel Melvin
  • Emily O'Brien
  • Kirsten Storms
  • Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
  • All My Children
  • The Bold and the Beautiful
  • General Hospital
  • One Life to Live
  • Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
  • All My Children
  • Days of Our Lives
  • One Life to Live
  • Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment
  • Live with Regis and Kelly
  • Rachael Ray
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  • Outstanding Talk Show Informative
  • Dr. Phil
  • The Doctors
  • The Tyra Banks Show
  • Outstanding Talk Show Host
  • Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa on Live with Regis and Kelly
  • Rachael Ray on Rachael Ray
  • Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd on The View
  • Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  • Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program
  • Cristina's Court
  • Family Court with Judge Penny
  • Judge Hatchett
  • Judge Judy
  • The People's Court
  • Outstanding Morning Program
  • Good Morning America
  • The Early Show
  • The Today Show
  • Outstanding Children's Animated Program
  • The Backyardigans
  • Curious George
  • Little Einsteins
  • Sid the Science Kid
  • Word World
  • Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show
  • Cash Cab
  • Jeopardy!
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
  • Outstanding Game Show Host
  • Ben Bailey, Cash Cab
  • Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal
  • Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!
  • Meredith Vieira, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
  • Outstanding Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation
  • Robert Hargreaves and George Brooks
  • Jake Allston and Michael Petak
  • Thomas Syslo, Timothy J. Borquez, Mark Keatts, Mike Garcia, Mark Keefer, Kelly Ann Foley, Keith Dickens, Tony Orozco, Erik Foreman and Eric Freeman
  • Ryan Araki, Simon Berry, Julia Dalzell and Peter Thillaye
  • Jeffrey Lesser, Dan Mennella, Steven Rebollido, Dick Maitland, Chris Sassano
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation
  • Robert Hargreaves, Robert Serda and John Hegedes
  • Doug Andham, Eric Freeman and Timothy Borquez
  • Ray Leonard and Michael Beiriger
  • Joel Spector and Kristian Pedregon
  • John Hegedes and Robert Hargreaves
  • Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program
  • Jeff McGrath, Scott Heming, Cathy Malkasian and Susan Blu
  • Don MacKinnon, David Hartman and Ginny McSwain
  • Dave Thomas, Gabe Swarr and Andrea Romano
  • Mike Fallows
  • David SanAngelo
  • Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
  • Eddie Trigueros
  • Gerald de Jesus
  • Larry Murphy
  • Jorge Gutierrez
  • Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
  • Steve Oedekerk, Jed Spingarn, Paul Marshal, Margaret M. Dean and Kyle Jolly
  • Brian A. Miller, Sam Register, Glen Murakami, Jennifer Pelphrey and Donna Smith
  • Richard Gitelson, Roger Bollen, Marilyn Sadler, Scott Dyer, Pamela Lehn, Jocelyn Hamilton and Jane Sobol
  • Lifetime achievement award

  • Sesame Street

    Special Tributes

  • Guiding Light
  • Daytime Gives Back, Feed The Children

    List of Presenters

  • ;Notes
    A first-place tie was recorded in this category.