NEW YORK, June 15 (UPI) -- ABC and PBS topped all U.S. networks with a total of 10 awards at the Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards for daytime television.
The ABC soap opera "One Life to Live" was a big winner at the annual event, taking home four awards, The Hollywood Reporter said Saturday.
Fellow ABC soap opera "General Hospital" earned a single award for its casting director Mark Teschner, the newspaper said.
Meanwhile, the award for outstanding preschool children's series went to PBS mainstay "Sesame Street," while the public TV network also earned awards for "Curious George," "Wordworld," "DragonflyTV" and "Design Squad."
Popular daytime talk shows "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "The View" earned two awards, while "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" garnered three trophies at Friday's event, which came a week before the 35th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards.
The Food Network also scored big with its popular series "Everyday Italian," which earned a total of three awards, the Reporter said.
Singer Eartha Kitt was also honored with an award for outstanding performer in a children's program for her involvement with the Disney Channel program "Disney's The Emperor's New School."
