Morning shows tie at Creative Emmys

'Good Morning America,' 'Today' win awards
By ASSOCIATED PRESS


In the new category for morning shows at the Creative Arts Emmys - held on Thursday night in L.A. - ABC's "Good Morning America" and NBC's "Today" show tied.

Co-anchors Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts of "GMA" earned trophies, along with "Today" co-anchors Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Al Roker and Ann Curry.

PBS won a leading 13 awards, including six for "Sesame Street," and recently retired game show host Bob Barker won his 18th trophy.

Among the major broadcast networks, ABC and CBS tied with seven and NBC had five.

CBS's "The Price is Right" won on Thursday night for game-audience participation show where Barker served as executive producer until he retired last week at age 83.

"Sesame Street" won for pre-school children's series, along with trophies for costume design, directing, multiple camera editing, music direction and sound mixing.

Food Network star Paula Deen won for lifestyle host, while Eartha Kitt was honored as outstanding performer in an animated program for "Disney's The Emperor's New School" on the Disney Channel.

Four new categories for broadband, specifically computers, cell phones and other handheld devices, were created this year. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences teamed with the social networking Web site MySpace.com to solicit nominations from the public.

NBC's "The Office: Accountants" won in the comedy category; "It's Jerrytime!" on Ozone Inc. won in variety; "Cyberchase" on PBS won in children's; and "Satacracy 88" from Itsallinyourhands.com won for drama.

Syndicated shows earned nine awards, with comedian Ellen DeGeneres' talk show taking four in technical categories.

The awards were presented for the first time in a single ceremony that combined East and West coast winners at the Hollywood & Highland ballroom.

Other Daytime Emmys for performances and programs will be awarded Friday at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre during a two-hour telecast on CBS.

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