QUICK TAKES - May 15, 2009

ABC’s “All My Children,” NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” and CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” were nominated Thursday as best drama series, while “Live with Regis and Kelly,” “Rachael Ray” and “Ellen” were named finalists for best entertainment talk show in the competition for the 36th annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Overall, PBS led in nominations with 56, followed by ABC (50), syndicated programming (49), CBS (30) and NBC (20). The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences administers them.

Vanessa Williams will host the award broadcast, which will air live from Los Angeles on Aug. 30 on the CW network.