'General Hospital leads daytime Emmy nominations

ABC's "General Hospital" earned a leading 28 nominations for Daytime Emmy Awards, with four of its stars (Maura West, Laura Wright, Anthony Geary and Jason Thompson) competing for honors as top actor or actress, The Associated Press reports. Nominations were announced yesterday for the 42nd annual awards. The ceremony will be held on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California, on April 26 and will air live on the Pop network. The other top soap operas -- "The Young and the Restless" (25 nominations), "The Bold and the Beautiful" (19 nominations) and "Days of Our Lives" (16 nominations) -- were the shows with the most potential trophies. "Sesame Street" earned 13 nominations and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" had 10.