AceShowbiz - The 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards announced its winners on Friday, June 24. The night saw "The Kelly Clarkson Show" coming out as the big winner as it collected seven wins. Prior to this, the show already won five Creative Arts trophies.
At the event, Kelly Clarkson's popular talk show was given the title of Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show. The show additionally won Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for Kelly. It is the third time for the singer to win the category.
Meanwhile, ABC's daytime drama "General Hospital" was the second biggest winner of the night with five Daytime Emmys. It included Outstanding Daytime Drama, Directing and Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress. It made "General Hospital" the most-winning daytime drama in history, having won outstanding daytime drama 15 times.
Also making history was "The Young and the Restless" actress Mishael Morgan as she became the first African-American woman to win Outstanding Actress in Daytime Drama category. Meanwhile, Outstanding Actor in Daytime Drama went to "The Bold and the Beautiful" actor John McCook.
Syndicated shows led the overall win with 16 victories. It included Outstanding Game Show Host for Steve Harvey ("Family Feud") and Outstanding Game Show for "Jeopardy!".
Other honorees that night were "Penguin Town", "Cat People", "Headspace: Guide to Meditation" and "You vs. Wild". Netflix was the second broadcast network to win most trophies (9) with ABC and CBS trailing behind with five each.
Full winners list of 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards: