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CBS Dominates Daytime Emmy Field With 74 Nominations : Television: The networks’ order in nominations mirrored their daytime ratings. ABC got 39; NBC took 30.

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CBS, whose prime-time programming was branded a “total disaster” by chief executive Laurence Tisch on Wednesday, got a boost Thursday from its daytime lineup, which dominated the nominations for the 17th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. CBS garnered 74 of the 205 nominations--more than ABC and NBC combined.

CBS’ “The Young and the Restless,” this season’s highest-rated daytime program, and its “Guiding Light” topped the list of multiple nominees with 14 mentions each--including in the best soap opera category. ABC’s “All My Children” had 13 and CBS’ children’s series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” followed with 12.

ABC programs collected 39 nominations while NBC’s got 30.

The networks’ order in nominations mirrored their daytime ratings. Since last September, CBS has averaged a 5.6 rating in daytime, compared to 5.1 for ABC and 3.7 for NBC (with each point representing 921,000 homes). Six of the Top 10 daytime shows are on CBS.

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Also nominated with “The Young and the Restless” and “Guiding Light” as best daytime soap were ABC’s “All My Children” and NBC’s “Santa Barbara,” which has won the award for the past two years.

The Emmys, covering the period between March 6, 1989, and March 5, 1990, will be announced in two installments. Winners in the creative arts areas will be unveiled at a reception June 23 in Universal City, while those in the major categories will be handed out in a ceremony that will be telecast from New York June 28 on ABC. The awards are given jointly by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New York.

Among its 12 nominations this year, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” got one for best children’s series, which it did not receive last year. PBS’ “Newton’s Apple,” which won in that category last year, did not get nominated this time out. But four other PBS programs did: “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” “Reading Rainbow,” “Sesame Street” and “Captain Kangaroo.”

Cable shows accounted for four of the 205 total nominations, with the Disney Channel getting two and HBO and MTV earning one each. PBS and syndicated shows earned 29 nominations each.

A partial list of the nominees follows:

DRAMA SERIES

“All My Children,” ABC.

“Guiding Light,” CBS.

“Santa Barbara,” NBC.

“The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

GAME SHOW

“Jeopardy!,” synd.

“The Price Is Right,” CBS.

“Wheel of Fortune,” CBS.

“Win, Lose or Draw,” NBC.

CHILDREN’S SERIES

“Captain Kangaroo,” PBS.

“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” PBS.

“Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” CBS.

“Reading Rainbow,” PBS.

“Sesame Street,” PBS.

CHILDREN’S SPECIAL

“Buy Me That! A Kids’ Survival Guide to TV Advertising,” HBO.

“CBS Schoolbreak Special: Flour Babies,” CBS.

“CBS Schoolbreak Special: A Matter of Conscience,” CBS.

“ABC Afterschool Special: A Town’s Revenge,” ABC.

ANIMATED PROGRAM

“Beetlejuice,” ABC.

“Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers,” syndicated.

“The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh,” ABC.

“A Pup Named Scooby-Doo,” ABC.

TALK/SERVICE SHOW

“Donahue,” synd.

“The Frugal Gourmet,” PBS.

“The Oprah Winfrey Show,” synd.

“Sally Jessy Raphael,” synd.

“This Old House,” PBS.

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM

“Bernstein in Berlin,” PBS.

“Fight Back! With David Horowitz,” synd.

“Good Morning America,” ABC.

“Siskel & Ebert,” synd.

“The 6th Annual Soap Opera Awards,” NBC.

LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

Susan Lucci (Erica Kane), “All My Children,” ABC.

Elizabeth Hubbard (Lucinda Walsh Dixon), “As the World Turns,” CBS.

Finola Hughes (Anna Devane Lavery), “General Hospital,” ABC.

Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne Lewis), “Guiding Light,” CBS.

Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor Sterling), “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

David Canary (Adam and Stuart Chandler), “All My Children,” ABC.

Stephen Schnetzer (Cass Winthrop), “Another World,” NBC.

A Martinez (Cruz Castillo), “Santa Barbara,” NBC.

Peter Bergman (Jack Abbot), “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

Eric Braeden, (Victor Newman), “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

Julia Barr (Brooke English), “All My Children,” ABC.

Lynn Herring (Lucy Coe), “General Hospital,” ABC.

Mary Jo Catlett (Mary Finnigan), “General Hospital,” ABC.

Michelle Forbes (Sonni and Solita Carrera), “Guiding Light,” CBS.

Jess Walton (Jill Foster Abbott), “The Young.

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

Robert Gentry (Ross Chandler), “All My Children,” ABC.

Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin), “General Hospital,” ABC.

Kristoff St. John (Adam Marshall), “Generations,” NBC.

Jerry Ver Dorn (Ross Marler), “Guiding Light,” CBS.

Roscoe Born (Robert Barr), “Santa Barbara,” NBC.

Henry Darrow (Rafael Castillo), “Santa Barbara,” NBC.

Quinn Redeker (Rex Sterling), “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

JUVENILE FEMALE, DRAMA SERIES

Liz Vassey (Emily Ann Sago), “All My Children,” ABC.

Cady McClain (Dixie Martin), “All My Children,” ABC.

Charlotte Ross (Eve Donovan) “Days of Our Lives,” NBC.

Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio), “General Hospital,” ABC.

JUVENILE MALE, DRAMA SERIES

Andrew Kavovit (Paul Stenbeck), “As the World Turns,” CBS.

Bryan Buffington (Billy Lewis, Jr.), “Guiding Light,” CBS.

GAME SHOW HOST

Alex Trebek, “Classic Concentration,” NBC.

Alex Trebek, “Jeopardy!” synd.

Bob Barker, “The Price is Right,” CBS.

TALK/SERVICE SHOW HOST

Phil Donahue, “Donahue,” synd.

Jeff Smith, “The Frugal Gourmet,” PBS.

Joan Rivers, “The Joan Rivers Show,” synd.

Oprah Winfrey, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” synd.

Sally Jessy Raphael, “Sally Jessy Raphael,” synd.

PERFORMER, CHILDREN’S SERIES

Barbara Billingsley (voice of Nanny), “Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies,” CBS.

Fred Rogers (host), “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” PBS.

Pee-wee Herman (Pee-wee Herman), “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” CBS.

LeVar Burton (host), “Reading Rainbow,” PBS.

Kevin Clash (Elmo and Hoots), “Sesame Street,” PBS.

PERFORMER, CHILDREN’S SPECIAL

Greg Spottiswood (Ryan Delaney), “Looking for Miracles,” Disney Channel.

Zachary Bennett (Sullivan Delaney), “Looking for Miracles,” Disney Channel.

Viveca Lindfors (Mrs. Rosenberg), “CBS Schoolbreak Special: A Matter of Conscience,” CBS.

Elizabeth Bliss (Debbie Burford), “ABC Afterschool Special: Torn Between Two Fathers,” ABC.

Elizabeth Franz (Cecile Nelson), “ABC Afterschool Special: A Town’s Revenge,” ABC.

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