A LOPSIDED EMMY VICTORY GOES TO CBS

“The Young and the Restless” was named best soap opera Thursday to lead CBS to a lopsided victory in the 12th annual daytime Emmy Awards.

CBS’ “The $25,000 Pyramid” won as best game show for the third year in a row, and the network also was honored for best animated program (“Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies”), best children’s special (“All the Kids Do It”) and best game show host (Dick Clark of “The $25,000 Pyramid”).

In all, CBS captured 23 of the 39 daytime Emmys, with ABC getting eight, PBS three and NBC one. Syndicated programs collected the other four.

“Donahue” was selected as best talk show and its host, Phil Donahue, was named best talk show host. Either he or his show has won a daytime Emmy every year since 1978.

“The Young and the Restless” was the most honored soap opera, picking up five Emmys.

In addition to its statuette as best daytime drama, the CBS serial won for best supporting actress (Beth Maitland, who plays Traci Abbott Romalotti), best ingenue (Tracey E. Bregman, who plays Lauren Williams), best technical team and best makeup.

ABC’s “All My Children,” which had received 20 Emmy nominations to lead all other programs, wound up winning just two--for best writing and best actor (Darnell Williams, who plays Jesse Hubbard).

Williams won a daytime Emmy as best supporting actor in 1983, and he offered thanks Thursday to “everybody who’s helped me get a bookend here.”

Other acting Emmys went to Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne Lewis) and Larry Gates (H. B. Lewis) of “Guiding Light,” and Brian Bloom (Dustin Donovan) of “As the World Turns.”

Two long-running PBS series were honored. “Sesame Street” was named best children’s series, and Fred Rogers of “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” won an Emmy for his writing on his show.

The major daytime Emmy Awards were handed out Thursday by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in ceremonies that were broadcast nationally by CBS from the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Winners in the craft categories had been announced last weekend.

It was the first time since 1982 that the daytime Emmy Awards had been televised. They failed to win broadcast time the last two years because of concern by the networks about the way the competition was administered by the New York academy. The situation was alleviated when the Los Angeles academy, which runs the prime-time Emmy Awards, was brought in to supervise the daytime prizes.

The awards covered the period between March 6, 1984 and March 5, 1985.

Also honored Thursday with special recognition awards were Mary Stuart, Larry Haines and the late Charita Bauer, actors who have spent most of their careers on TV soap operas. They previously had been given Lifetime Achievement Awards by the TV Academy in 1983.

Stuart plays Joanne Tourneur and Haines portrays Stu Bergman on NBC’s “Search for Tomorrow.” She has been with the show since it premiered in 1951; he joined the cast during the first year and twice has won Emmys for his performance.

Bauer, who died last Feb. 28 after a long illness, had played Bert Bauer on CBS’ “The Guiding Light” since its debut in 1950.

Here is the list of daytime Emmy winners.

Drama Series: “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

Game/Audience Participation Show: “$25,000 Pyramid,” CBS.

Talk/Service Show: “Donahue,” syn.

Children’s Series: “Sesame Street,” PBS.

Children’s Special: “All the Kids Do It,” CBS.

Animated Program: “Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies,” CBS.

Actor, Drama Series: Darnell Williams (role: Jesse Hubbard), “All My Children,” ABC.

Actress, Drama Series: Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne Lewis), “Guiding Light,” CBS.

Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Larry Gates (H. B. Lewis), “Guiding Light,” CBS.

Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Beth Maitland (Traci Abbott Romalotti), “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

Juvenile/Young Man, Drama Series: Brian Bloom (Dustin Donovan), “As the World Turns,” CBS.

Ingenue, Drama Series: Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren Fenmore Williams), “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

Game Show Host: Dick Clark, “The $25,000 Pyramid,” CBS.

Talk/Service Show Host: Phil Donahue, “Donahue,” syn.

Directing, Drama: John Whitsell II, Bruce Barry, Irene M. Pace, Robert D. Kochman, Joanne Rivituso, Joanne Sedwick, “Guiding Light,” CBS.

Directing, Game/Audience Participation Show: Marc Breslow, “The Price Is Right,”CBS.

Writing, Drama: Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam, Art Wallace, Lorraine Broderick, Victor Miller, Jack Wood, Mary K. Wells, Clarice Blackburn, Susan Kirshenbaum, Elizabeth Page, Elizabeth Wallace, “All My Children,” ABC.

Writing, Children’s Specials: Charles Purpura, “The Day the Senior Class Got Married,” CBS.

Writing, Children’s Series: Fred Rogers, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” PBS.

Directing, Children’s Programming: Joan Darling, “Mom’s on Strike,” ABC.

Directing, Talk/Service Show: Dick Carson, “The Merv Griffin Show,” syn.

Performer, Children’s Programming: John Carradine, “Umbrella Jack,” syn.

Music Direction and Composition: Susan Markowitz, Elliot Lawrence, “Edge of Night,” ABC.

Program, Special Class: “To See a World” edition of “For Our Times,” CBS.

Makeup: Nick Schillace, Mark Landon, Ed Heim, Barry Kopper, Pattie Greene, “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

Hair Styling: Deborah Holmes, Katherine Katarakas, Mary Guerrero, Catherine Marcatto, “General Hospital,” ABC.

Costume Design: Madeline Graneto, “Pryor’s Place,” CBS.

Graphics and Title Design: Phill Norman, “Santa Barbara,” NBC.

Cinematography: Barry Sonnenfeld, “Out of Step,” ABC.

Art Direction: Romaine Johnston, Debe Hale, “Pryor’s Place,” CBS.

Lighting Direction: Marc Palius, “Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost,” ABC.

Film Sound Mixing: Charles (Bud) Grenzbach, Hoppy Mehterian, “Pole Position,” CBS.

Film Sound Editing: Richard Allen, Bob Gillis, “Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies,” CBS.

Film Editing: Michael Lynch, “Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia,” ABC.

Live and Tape Sound Mixing and Sound Effects: Joel Soifer, Mark Bovos, Thomas J. Huth, Doug Gray, “Contract for Life: The SADD Story,” CBS.

Video Tape Editing: Ted May, Evamarie Keller, Vincent Sims, “Sesame Street,” PBS.

Technical Direction, Electronic Camera and Video Control: Ray Angona, Ted Morales, Keeth Lawrence, Martin Wagner, Joseph Arvizu, Allen Latter, “The Price Is Right,” CBS.

Drama Series Technical Team: Robert Schulz, Harry Tatarian, Toby Brown, Mike Denney, Sheldon Mooney, Joe Vicens, David Fisher, Scha Jani, Scott Millan, Tommy Persson, Donald Henderson, Rafael O. Valentin, Peter Romano, Larry Maggiore, Dan Brumett, Brian Cunneen, “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

Drama Series Design Team: Richard C. Hankins, Harry Miller, Ron Placzek, Wesley Laws, Ron Kelson, Paul Hickey, Ralph Holmes, Jene Youtt, Lincoln John Stulik, David Dangle, “Guiding Light,” CBS.