The All My Children History Project

Daytime Emmy Nominations to be Announced Tomorrow on The View (11am EST)

Here's the list of All My Children's contenders:
Outstanding Lead Actor:
David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler)
Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater)
Michael E. Knight (Tad Martin)

Outstanding Lead Actress:
Bobbie Eakes (Krystal Carey Martin)
Susan Lucci (Erica Kane)

Outstanding Supporting Actress:
Jeffrey Carlson (ex-Zoe Luper)
Billy J. Miller (Richie Novak)
Jacob Young (JR Chandler)

Outstanding Supporting Actress:
Alicia Minshew (Kendall Slater)
Sabine Singh (ex-Greenlee duPres)

Outstanding Younger Actress:
Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Lavery)
Leven Rambin (ex-Ava Benton/ex-Lily Montgomery)
Chrishelle Stause (Amanda Dillon)


All the outstanding Lead Actors and Actresses have at least one nomination under their belt. Of course the Lead Actor category has Emmy favorites Canary and Knight. All three have the material to make the final list. Canary shined in the scenes where Adam confronted Krystal for infidelity. Kaye's subtle performances around Ian's birth were perfection. Knight's performance as Tad shined in the time around Dixie's untimely death.

Lucci shined as Erica cared for Kendall after Ian's premature birth. Eakes gave equally strong performances around Jenny Martin's paternity reveal and her subsequent kidnapping.

The Supporting categories are a little weaker. The fact that the show considered Singh worthy of nomination goes to show what is wrong with the show. Minshew also has a slim chance against the competition. Though she had worthy material, her propensity for over acting makes the scenes almost painful to watch.

The Supporting males are equally overshadowed by their competitors. Carlson and Miller really did not have the material, though are both great actors. Previous Emmy Winner Young may be able to pull a nomination out of the hate, but is not a contender to win. I still think he was robbed in 2004 after his Judas speech against Adam when he colluded with Erica and Jackson to give Miranda back to Bianca.

No Younger Actors, but the Actress category looks good. Rambin is a shoe in for taking on double roles, and Stause and Egen both got their share of great material this year. Stause and Kate Collins (Janet Dillon), are magic together and Egen got to sink her teeth into some meaty material when Annie's sociopath brother Richie came to town. Both actresses come off as so mature in their roles. I did not realize either qualified as a younger lead.