Daytime Emmys: Erika Slezak, 'All My Children' nominated

The Daytime Emmys - in an on-going crisis as the soap industry continues to shrink and shrink and shrink - announced nominations for the 39th annual awards, to be presented June 23  at t he Beverly Hilton. And call these nominations a bittersweet end for "All My Children," which picked up best show nod; Erika Slezak of "One Life to Live" was also nominated. Both series are now among the dearly departed.

 And yes, fortunately, there are still enough soaps to keep the drama category afloat, thoiugh barely; "General Hospital" got a nod as well. The show has also long been rumored to be on the chopping block (ABC did renew) and if it goes, ABC won't have a potential single entry in this category for the first time in Emmy history. But enough with the doom and gloom! Regis Philbin got a nod, while Bill Geddie - Barbara Walters' longtime production maven (now running "The View") will get a Lifetime achievement statue. Below, just a few of the key nominations (there are hundreds, by the way):

drama:

All My Children ABC Julie Hanan Carruthers, Executive Producer Hope Harmel Smith, Supervising Producer Nadine Aronson, Producer

Days of Our Lives NBC Ken Corday, Executive Producer Greg Meng, Co-Executive Producer Gary Tomlin, Co-Executive Producer Noel Maxam, Co-Executive Producer Albert Alarr, Producer M.K. Weir, Producer Janet Spellman-Drucker, Senior Coordinating Producer Tim Stevens, Senior Coordinating Producer

General Hospital ABC Jill Farren, Phelps, Executive Producer Robert Guza, Consulting Producer Mercer Barrows, Producer Mary O'Leary, Producer Michelle Henry, Producer

The Young and the Restless CBS Maria Arena Bell, Executive Producer Jay Gibson, Consulting Producer Anthony Morina, Supervising Producer John Fisher, Supervising Producer Sally McDonald, Supervising Producer

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

CRYSTAL CHAPPELL, as Dr. Carly Manning Days of our Lives, NBC

DEBBIE MORGAN, as Angie Hubbard All My Children, ABC

ERIKA SLEZAK, as Viki Lord One Life to Live, ABC

HEATHER TOM, as Katie Logan Spencer The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

LAURA WRIGHT, as Carly Corinthos Jax General Hospital, ABC

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

MAURICE BERNARD, as Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. General Hospital, ABC

ANTHONY GEARY, as Luke Spencer General Hospital, ABC

JOHN MCCOOK, as Eric Forrester The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

DARNELL WILLIAMS, as Jesse Hubbard All My Children, ABC

ROBERT S. WOODS, as Bo Buchanan One Life to Live, ABC

OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW HOST

ANDERSON COOPER, as HOST Anderson SYNDICATED

DR. MEHMET OZ, as HOST The Dr. Oz Show SYNDICATED

REGIS PHILBIN, as CO-HOST KELLY RIPA, as CO-HOST Live with Regis and Kelly SYNDICATED

RACHAEL RAY, as HOST Rachael Ray SYNDICATED

DR. LISA MASTERSON, as CO-HOST,JILLIAN MICHALES, as CO-HOST DR. ANDREW ORDON, as CO-HOST DR. JIM SEARS, as CO-HOST DR. TRAVIS STORK, as CO-HOST WENDY WALSH, as CO-HOST The Doctors SYNDICATED