Early Daytime Emmys

PBS won a leading 12 Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards on April 22, including seven trophies for "Sesame Street."

Kevin Clash, who portrays Elmo on "Sesame Street," won for performer in a children's series. The performer in an animated program went to Maile Flanagan as the title character in the PBS show "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks."

Syndicated shows earned 10 awards, with comedian Ellen DeGeneres' talk show taking four. "Jeopardy!" was honored for game or audience participation show, while the service show Daytime Emmy went to "30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray."

Among the major broadcast networks, CBS won nine Daytime Emmys, ABC earned four and NBC two. AOL won the first Daytime Emmy presented for content delivered via the Internet, cell phones, PDAs and other small screen devices for the concert special "Live 8."

The awards were presented in simultaneous ceremonies in New York, hosted by Meredith Vieira of "The View," and in Los Angeles, hosted by actor-comedian John Henson.

Other Daytime Emmys for performances and programs will be awarded April 28 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre during a three-hour telecast on ABC.

Winners are chosen by a panel of their peers in each category.

Here is the complete list of Creative Craft Daytime Emmy winners:

Children's animated program: "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley
Winks," PBS.

Special class animated program: "The Batman," Kids WB!

Art direction/set decoration/scenic design: "Martha," syndicated, and "Sesame Street," PBS.

Art direction/set decoration/scenic design for a drama series:
"As the World Turns," CBS.

Casting director for a drama series: "General Hospital," ABC.

Single camera photography (film or electronic): "The Victory Garden," PBS.

Costume design/styling: "Sesame Street," PBS.

Costume design for a drama series: "The Bold and the Beautiful," CBS.

Directing in a talk show: "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," syndicated.

Directing in a service shows: "Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello," Food Network.

Directing in a children's series: "Zoom," PBS.

Special class directing: "The 79th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade," NBC.

Single camera editing: "Starting Over," syndicated.

Multiple camera editing: "Sesame Street," PBS.

Multiple camera editing for a drama series: "As the World Turns," CBS.

Hairstyling: "The Tyra Banks Show," syndicated.

Hairstyling for a drama series: "General Hospital," ABC.

Lighting direction: "The Oprah Winfrey Show," syndicated.

Lighting direction for a drama series: "As the World Turns,"
CBS, and "The Bold and the Beautiful," CBS.

Main title design: "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," syndicated.

Makeup: "The View," ABC.

Makeup for a drama series: "The Young and the Restless," CBS.

Music direction and composition: "Sesame Street," PBS.

Music direction and composition for a drama series: "The Young and the Restless," CBS.

Original song: "The Young and the Restless," CBS.

Performer in a children's series: Kevin Clash as Elmo in "Sesame Street," PBS.

Performer in a children/youth/family special: James McDaniel as

Kenny Williams in "Edge of America," Showtime.

Performer in an animated program: Maile Flanagan as Piggley Winks in "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks," PBS.

Game/audience participation show: "Jeopardy!", syndicated.

Children's series: "Zoom," PBS.

Children/youth/family special: "Reality Matters: Teen Sexuality," Discovery Health.

Service show: "30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray," Food Network.

Special class special: "2005 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade," ABC.

Sound editing/live action and animation: "The Batman," Kids
WB!

Live and direct to tape sound mixing: "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," syndicated.

Live and direct to tape sound mixing for a drama series:
"Passions," NBC.

Sound mixing/live action and animation: "Sesame Street," PBS.

Technical direction/electronic camera/video control: "The Oprah Winfrey Show," syndicated.

Technical direction/electronic camera/video control for a drama series: "The Young and the Restless," CBS.

Writing in a children's series: "Sesame Street," PBS.

Special class writing: "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," syndicated.

Video content for nontraditional delivery platforms: "Live 8 on
AOL," AOL.