Tops in Daytime: Bergman, Hughes : Television: Soap queen Lucci loses out on 12th straight Emmy award. CBS’ ‘As the World Turns’ is named best serial in prime-time ceremonies.

Soap opera queen Susan Lucci’s record Emmy-losing streak remains unbroken as daytime Emmy voters have given the best-actress nod to Finola Hughes of ABC’s “General Hospital.”

Lucci, nominated a record 12 times for a daytime Emmy, lost again Thursday night in the 18th annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremonies, seen on CBS and broadcast in prime time for the first time.

Lucci, 42, plays the bad-tempered Erica Kane of ABC’s “All My Children.” Hughes didn’t attend the ceremonies because she was in London on personal business.

Peter Bergman was near tears as he accepted his best-actor Emmy for his work in CBS’ “The Young and the Restless.” He praised his wife as “my conscience, my best friend.”

Two long-running series were Emmy winners. CBS’ 35-year-old “As the World Turns” was named best soap opera, and PBS’ 22-year-old “Sesame Street” was named best children’s series.

CBS won the most awards--five--at Thursday night’s ceremonies where 17 Emmys were presented in program and individual achievement categories.

Thirty-three other awards, mainly in creative and craft areas, were handed out in Los Angeles last Saturday by the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

CBS also swept those daytime craft Emmys, winning 14 for a total of 19 Daytime Emmys.

Other tallies showed syndicated programs with a total of 11 awards (four presented Thursday, seven craft); NBC with six (three at each ceremony); ABC with six (two on Thursday, four craft); Disney with three total (one Thursday, two craft); Fox with one (on Thursday); PBS with five (one on Thursday, four craft).

Bob Barker, who emceed the ceremonies, won an Emmy as best game show host. An animal lover, the star of CBS’ “The Price Is Right” joked that his Emmy’s inscription read: “Have your pet spayed or neutered.”

The syndicated “Jeopardy!” series won an Emmy as the season’s best game show.

Talk show star Oprah Winfrey, a previous winner, was honored both for her show and as television’s top talk show host. Last year’s talk-show winner, Joan Rivers, was among the losing nominees.

But Rivers was full of tart-tongued mirth as a presenter, joking about Lucci, and film star Julia Roberts, who shocked Hollywood earlier this month by abruptly calling off her scheduled gala wedding to actor Kiefer Sutherland.

“She thinks AT&T;’s motto is ‘Reach out and dump someone,’ ” Rivers said. She characterized Lucci’s Kane character as “the touch tone of the daytime tramps.”

Jess Walton of CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” and Bernie Barrow of ABC’s “Loving” won the best supporting actress and supporting actor awards, while Rick Hearst of CBS’ “Guiding Light” and Anne Heche of NBC’s “Another World,” won as best younger actor and actress.

Steven Spielberg’s syndicated “Tiny Toon Adventures” won as best animated program. A best-performer Emmy went to Tim Curry, voice of Capt. Hook in Fox’s “Peter Pan and the Pirates.”

NBC’s “Santa Barbara” won Emmys for direction and writing.

Procter & Gamble Productions, the soap company’s production arm and a maker of soap operas since the early days of television, received a special Lifetime Achievement Emmy for daytime TV. It was the first time a company, rather than a person, had won the award.

Emmy nominations for prime-time shows will be announced July 18 in Los Angeles, with the Fox network televising the prime-time Emmy show from Pasadena on Aug. 25.

Here are Thursday’s Emmy winners:

Drama Series: “As the World Turns,” CBS.

Talk/Service Show: “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Syndicated.

Game/Audience Participation Show: “Jeopardy!,” Syndicated.

Lead Actor, Drama Series: Finola Hughes, as Anna Lavery, “General Hospital,” ABC.

Lead Actor, Drama Series: Peter Bergman, as Jack Abbott, “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

Talk/Service Show Host: Oprah Winfrey, Syndicated.

Game Show Host: Bob Barker, “The Price Is Right,” CBS.

Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Jess Walton, as Jill Foster Abbott, “The Young and the Restless,” CBS.

Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Bernie Barrow, as Louis Slavinski, “Loving,” ABC.

Younger Actor, Drama Series: Rick Hearst, as Alan-Michael Spaulding, “Guiding Light,” CBS.

Younger Actress, Drama Series: Annie Heche, as Victoria Hudson/Marley McKinnon, “Another World,” NBC.

Animated Program: “Tiny Toon Adventures,” Syndicated.

Performer, Children’s Series: Tim Curry, as the voice of Capt. Hook, “Peter Pan and the Pirates,” Fox.

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

Drama Series Directing Team: “Santa Barbara,” NBC.

Children’s Special: “Lost in the Barrens,” Disney.

Drama Series Writing Team: “Santa Barbara,” NBC.