Since joining the cast of CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” in early 2014, Cady McClain [ex-Dixie Martin, “All My Children”; ex-Rosanna Cabot, “As The World Turns”] has seen her character, Kelly Andrews, finally deal with several family matters that have helped shape her into who she is today. “Her child died, her marriage broke up, her mom was a drunk and was very unstable. She thought her father was good, and it turns out her father was abusive. So Kelly had a really rough life experience. I hope that the fans kind of remember that. She’s really hanging on by her fingernails and trying to make this life, and Jack is a real key… falling in love,” McClain says in an exclusive interview with Soap Opera Network, following the Tuesday, February 17 episode of “Y&R,” which found Jack Abbott’s (Peter Bergman) actions contradict his words when he once again became intimate with Kelly as they did the deed in the storage room of The Underground.

The result of which seemingly gave hope of a future to a woman who many have begun to question her mental state. McClain also reveals in our interview some things you may not even realize about Kelly, the difference from being a recurring actor on a soap vs. a contract player, if any, and what’s next for one of Genoa City’s most exciting triangles.

When we tweeted, “Poor Kelly or crazy Kelly? Things are getting very interesting for Ms. Andrews,” shortly before the conclusion of Tuesday’s episode, some of you sided with the crazy side of the character. McClain doesn’t agree. “Poor Kelly! [laughs]. Poor Kelly. She loves Jack and now he’s being weird and just using her. She doesn’t know. She thinks it was very confusing to her what just happened,” says McClain, who had just completed an eventful live tweet during that day’s broadcast. But she does think collectively Jack, Kelly and Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) “all have to be crazy to be together [jokes] and people putting up with all of this, or each other.”

While the triangle is currently where Kelly’s concentration stands, it hasn’t cost Kelly anything storywise. Although there may be some story points she would have liked to have played, nothing really has been missed since the introduction of the character in 2013. “I honestly think they’ve done an amazing job of filling in the backstory with her mom. Remembering all that with Meredith Baxter and the murder of her father that turned out to not be by Stitch [Sean Carrigan], and to be by the mom. I suppose it would have been fun to have done more. I didn’t get to act with Meredith Baxter as much as I wanted to. I would have loved to have had some mother/daughter scenes. If Meredith ever wants to come back to the show, I’m sure they would embrace that. I know I would. ‘Come back. Bring back mom,'” exclaims McClain. “I think they’ve really covered all their bases with her pretty well. Family is really where it’s all at. Those family connections and I’m very lucky that I get to work with Sean Carrigan. He’s just so good. I just love our scenes together as a brother/sister. It just lends that other element of history and that’s what’s really important, I think, for the fans too. The fans have this sense of the history of where that character’s come from.” And that includes her love for Mr. Abbott.

“He really courted her with the roses. They were in love. They seemed very, very real. Phyllis coming in just sort of really threw a big ol’ wrench into all of that. It’s really pushed Kelly to the edge. That doesn’t make her crazy, it just makes her willing to do things that maybe she would think about twice if her life was more stable.”

As for those scenes where Jack took Kelly into his arms, and took her to heaven so to speak, one has to wonder if Jack has finally reached his breaking point after dealing with the loves of his life. “I don’t think that Jack has had a mental break. Didn’t he used to be called Smiling Jack back in the day? Wasn’t he like a cad, the bad boy?” McClain recalls of of Mr. Abbott’s early beginnings. “I think it asks the question, ‘Do people really change as much as you think they do?’ I mean, has Jack really changed that much? Did something push him over the edge? Did Phyllis make him want to go back to his old self. Did Kelly make him want to go back to his old self? I mean, I don’t know. I honestly don’t know. Peter and I were talking about the scene… we played it as written. That’s what we do, read what we get and we play that and just go for it. That was our plan. It was just, ‘Okay, let’s go for it!’ Clearly Jack and Kelly enjoy sex together. That’s one thing they had in common.”

After the deed was done there was a moment where Jack and Kelly were getting redressed. If you looked closely you would have noticed Kelly pull up her underwear. That wasn’t a scripted moment. “Who has sex with their underwear on? That’s pretty difficult. I was like, ‘I want to make it look real.’ When you stand up, you kind of like have to pretend like you’re getting them back on… I think everybody really tries to keep that reality in there because the viewers don’t miss a beat. That was certainly my goal and Peter and I talked about that too. He puts his pants on. He puts his shirt on. That’s what people do!”

Outside of her own storyline, viewers are truly enthralled with “Y&R’s” FANtastic February umbrella storyline, “Flirt with Disaster,” which includes the aforementioned Underground collapse, a plane crash that has stranded several characters, an apartment building fire that’s found enemies working together to save each other’s lives, and a murder mystery that has left many rootable characters wondering which one of them could pull off the unthinkable. “I think the credit really goes to [executive producer] Jill Farren Phelps and [head writer] Chuck Pratt. They are the ones that really engineered this whole ‘Flirting with Disaster’/’Fantastic February.’ This kind of style, and that’s great to hear that [viewers] are digging that,” notes McClain of the February Sweeps storyline that kicked off on Friday, February 13.

Back to Kelly: Where is she headed now that Jack seems to have shown he might still care about her? “I definitely see Kelly… this is a big connection with her. This moment that she and Jack make love again after him telling her, ‘I don’t want anything to do with you!’ I think she’s not going to give up on Jack. This was the moment she’s been waiting for. Like proof that he still wants her,” explains McClain. “I think she’s going to pursue that as much as she can, to make that happen because she really loves Jack. Jack is everything to her. Now she’s got proof that he loves her too, or [at least] she thinks he loves her. He certainly wanted her there.”

Speaking of stability, McClain is on recurring status with “Y&R.” You probably wouldn’t notice based on storyline. That’s okay though. “You know, I’m very happy as a recurring player. It certainly gives me some flexibility. On ‘As The World Turns’ too, I was a recurring player and I worked like a contract player. These days it’s so weird. It just doesn’t seem to make much of a difference. I mean, you work however they work you and there’s never any guarantees. Even in your contract. If they let you out, they can let you out anytime pretty much. I’m very happy just being here.”

If Kelly’s plate wasn’t already full with Jack, you probably might not of thought about who else the character might make some magic with. During her live tweet on Tuesday, McClain wrote, “I’m good wit this!” in response to a pic of herself next to Scott Elrod, who plays Joe Clark.

I’m good with this! @Scott_Elrod @YRInsider #YR #fantasticFebruary pic.twitter.com/raWmDSo6Dc

— Cady McClain (@CadyMcClain) February 17, 2015

McClain explains: “That would be pretty funny, wouldn’t it? Yeah, that would be hilarious. Getting together. They could, I don’t know, work together on something, but who knows. He’s pretty into Avery [Jessica Collins], I gotta say. That’s his goal and Kelly’s pretty into Jack right now, so it would have to be really down the line. Or they would hook up with a goal together and maybe just have like a casual fling, I’m sure. I don’t know about love, but it just can be fun. They can just have some fun.”

What Do You Think?

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As it gears up to broadcast its first major awards telecast with the “42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” on Sunday, April 26, Pop has released the Daytime Emmy Nominee Reels for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Competing this year for the coveted trophy are Peggy McCay as Caroline Brady and Alison Sweeney as Sami Brady, respectively, on “Days of our Lives,” Maura West as Ava Jerome and Laura Wright as Carly Jacks, respectively, on “General Hospital,” and Gina Tognoni as Phyllis Summers on “The Young and the Restless.”

With her third overall nomination since joining “DAYS” in 1983, Peggy McCay is hoping to make her second nomination in the Lead Actress category a winning one. Meanwhile, former co-star Alison Sweeney bagged her first nomination ever after nearly 22-years on the soap. She left “DAYS” in 2014. A previous winner in Supporting Actress for her role on “Guiding Light,” Gina Tognoni received her first ever nomination in Lead Actress after joining “Y&R” in August 2014. Maura West and Laura Wright are previous winners in the category; West for her role on “As The World Turns” and Wright for her role on “GH.”

READ ALSO: DAYTIME EMMY REELS: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominees (2015)

Below are the official reels each actor submitted that brought them this far in the competition:

Peggy McCay – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

Alison Sweeney – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

Gina Tognoni – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

Maura West – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

Laura Wright – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

To find out who wins, tune into Pop on Sunday, April 26 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT. Check local listings for channel number.

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As has been done in the past, cast and crew from CBS Daytime’s “The Young and the Restless,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “The Talk,” “Let’s Make a Deal” and “The Price is right” are set to live tweet during or after their respective show’s east coast broadcast throughout the week of April 20, leading up to the industry’s biggest night – “The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” airing Sunday, April 26 on Pop, a sister network of CBS.

Taking part in the live tweets are: Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood, co-hosts of “The Talk”; Actors Linsey Godfrey, Scott Clifton and Jacob Young from “The Bold and the Beautiful”; Keyboardist Cat Gray and Director Lenn Goodside from “Let’s Make a Deal”; Actresses Gina Tognoni and Amelia Heinle from “The Young and the Restless”; and “The Price is Right” Executive Producer Mike Richards (see below for full schedule, handles and hashtags).

MONDAY, APRIL 20
3:30 PM, ET / 12:30 PM, PT: THE TALK (#talklivechat)

• Julie Chen (@JulieChen)
• Sara Gilbert (@THEsaragilbert)
• Sharon Osbourne (@MrsSOsbourne)
• Sheryl Underwood (@sherylunderwood)
• Aisha Tyler (@AishaTyler)

TUESDAY, APRIL 21
1:30 PM, ET / 10:30 AM, PT: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (#BoldandBeautiful)

• Jacob Young (@Jacob_W_Young)
• Scott Clifton (@CliftonsNotes)
• Linsey Godfrey (@linseygodfrey)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
3:00 PM, ET / 12:00 PM, PT: LET’S MAKE A DEAL (#LMAD)

• Keyboardist Cat Gray (@letsmakeadeal)
• Director Lenn Goodside (@letsmakeadeal)

THURSDAY, APRIL 23
12:30 PM, ET/ 9:30 AM, PT: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (#YR)

• Amelia Heinle (@marchpemberley)
• Gina Tognoni (@ginatognoni)

FRIDAY, APRIL 24
11:00 AM, ET/ 8:00 AM, PT: THE PRICE IS RIGHT (#PriceIsRight)

• Executive Producer Mike Richards (@MRichTV)

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With hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who were around to promote their new movie “Sisters,” last night’s final 2015 episode of “Saturday Night Live” featured a daytime drama wrap up presented by Somebody’s Mom, Deenie (played by Kate McKinnon) during the popular “Weekend Update” segment.

Hilarity ensued as Deenie recapped 2015 on CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” with such character descriptions as mustache man, big boobs, sexpot, priss pants, red head, and perfect skin, among others, as a way to describe Genoa City’s most prominent citizens.

When asked if this has been a good year for her soaps by “Update” host Colin Jost, Deenie tells him, “Oh, have they ever been getting good!” before adding, “There’s so many good characters on there this year. Like um, what’s his name, or… you know, mustache man [presumed to be Victor Newman, played by Eric Braeden].”

Deenie then explains this year’s storylines featuring mustache man as she’s asked what he did this year that was so memorable: “So mustache hired the guy who looks like red heads husband, while perfect skin was tied to the bed in the boat house. And then… so sexpot gets involved with him and now his wife, dark hair, is gonna be so pissed off she’s gonna kill mustache.”

When asked “who is mustache?” Deenie says, “Mustache is the rich one. The one who owns the fish canary with his kids, you know mustache… The kids are hottie [laughs], sexpot, and skinny minny, oh and priss pants who he had with big boobs.”

Wondering if she even knows the names of any of the characters on the show, Deenie tells Jost, “No, I kinda half watch it while I’m coloring in my adult coloring book. It’s good for your brain.”

Following a breakaway conversation where they talked about what Deenie was eating while discussing her soaps, which was baked salmon for anyone wondering, Jost then brings the conversation back to the soaps. Once back on topic Deenie tells Jost, “Get this: Big boobs was stuck in the skyscraper fire with military doctor who’s got the hots for big boobs.”

Although she couldn’t name a single character outside of their hilarious descriptions, Deenie later admits she’s watched her favorite soap “everyday for forty years.” Unfortunately, she can’t even name it when asked which one it is. “The one before the other one,” she says. “It’s got the piano music at the beginning.” With “The Young and the Restless” pointed out as the possible show she’s referring, Deenie says, “Sure!”

Watch the hilarious “SNL” clip above and tell us who you think the following characters Deenie couldn’t properly name are in the comments below:

Mustache = ?
Hottie = ?
Sexpot = ?
Skinny Minny = ?
Priss Pants = ?
Big Boobs = ?
Perfect Skin = ?
Dark Hair = ?
Red Head = ?
The Guy = ?
Military Doctor = ?

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A panicked wife turns up her efforts to find her missing husband, this week on “The Young and the Restless.” Fearing Adam (Justin Hartley) may have been kidnapped by the ruthless Santori family, Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) goes to Nick (Joshua Morrow) and begs him for help.

Adam was grabbed outside his penthouse door, tossed into an elevator, and carted away, last week, while en route to a business trip for his father. When he never made contact with Chelsea, she went to Victor (Eric Braeden), who assured her he’d get to the bottom of things. Victor, however, quickly learned that his son never checked into his hotel in Spain, let alone boarded the Newman jet.

This week, with still no word from Adam, Chelsea turns up her efforts to find him, making the rounds through Genoa City.

“My husband is missing,” Chelsea tells Sharon (Sharon Case), before delivering the same news — and her frightening suspicions about what has happened to him — to Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) and Jack (Peter Bergman).

“Adam was kidnapped?” asks a stunned Jack.

Turns out Chelsea is right on target. Viewers see Adam tied to a chair in an undisclosed location, as he struggles to free himself.

A desperate Chelsea, ultimately, turns to Nick and explains all. “There is some Newman/Santori war going on and Victor threw Adam right in the middle of it. I need your help,” she tells him, adding that she believes Victor knows more than he’s letting on. “I have a feeling he’s hiding something”

Nick heads to see his father and asks him point blank, “You know what happened to Adam?”

As usual, Victor plays it cool, insisting he has things under control. “I will do whatever is necessary,” he tells Nick, regarding getting to the bottom of things.

Is the Santori family really behind Adam’s disappearance or is another sinister source responsible? Will Victor be able to track down his kidnapped son before it’s too late? Check out the video preview below.

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As we get closer to daytime’s biggest night, taking place on Sunday, May 1, the industry is abuzz today over which actors were submitted for a pre-nomination for the “The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” presented by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). With at least two actors per show for each category (exception being Supporting Actress) several of daytime television’s biggest and brightest stars are looking to vie for the coveted trophy that celebrates their hard work during calendar year 2015.

What follows is a breakdown of each pre-nominated actor in each respective category:

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren Fenmore, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Kassie DePaiva (Eve Larson, “Days of our Lives”)
– Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Finola Hughes (Anna Devane, “General Hospital”)
– Kate Mansi (Abigail Deveraux, “Days of our Lives”)
– Gina Tognoni (Phyllis Newman Abbott, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Maura West (Ava Jerome, “General Hospital”)
– Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos, “General Hospital”)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, “General Hospital”)
– Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine, “General Hospital”)
– Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera, “Days of our Lives”)
– Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, “General Hospital”)
– Justin Hartley (Adam Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters, “The Young and the Restless”)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Lauralee Bell (Christine Williams, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Molly Burnett (Melanie Jonas, “Days of our Lives”)
– Jessica Collins (Avery Bailey Clark, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Judi Evans (Adrienne Kiriakis, “Days of our Lives”)
– Linsey Godfrey (Caroline Spencer, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Christel Khalil (Lily Winters Ashby, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Peggy McCay (Caroline Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Sofia Pernas (Marisa Sierras, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Melissa Reeves (Jennifer Horton, “Days of our Lives”)
– Kelly Sullivan (Sage Warner, “The Young and the Restless”)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Sean Blakemore (Shawn Butler, “General Hospital”)
– Darin Brooks (Wyatt Spencer, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Steve Burton (Dylan McAvoy, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Sean Carrigan (Ben “Stitch” Rayburn, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Bryton James (Devon Hamilton, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis, “Days of our Lives”)
– Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Christopher Sean (Paul Narita, “Days of our Lives”)
– Jacob Young (Rick Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri, “General Hospital”)

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Camila Banus (Gabi Hernandez, “Days of our Lives”)
– Lauren Boles (Ciara Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Ashleigh Brewer (Ivy Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Reign Edwards (Nicole Avant, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Hayley Erin (Kiki Jerome, “General Hospital”)
– Kelli Goss (Courtney Sloan, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Camryn Grimes (Mariah Copeland, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Vivian Jovanni (Ciara Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Olivia Keegan (Claire Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Hunter King (Summer Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Alyvia Alyn Lind (Faith Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– True O’Brien (Paige Larson, “Days of our Lives”)
– Ashlyn Pearce (Aly Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Brooklyn Rae Silzer (Emma Drake, “General Hospital”)

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Nicolas Bechtel (Spencer Cassadine, “General Hospital”)
– Bryan Craig (Morgan Corinthos, “General Hospital”)
– Max Ehrich (Fenmore Baldwin, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Rome Flynn (Zende Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Pierson Fodé (Thomas Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Connor Kalopsis (Chase Jennings, “Days of our Lives”)
– James Lastovic (Joey Johnson, “Days of our Lives”)
– Jonathan McClendon (Chase Jennings, “Days of our Lives”)
– Terrell Ransom Jr. (Theo Carver, “Days of our Lives”)
– Tequan Richmond (TJ Ashford, “General Hospital”)

Following the pre-nomination announcement, potential nominees will be whittled down to as few as 4 or 5 prospects. Contenders will then advance from the pre-nomination round and enter the Blue Ribbon judging round, which will help determine the final list of nominees and eventual winner in each respective category. The complete list of nominees will officially be announced on Thursday, March 24.

The winner will be announced on Sunday, May 1 during “The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” as revealed exclusively from tabulations only known to the accounting firm of Lutz and Carr.

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Get ready for a soap opera showdown. Stars from “The Young and the Restless” and  “The Bold and the Beautiful” are competing against one another in CBS’ Soap Mayhem Basketball Tournament on Thursday, March 10. Part of March Madness 2016, the event will stream live on the CBS Facebook page at 11:30 am ET/8:30 am PT.

Last year’s winner, Bryton James (Devon, “Y&R) is back, looking to defend his champion status. Meanwhile, this year’s team captains and social media ambassadors, Linsey Godfrey (Caroline, “B&B”) and Christian LeBlanc (Michael, “Y&R”), will help live-tweet the event and post pictures on Instagram on both shows’ handles. That’s @BandB_CBS and @YandR_CBS.

“The Young and the Restless” team will face of as follows:
Gina Tognoni (Phyllis) vs. Lauralee Bell (Christine)
Joshua Morrow (Nick) vs. Kristoff St. John (Neil)
Christel Khalil (Lily) vs. Melissa Ordway (Abby)
Bryton James (Devon) vs. Jason Thompson (Billy)

“The Bold and the Beautiful” team will face off as follows:
Karla Mosley (Maya) vs. Alley Mills (Pam)
Don Diamont (Bill) vs. Jacob Young (Rick)
Heather Tom (Katie) vs. Reign Edwards (Nicole)
Rome Flynn (Zende) vs. Pierson Fode (Thomas)

Winners of each round will compete against each other until only one actor/actress is left standing from each show. Those sole representatives will then face off for the title of basketball champion.

Will Bryton James be the grand victor, again? Or will he be unseated by another soap star? Be sure to tune in to find out.

To help oversee a fair competition, announcer George Gray from “The Price Is Right” will officiate the event as the 2016 Soap Mayhem referee.

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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the first round of presenters for “The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” taking place Sunday, May 1 from the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, CA and “The 43rd Annual Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards” taking place on Friday, April 29, also at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

Presenters for the Sunday, May 1 awards show include actors from the four daytime dramas such as “The Bold and the Beautiful’s” Pierson Fodé, Karla Mosley and Jacob Young, “Days of our Lives'” Camilla Banus, Billy Flynn and Jen Lilley, “General Hospital’s” Teresa Castillo, Laura Wright and Donnell Turner, and “The Young and the Restless'” Gina Tognani, Hunter King and Jason Thomson.

Additional presenters include: Larry King (“Larry King Now”), Rita Moreno (EGOT winner), Mario Lopez (“EXTRA”), Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier (“Entertainment Tonight”), Chris Harrison (“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”), Sandra Lee (Emmy Award winning Culinary Host), Julie Chen, Sheryl Underwood, Aisha Tyler, Sharon Osbourne and Sara Gilbert (“The Talk”), Dr. Mehmet Oz (Dr. Oz), Daphne Oz and Carla Hall (“The Chew”), Brandon McMillan (“Lucky Dog”), Shemar Moore (“Criminal Minds”), Dr. Andrew Ordon and Dr. Jennifer Ashton (The Doctors), Brooke Burns (The Chase), Kristos Andrews (“The Bay: The Series”), Van Hansis (“EastSiders”), Matt Doran (Crime Watch), as well as Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jeannie Mae, Loni Love, Tamar Braxton and Adrienne Bailon (“The Real”)

For the Friday, April 29 awards show, presenters from daytime dramas include “B&B’s” Katherine Kelly Lang, Heather Tom and Don Diamont, “DAYS'” Olivia Rose Keegan and James Lastovic, “GH’s” Lisa LoCicero and Anthony Montgomery and “Y&R’s” Tracey E. Bregman and Christian LeBlanc. Soap vets Lily Melgar (“The Bay”, “GH”) and Kevin Spirtas (“DAYS”, “Winterthorne”) will also present.

Other presenters for the Creative Arts include: Toni Tennille (Grammy Award-winning Artist), Anson Williams (Happy Days), Dawn Wells (“Gilligan’s Island”), Gordon Elliott (The Chew), Jeff Corwin (“Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin”), Brandon McMillan (Lucky Dog), Matt Gutman (“Safe Rescue”), Bob Bergen (Voice of Porky Pig), Tanya Acker, Bill Bakman and Judge Patricia DiMango (Hot Bench), Christopher Kimball and Bridget Lancaster (“America’s Test Kitchen”), Reid Scott (“Turbo FAST”), and Tim Kubart (Grammy Award winning Musician).

Additional presenters for each awards show will be announced prior to event.

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Monday, July 17 was World Emoji Day and CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” got in on the action.

In the 15-second video released on its social media platforms, daytime’s number one drama compiled a series of images showing its stars holding stuffed emojis, including your standard go-to’s: angry face, kissy face, hearts, tears and even a bag of s***.

In the video below it seems the various emojis provide a telling tale of where the storylines involving Victoria (Amelia Heinle), Billy (Jason Thompson), Phyllis (Gina Tognoni), Jack (Peter Bergman), Ashley (Eileen Davidson), Devon (Bryton James), Cane (Daniel Goddard), Lily (Christel Khalil) and others are heading, or in some cases, continuing. The video ended with the words “We Love You, Fans” (“love” was symbolized with a heart).

Happy World Emoji Day from #YR! pic.twitter.com/TjsA1RtbYi

— Young & The Restless (@YRInsider) July 17, 2017

In addition to celebrating the day itself, the timing of the “Y&R” video might have something to do with the upcoming release of “The Emoji Movie” by Sony Pictures, whose television division holds majority ownership of the soap opera. The movie is set for release in theaters on Friday, July 28.

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“The Young and the Restless’” Gina Tognoni is having the time of her life. Just seven months after reporting to the CBS Television City studio, where the daytime drama series is filmed, Tognoni is grateful for the warm welcome she’s received from viewers and the daytime community as a whole. Fresh off a pre-nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category, for her role as Phyllis Summers on “Y&R,” Tognoni shares with us what it’s like playing such an interesting and dynamic character, provides insight into the Phyllis, Jack (Peter Bergman) and Kelly (Cady McClain) triangle, and which actors and characters she’d love to share more screen time with.

This year marks 20 years since Gina Tognoni made her daytime television debut in the contract role of Kelly Cramer on ABC’s “One Life to Live.” Two decades later, she’s a Daytime Emmy Award winner (for her role as Dinah Marler on “Guiding Light”) and is currently taking names as she crosses their path in Genoa City. Have things changed that much since she started in daytime? “I was a younger woman and [my] first time doing a soap, and now you fast forward all of these years later at ‘Y&R,’ It’s just different. I have a deep appreciation for what we do. Not that I never did,” Tognoni clarifies. “I understand how hard it is at what we do, that we all do, and we have very little time with a lot of material and to make it work. Every department works so well together at ‘Y&R.’ It’s like a well oiled machine. I have immense respect and I love it. I love going to work everyday. I love my storyline. I love my character. She is just the epitome. [Executive producer] Jill Phelps said to me, ‘It doesn’t get better than this,’ [referring to Phyllis] and she really is a fabulous character. She gets to do so many things. She has so much leeway because of her past, and I love it. A simple answer… I absolutely am a very lucky girl.”

“[This week] is explosive and wonderful. I’m so proud of it,” says Tognoni of “Flirt with Disaster,” an umbrella storyline that kicked off Friday, February 13 on the CBS Daytime drama series. “It just has a lot going on in Genoa City, particularly The Underground,” says the actress of the on air promo hyping the disaster at Nicholas Newman’s (Joshua Morrow) club and the plane crash that has stranded several prominent citizens in the freezing cold, among other situations.

Back to the Underground: “Obviously, it collapses,” says Tognoni of what occurred during today’s episode. “We have Jack, Kelly and Phyllis in the same place at the bar. Usually that never ends well. And ‘Kelly is being persistent,’ and really starting to get under Phyllis’ skin. And we sort of see that. It’s just awesome. The whole month of February is a killer, so to speak [laughs].”

Speaking of Kelly, for months viewers have been left to ponder if the character, or Phyllis herself, had lost her marbles in her desire to keep Jack. Even though it seems to be a little more obvious now that Kelly has been shown to be off her rocker, it wasn’t always that way, reveals Tognoni. “The cool thing is, it’s meant to keep the audience guessing. And definitely as actors, we were not necessarily sat down and told anything so we very much were working from the hip and doing what the script was essentially telling us and that can happen. It doesn’t happen that often… that you don’t really know what’s happening. I actually kind of think that it’s kind of great when you don’t know every edge and turn because it’s actually not that exciting. We really have just been trusting this and going with it. It’s fun. It’s been fun to tape it. All put together, I know it’s going to look great.”

Not knowing what’s going to happen next is a hard thing to prevent in today’s spoiler world, but Tognoni does believe that the best way to watch something unfold is not knowing what will happen next in advance. It’s better to watch and learn. “You know, I think it’s okay to tease [viewers] in the sense that something’s going to happen, but the audience is very intuitive. They can see the story. It ‘s like reading a book. Why spoil it for them? We have the opportunity to come into their home every single day and we get to tell them a story and that’s what we get to do every day and we change it up. Obviously we’re telling new stories, new dialogue, and that’s what we do. So it’s like, ‘Let’s do it!’ And we do it well. So yeah, keep ’em guessing.”

While Jack and Phyllis have a huge fan following, so does Nicholas and Phyllis, better known as Phick. Will we be seeing the dynamic duo in less than friendly scenes, outside of their dealing with their daughter, Summer (Hunter King)? “Oh, Phyllis and Nicholas! So here’s the thing… I absolutely think that Phyllis and Nick have to have more scenes [laughs]. They share a child, Summer, [and] I just am looking forward to how we live in that place… what we’re going to do with that. There’s so much going on right now and really, from a practical standpoint, I love the time that I’ve had to find a relationship with Jack, to develop [the triangle]. I mean look, we have a lot of gold there and it’s been so well worked in building that in an organic way. I think with Nick it’ll be just as good. Whenever the writers decide to create the conflict, or whatever the story is, we have time. You certainly do not want to rush that. You don’t want to rush that kind of stuff. I hate rushing that stuff personally. I don’t like seeing it. Just two people in a room together for the sake of having them in the room together? It’s like, let it be story driven/character driven. I trust that it’ll happen. He’s [referring to Morrow] such a neat guy to work with. We haven’t had enough scenes, that’s for sure.”

On the note of story driven, or particularly character driven stories, viewers loved the recent interactions between characters that just fit the scene. For example: Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) and Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John) became drinking buddies while discussing their mutual problems. That doesn’t happen very often in daytime. “That’s what it should be. I think that we love seeing these characters exist and then exist within a situation. ‘Oh, my gosh. What are they doing? What are they doing with this? What are they doing with that?’ Ultimately, it comes down to the characters and people falling in love with their favorite characters. I’m not a writer, but I have this faith that we’ll see more of Phyllis and Nick in the coming months.”

Outside of a possible dabble in the road of Phyllis and Nicholas, who else would Tognoni like to share more screen time with? Or in this case, a scene or two to start? As she correlated her thoughts, Tognoni noted, “We have a gigantic cast [laughs]. Who have I not worked with? My goodness. I have not worked with Noah [Robert Adamson]. I have not worked that much at all with Mariah [Camryn Grimes]. A little of bit of Nikki, I just love that. [Melody] cracks me up. I really like working with her. It feels very comfortable. It’s weird. Noah, yeah, that Newman side. I really haven’t done much with Sage [Kelly Sullivan]. That’ll be interesting.” And speaking of that Newman side, “I’ll tell you who I definitely would love to have fun with is Adam [Justin Hartley]. Definitely Adam. I ‘d love to check that one out. I mean, he’s too funny. I like the dynamic of his character, so I could definitely see that. He’s a hoot. He’s hilarious.” On the possibility of Phyllis and Adam in scenes together, Tognoni notes, “We’re definitely the antagonists.”

Outside of romance, one of Phyllis’ greatest relationships is that of which she shares with her sister, Avery Clark (Jessica Collins). Recently Phyllis fired her as her lawyer, but it happened in a funny way. During their conversation at the Newman ranch, Phyllis noted to Avery it’s her job to do “bug removal,” referring to Phyllis’ history with Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell), and told Avery, “I don’t need any help going to prison,” as Avery doesn’t appear to believe in Phyllis’ innocence. While those scenes may have come across adlibbed to some, “Those were definitely scripted. Some of what made it nice is that Jessica is so easy to work with. I love that relationship personally because the one relationship that is very different for Phyllis is her blood relationship with her sister. That’s family. It has a different tone than any other relationship on the canvas.” She adds, “I think that the writers are very much aware that it’s a good thing and I think that we’re fostering that, at least with this Phyllis, we’re really fostering that relationship and how precious it is. It’s a good one. She’s just terrific. A lot of these scenes are taped in one take. That was a one take scene. We’re just so proud of them. I mean, I am. Not everyday is it like this, but nine out of ten, a lot of the stuff you see is all in one take and it’s amazing. It just goes to show everybody just brings a really great energy.”

Going back to family for a moment, currently Summer is dealing with the possible loss of her husband, Austin (Matthew Atkinson), although mommy doesn’t know about it just yet. Can we expect Phyllis to be there for her child? “Oh wow, there’s some information that comes out in February in her storyline that I imagine we will have some scenes about and I’m looking forward to that. I look forward to being a mother to her and it’s a really funny line because Phyllis is certainly not the pillar of the community. She has her issues. But by God, when it comes to your daughter, when it comes to your children, you want the best of them. You see the best in them, and she is a shining star. Phyllis wants that for her. She wants her to shine and be her best self, and I want Phyllis to find that in Summer and always encourage that in Summer. For her to be her best self. I look forward to that.”

As for working with her on screen daughter, Tognoni says, “I love having scenes with Hunter. She’s incredibly pleasant and soft and all of those things that I just love in the present moment. It’s sort of that other side of Phyllis that we don’t see… the softer side, you know that relationship being where she’s my daughter and we have all those issues. I love it. She makes it a lot of fun and she’s just the nicest human being.”

Earlier this month, pre-nomations for the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced. Tognoni is pre-nominated for the first time in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role on “Y&R.” How does she feel to be recognized for her work, especially since it covered just the latter half of 2014? Tognoni says she’s just very grateful that her peers took notice of her. “I think it’s terrific and I’m totally grateful. I’m very proud of the scenes we submitted. It was a Jack and Phyllis scene at the Abbott mansion over Kelly and it was very real. I was really proud of those scenes. We did those in the first few items of the day at about 8:30 in the morning and I believe we got them all in one take. I think we were both really psyched that we got through that. I believe it was also a 6 page scene – one of our last scenes, second to last page – and we’re really proud of that too. A lot of material. So that kind of stuff I like and I’m proud of. We’ll see!” she says of possibly receiving an actual nomination when the final list of nominees is revealed in the coming weeks.

As for playing Phyllis, Tognoni says, “I’m really, really grateful that the audience has accepted me so much. I guess it could go any way, but I do really feel that they’re happy and they’re entertained and things are going well. I just want to do a shout out back to them and say, ‘Thank you for watching.’ I love doing it for them. It means a lot to me.”

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Since joining the cast of CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” in early 2014, Cady McClain [ex-Dixie Martin, “All My Children”; ex-Rosanna Cabot, “As The World Turns”] has seen her character, Kelly Andrews, finally deal with several family matters that have helped shape her into who she is today. “Her child died, her marriage broke up, her mom was a drunk and was very unstable. She thought her father was good, and it turns out her father was abusive. So Kelly had a really rough life experience. I hope that the fans kind of remember that. She’s really hanging on by her fingernails and trying to make this life, and Jack is a real key… falling in love,” McClain says in an exclusive interview with Soap Opera Network, following the Tuesday, February 17 episode of “Y&R,” which found Jack Abbott’s (Peter Bergman) actions contradict his words when he once again became intimate with Kelly as they did the deed in the storage room of The Underground.

The result of which seemingly gave hope of a future to a woman who many have begun to question her mental state. McClain also reveals in our interview some things you may not even realize about Kelly, the difference from being a recurring actor on a soap vs. a contract player, if any, and what’s next for one of Genoa City’s most exciting triangles.

When we tweeted, “Poor Kelly or crazy Kelly? Things are getting very interesting for Ms. Andrews,” shortly before the conclusion of Tuesday’s episode, some of you sided with the crazy side of the character. McClain doesn’t agree. “Poor Kelly! [laughs]. Poor Kelly. She loves Jack and now he’s being weird and just using her. She doesn’t know. She thinks it was very confusing to her what just happened,” says McClain, who had just completed an eventful live tweet during that day’s broadcast. But she does think collectively Jack, Kelly and Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) “all have to be crazy to be together [jokes] and people putting up with all of this, or each other.”

While the triangle is currently where Kelly’s concentration stands, it hasn’t cost Kelly anything storywise. Although there may be some story points she would have liked to have played, nothing really has been missed since the introduction of the character in 2013. “I honestly think they’ve done an amazing job of filling in the backstory with her mom. Remembering all that with Meredith Baxter and the murder of her father that turned out to not be by Stitch [Sean Carrigan], and to be by the mom. I suppose it would have been fun to have done more. I didn’t get to act with Meredith Baxter as much as I wanted to. I would have loved to have had some mother/daughter scenes. If Meredith ever wants to come back to the show, I’m sure they would embrace that. I know I would. ‘Come back. Bring back mom,'” exclaims McClain. “I think they’ve really covered all their bases with her pretty well. Family is really where it’s all at. Those family connections and I’m very lucky that I get to work with Sean Carrigan. He’s just so good. I just love our scenes together as a brother/sister. It just lends that other element of history and that’s what’s really important, I think, for the fans too. The fans have this sense of the history of where that character’s come from.” And that includes her love for Mr. Abbott.

“He really courted her with the roses. They were in love. They seemed very, very real. Phyllis coming in just sort of really threw a big ol’ wrench into all of that. It’s really pushed Kelly to the edge. That doesn’t make her crazy, it just makes her willing to do things that maybe she would think about twice if her life was more stable.”

As for those scenes where Jack took Kelly into his arms, and took her to heaven so to speak, one has to wonder if Jack has finally reached his breaking point after dealing with the loves of his life. “I don’t think that Jack has had a mental break. Didn’t he used to be called Smiling Jack back in the day? Wasn’t he like a cad, the bad boy?” McClain recalls of of Mr. Abbott’s early beginnings. “I think it asks the question, ‘Do people really change as much as you think they do?’ I mean, has Jack really changed that much? Did something push him over the edge? Did Phyllis make him want to go back to his old self. Did Kelly make him want to go back to his old self? I mean, I don’t know. I honestly don’t know. Peter and I were talking about the scene… we played it as written. That’s what we do, read what we get and we play that and just go for it. That was our plan. It was just, ‘Okay, let’s go for it!’ Clearly Jack and Kelly enjoy sex together. That’s one thing they had in common.”

After the deed was done there was a moment where Jack and Kelly were getting redressed. If you looked closely you would have noticed Kelly pull up her underwear. That wasn’t a scripted moment. “Who has sex with their underwear on? That’s pretty difficult. I was like, ‘I want to make it look real.’ When you stand up, you kind of like have to pretend like you’re getting them back on… I think everybody really tries to keep that reality in there because the viewers don’t miss a beat. That was certainly my goal and Peter and I talked about that too. He puts his pants on. He puts his shirt on. That’s what people do!”

Outside of her own storyline, viewers are truly enthralled with “Y&R’s” FANtastic February umbrella storyline, “Flirt with Disaster,” which includes the aforementioned Underground collapse, a plane crash that has stranded several characters, an apartment building fire that’s found enemies working together to save each other’s lives, and a murder mystery that has left many rootable characters wondering which one of them could pull off the unthinkable. “I think the credit really goes to [executive producer] Jill Farren Phelps and [head writer] Chuck Pratt. They are the ones that really engineered this whole ‘Flirting with Disaster’/’Fantastic February.’ This kind of style, and that’s great to hear that [viewers] are digging that,” notes McClain of the February Sweeps storyline that kicked off on Friday, February 13.

Back to Kelly: Where is she headed now that Jack seems to have shown he might still care about her? “I definitely see Kelly… this is a big connection with her. This moment that she and Jack make love again after him telling her, ‘I don’t want anything to do with you!’ I think she’s not going to give up on Jack. This was the moment she’s been waiting for. Like proof that he still wants her,” explains McClain. “I think she’s going to pursue that as much as she can, to make that happen because she really loves Jack. Jack is everything to her. Now she’s got proof that he loves her too, or [at least] she thinks he loves her. He certainly wanted her there.”

Speaking of stability, McClain is on recurring status with “Y&R.” You probably wouldn’t notice based on storyline. That’s okay though. “You know, I’m very happy as a recurring player. It certainly gives me some flexibility. On ‘As The World Turns’ too, I was a recurring player and I worked like a contract player. These days it’s so weird. It just doesn’t seem to make much of a difference. I mean, you work however they work you and there’s never any guarantees. Even in your contract. If they let you out, they can let you out anytime pretty much. I’m very happy just being here.”

If Kelly’s plate wasn’t already full with Jack, you probably might not of thought about who else the character might make some magic with. During her live tweet on Tuesday, McClain wrote, “I’m good wit this!” in response to a pic of herself next to Scott Elrod, who plays Joe Clark.

I’m good with this! @Scott_Elrod @YRInsider #YR #fantasticFebruary pic.twitter.com/raWmDSo6Dc

— Cady McClain (@CadyMcClain) February 17, 2015

McClain explains: “That would be pretty funny, wouldn’t it? Yeah, that would be hilarious. Getting together. They could, I don’t know, work together on something, but who knows. He’s pretty into Avery [Jessica Collins], I gotta say. That’s his goal and Kelly’s pretty into Jack right now, so it would have to be really down the line. Or they would hook up with a goal together and maybe just have like a casual fling, I’m sure. I don’t know about love, but it just can be fun. They can just have some fun.”

What Do You Think?

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As it gears up to broadcast its first major awards telecast with the “42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” on Sunday, April 26, Pop has released the Daytime Emmy Nominee Reels for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Competing this year for the coveted trophy are Peggy McCay as Caroline Brady and Alison Sweeney as Sami Brady, respectively, on “Days of our Lives,” Maura West as Ava Jerome and Laura Wright as Carly Jacks, respectively, on “General Hospital,” and Gina Tognoni as Phyllis Summers on “The Young and the Restless.”

With her third overall nomination since joining “DAYS” in 1983, Peggy McCay is hoping to make her second nomination in the Lead Actress category a winning one. Meanwhile, former co-star Alison Sweeney bagged her first nomination ever after nearly 22-years on the soap. She left “DAYS” in 2014. A previous winner in Supporting Actress for her role on “Guiding Light,” Gina Tognoni received her first ever nomination in Lead Actress after joining “Y&R” in August 2014. Maura West and Laura Wright are previous winners in the category; West for her role on “As The World Turns” and Wright for her role on “GH.”

READ ALSO: DAYTIME EMMY REELS: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominees (2015)

Below are the official reels each actor submitted that brought them this far in the competition:

Peggy McCay – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

Alison Sweeney – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

Gina Tognoni – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

Maura West – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

Laura Wright – Daytime Emmy Nominee Reel

To find out who wins, tune into Pop on Sunday, April 26 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT. Check local listings for channel number.

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As has been done in the past, cast and crew from CBS Daytime’s “The Young and the Restless,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “The Talk,” “Let’s Make a Deal” and “The Price is right” are set to live tweet during or after their respective show’s east coast broadcast throughout the week of April 20, leading up to the industry’s biggest night – “The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” airing Sunday, April 26 on Pop, a sister network of CBS.

Taking part in the live tweets are: Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood, co-hosts of “The Talk”; Actors Linsey Godfrey, Scott Clifton and Jacob Young from “The Bold and the Beautiful”; Keyboardist Cat Gray and Director Lenn Goodside from “Let’s Make a Deal”; Actresses Gina Tognoni and Amelia Heinle from “The Young and the Restless”; and “The Price is Right” Executive Producer Mike Richards (see below for full schedule, handles and hashtags).

MONDAY, APRIL 20
3:30 PM, ET / 12:30 PM, PT: THE TALK (#talklivechat)

• Julie Chen (@JulieChen)
• Sara Gilbert (@THEsaragilbert)
• Sharon Osbourne (@MrsSOsbourne)
• Sheryl Underwood (@sherylunderwood)
• Aisha Tyler (@AishaTyler)

TUESDAY, APRIL 21
1:30 PM, ET / 10:30 AM, PT: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (#BoldandBeautiful)

• Jacob Young (@Jacob_W_Young)
• Scott Clifton (@CliftonsNotes)
• Linsey Godfrey (@linseygodfrey)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
3:00 PM, ET / 12:00 PM, PT: LET’S MAKE A DEAL (#LMAD)

• Keyboardist Cat Gray (@letsmakeadeal)
• Director Lenn Goodside (@letsmakeadeal)

THURSDAY, APRIL 23
12:30 PM, ET/ 9:30 AM, PT: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (#YR)

• Amelia Heinle (@marchpemberley)
• Gina Tognoni (@ginatognoni)

FRIDAY, APRIL 24
11:00 AM, ET/ 8:00 AM, PT: THE PRICE IS RIGHT (#PriceIsRight)

• Executive Producer Mike Richards (@MRichTV)

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With hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who were around to promote their new movie “Sisters,” last night’s final 2015 episode of “Saturday Night Live” featured a daytime drama wrap up presented by Somebody’s Mom, Deenie (played by Kate McKinnon) during the popular “Weekend Update” segment.

Hilarity ensued as Deenie recapped 2015 on CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” with such character descriptions as mustache man, big boobs, sexpot, priss pants, red head, and perfect skin, among others, as a way to describe Genoa City’s most prominent citizens.

When asked if this has been a good year for her soaps by “Update” host Colin Jost, Deenie tells him, “Oh, have they ever been getting good!” before adding, “There’s so many good characters on there this year. Like um, what’s his name, or… you know, mustache man [presumed to be Victor Newman, played by Eric Braeden].”

Deenie then explains this year’s storylines featuring mustache man as she’s asked what he did this year that was so memorable: “So mustache hired the guy who looks like red heads husband, while perfect skin was tied to the bed in the boat house. And then… so sexpot gets involved with him and now his wife, dark hair, is gonna be so pissed off she’s gonna kill mustache.”

When asked “who is mustache?” Deenie says, “Mustache is the rich one. The one who owns the fish canary with his kids, you know mustache… The kids are hottie [laughs], sexpot, and skinny minny, oh and priss pants who he had with big boobs.”

Wondering if she even knows the names of any of the characters on the show, Deenie tells Jost, “No, I kinda half watch it while I’m coloring in my adult coloring book. It’s good for your brain.”

Following a breakaway conversation where they talked about what Deenie was eating while discussing her soaps, which was baked salmon for anyone wondering, Jost then brings the conversation back to the soaps. Once back on topic Deenie tells Jost, “Get this: Big boobs was stuck in the skyscraper fire with military doctor who’s got the hots for big boobs.”

Although she couldn’t name a single character outside of their hilarious descriptions, Deenie later admits she’s watched her favorite soap “everyday for forty years.” Unfortunately, she can’t even name it when asked which one it is. “The one before the other one,” she says. “It’s got the piano music at the beginning.” With “The Young and the Restless” pointed out as the possible show she’s referring, Deenie says, “Sure!”

Watch the hilarious “SNL” clip above and tell us who you think the following characters Deenie couldn’t properly name are in the comments below:

Mustache = ?
Hottie = ?
Sexpot = ?
Skinny Minny = ?
Priss Pants = ?
Big Boobs = ?
Perfect Skin = ?
Dark Hair = ?
Red Head = ?
The Guy = ?
Military Doctor = ?

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A panicked wife turns up her efforts to find her missing husband, this week on “The Young and the Restless.” Fearing Adam (Justin Hartley) may have been kidnapped by the ruthless Santori family, Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) goes to Nick (Joshua Morrow) and begs him for help.

Adam was grabbed outside his penthouse door, tossed into an elevator, and carted away, last week, while en route to a business trip for his father. When he never made contact with Chelsea, she went to Victor (Eric Braeden), who assured her he’d get to the bottom of things. Victor, however, quickly learned that his son never checked into his hotel in Spain, let alone boarded the Newman jet.

This week, with still no word from Adam, Chelsea turns up her efforts to find him, making the rounds through Genoa City.

“My husband is missing,” Chelsea tells Sharon (Sharon Case), before delivering the same news — and her frightening suspicions about what has happened to him — to Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) and Jack (Peter Bergman).

“Adam was kidnapped?” asks a stunned Jack.

Turns out Chelsea is right on target. Viewers see Adam tied to a chair in an undisclosed location, as he struggles to free himself.

A desperate Chelsea, ultimately, turns to Nick and explains all. “There is some Newman/Santori war going on and Victor threw Adam right in the middle of it. I need your help,” she tells him, adding that she believes Victor knows more than he’s letting on. “I have a feeling he’s hiding something”

Nick heads to see his father and asks him point blank, “You know what happened to Adam?”

As usual, Victor plays it cool, insisting he has things under control. “I will do whatever is necessary,” he tells Nick, regarding getting to the bottom of things.

Is the Santori family really behind Adam’s disappearance or is another sinister source responsible? Will Victor be able to track down his kidnapped son before it’s too late? Check out the video preview below.

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As we get closer to daytime’s biggest night, taking place on Sunday, May 1, the industry is abuzz today over which actors were submitted for a pre-nomination for the “The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” presented by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). With at least two actors per show for each category (exception being Supporting Actress) several of daytime television’s biggest and brightest stars are looking to vie for the coveted trophy that celebrates their hard work during calendar year 2015.

What follows is a breakdown of each pre-nominated actor in each respective category:

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren Fenmore, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Kassie DePaiva (Eve Larson, “Days of our Lives”)
– Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Finola Hughes (Anna Devane, “General Hospital”)
– Kate Mansi (Abigail Deveraux, “Days of our Lives”)
– Gina Tognoni (Phyllis Newman Abbott, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Maura West (Ava Jerome, “General Hospital”)
– Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos, “General Hospital”)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, “General Hospital”)
– Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine, “General Hospital”)
– Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera, “Days of our Lives”)
– Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, “General Hospital”)
– Justin Hartley (Adam Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters, “The Young and the Restless”)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Lauralee Bell (Christine Williams, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Molly Burnett (Melanie Jonas, “Days of our Lives”)
– Jessica Collins (Avery Bailey Clark, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Judi Evans (Adrienne Kiriakis, “Days of our Lives”)
– Linsey Godfrey (Caroline Spencer, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Christel Khalil (Lily Winters Ashby, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Peggy McCay (Caroline Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Sofia Pernas (Marisa Sierras, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Melissa Reeves (Jennifer Horton, “Days of our Lives”)
– Kelly Sullivan (Sage Warner, “The Young and the Restless”)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Sean Blakemore (Shawn Butler, “General Hospital”)
– Darin Brooks (Wyatt Spencer, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Steve Burton (Dylan McAvoy, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Sean Carrigan (Ben “Stitch” Rayburn, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Bryton James (Devon Hamilton, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis, “Days of our Lives”)
– Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Christopher Sean (Paul Narita, “Days of our Lives”)
– Jacob Young (Rick Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri, “General Hospital”)

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Camila Banus (Gabi Hernandez, “Days of our Lives”)
– Lauren Boles (Ciara Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Ashleigh Brewer (Ivy Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Reign Edwards (Nicole Avant, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Hayley Erin (Kiki Jerome, “General Hospital”)
– Kelli Goss (Courtney Sloan, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Camryn Grimes (Mariah Copeland, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Vivian Jovanni (Ciara Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Olivia Keegan (Claire Brady, “Days of our Lives”)
– Hunter King (Summer Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Alyvia Alyn Lind (Faith Newman, “The Young and the Restless”)
– True O’Brien (Paige Larson, “Days of our Lives”)
– Ashlyn Pearce (Aly Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Brooklyn Rae Silzer (Emma Drake, “General Hospital”)

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

– Nicolas Bechtel (Spencer Cassadine, “General Hospital”)
– Bryan Craig (Morgan Corinthos, “General Hospital”)
– Max Ehrich (Fenmore Baldwin, “The Young and the Restless”)
– Rome Flynn (Zende Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Pierson Fodé (Thomas Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
– Connor Kalopsis (Chase Jennings, “Days of our Lives”)
– James Lastovic (Joey Johnson, “Days of our Lives”)
– Jonathan McClendon (Chase Jennings, “Days of our Lives”)
– Terrell Ransom Jr. (Theo Carver, “Days of our Lives”)
– Tequan Richmond (TJ Ashford, “General Hospital”)

Following the pre-nomination announcement, potential nominees will be whittled down to as few as 4 or 5 prospects. Contenders will then advance from the pre-nomination round and enter the Blue Ribbon judging round, which will help determine the final list of nominees and eventual winner in each respective category. The complete list of nominees will officially be announced on Thursday, March 24.

The winner will be announced on Sunday, May 1 during “The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” as revealed exclusively from tabulations only known to the accounting firm of Lutz and Carr.

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Get ready for a soap opera showdown. Stars from “The Young and the Restless” and  “The Bold and the Beautiful” are competing against one another in CBS’ Soap Mayhem Basketball Tournament on Thursday, March 10. Part of March Madness 2016, the event will stream live on the CBS Facebook page at 11:30 am ET/8:30 am PT.

Last year’s winner, Bryton James (Devon, “Y&R) is back, looking to defend his champion status. Meanwhile, this year’s team captains and social media ambassadors, Linsey Godfrey (Caroline, “B&B”) and Christian LeBlanc (Michael, “Y&R”), will help live-tweet the event and post pictures on Instagram on both shows’ handles. That’s @BandB_CBS and @YandR_CBS.

“The Young and the Restless” team will face of as follows:
Gina Tognoni (Phyllis) vs. Lauralee Bell (Christine)
Joshua Morrow (Nick) vs. Kristoff St. John (Neil)
Christel Khalil (Lily) vs. Melissa Ordway (Abby)
Bryton James (Devon) vs. Jason Thompson (Billy)

“The Bold and the Beautiful” team will face off as follows:
Karla Mosley (Maya) vs. Alley Mills (Pam)
Don Diamont (Bill) vs. Jacob Young (Rick)
Heather Tom (Katie) vs. Reign Edwards (Nicole)
Rome Flynn (Zende) vs. Pierson Fode (Thomas)

Winners of each round will compete against each other until only one actor/actress is left standing from each show. Those sole representatives will then face off for the title of basketball champion.

Will Bryton James be the grand victor, again? Or will he be unseated by another soap star? Be sure to tune in to find out.

To help oversee a fair competition, announcer George Gray from “The Price Is Right” will officiate the event as the 2016 Soap Mayhem referee.

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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the first round of presenters for “The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” taking place Sunday, May 1 from the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, CA and “The 43rd Annual Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards” taking place on Friday, April 29, also at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

Presenters for the Sunday, May 1 awards show include actors from the four daytime dramas such as “The Bold and the Beautiful’s” Pierson Fodé, Karla Mosley and Jacob Young, “Days of our Lives'” Camilla Banus, Billy Flynn and Jen Lilley, “General Hospital’s” Teresa Castillo, Laura Wright and Donnell Turner, and “The Young and the Restless'” Gina Tognani, Hunter King and Jason Thomson.

Additional presenters include: Larry King (“Larry King Now”), Rita Moreno (EGOT winner), Mario Lopez (“EXTRA”), Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier (“Entertainment Tonight”), Chris Harrison (“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”), Sandra Lee (Emmy Award winning Culinary Host), Julie Chen, Sheryl Underwood, Aisha Tyler, Sharon Osbourne and Sara Gilbert (“The Talk”), Dr. Mehmet Oz (Dr. Oz), Daphne Oz and Carla Hall (“The Chew”), Brandon McMillan (“Lucky Dog”), Shemar Moore (“Criminal Minds”), Dr. Andrew Ordon and Dr. Jennifer Ashton (The Doctors), Brooke Burns (The Chase), Kristos Andrews (“The Bay: The Series”), Van Hansis (“EastSiders”), Matt Doran (Crime Watch), as well as Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jeannie Mae, Loni Love, Tamar Braxton and Adrienne Bailon (“The Real”)

For the Friday, April 29 awards show, presenters from daytime dramas include “B&B’s” Katherine Kelly Lang, Heather Tom and Don Diamont, “DAYS'” Olivia Rose Keegan and James Lastovic, “GH’s” Lisa LoCicero and Anthony Montgomery and “Y&R’s” Tracey E. Bregman and Christian LeBlanc. Soap vets Lily Melgar (“The Bay”, “GH”) and Kevin Spirtas (“DAYS”, “Winterthorne”) will also present.

Other presenters for the Creative Arts include: Toni Tennille (Grammy Award-winning Artist), Anson Williams (Happy Days), Dawn Wells (“Gilligan’s Island”), Gordon Elliott (The Chew), Jeff Corwin (“Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin”), Brandon McMillan (Lucky Dog), Matt Gutman (“Safe Rescue”), Bob Bergen (Voice of Porky Pig), Tanya Acker, Bill Bakman and Judge Patricia DiMango (Hot Bench), Christopher Kimball and Bridget Lancaster (“America’s Test Kitchen”), Reid Scott (“Turbo FAST”), and Tim Kubart (Grammy Award winning Musician).

Additional presenters for each awards show will be announced prior to event.

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Monday, July 17 was World Emoji Day and CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” got in on the action.

In the 15-second video released on its social media platforms, daytime’s number one drama compiled a series of images showing its stars holding stuffed emojis, including your standard go-to’s: angry face, kissy face, hearts, tears and even a bag of s***.

In the video below it seems the various emojis provide a telling tale of where the storylines involving Victoria (Amelia Heinle), Billy (Jason Thompson), Phyllis (Gina Tognoni), Jack (Peter Bergman), Ashley (Eileen Davidson), Devon (Bryton James), Cane (Daniel Goddard), Lily (Christel Khalil) and others are heading, or in some cases, continuing. The video ended with the words “We Love You, Fans” (“love” was symbolized with a heart).

Happy World Emoji Day from #YR! pic.twitter.com/TjsA1RtbYi

— Young & The Restless (@YRInsider) July 17, 2017

In addition to celebrating the day itself, the timing of the “Y&R” video might have something to do with the upcoming release of “The Emoji Movie” by Sony Pictures, whose television division holds majority ownership of the soap opera. The movie is set for release in theaters on Friday, July 28.

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“The Young and the Restless’” Gina Tognoni is having the time of her life. Just seven months after reporting to the CBS Television City studio, where the daytime drama series is filmed, Tognoni is grateful for the warm welcome she’s received from viewers and the daytime community as a whole. Fresh off a pre-nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category, for her role as Phyllis Summers on “Y&R,” Tognoni shares with us what it’s like playing such an interesting and dynamic character, provides insight into the Phyllis, Jack (Peter Bergman) and Kelly (Cady McClain) triangle, and which actors and characters she’d love to share more screen time with.

This year marks 20 years since Gina Tognoni made her daytime television debut in the contract role of Kelly Cramer on ABC’s “One Life to Live.” Two decades later, she’s a Daytime Emmy Award winner (for her role as Dinah Marler on “Guiding Light”) and is currently taking names as she crosses their path in Genoa City. Have things changed that much since she started in daytime? “I was a younger woman and [my] first time doing a soap, and now you fast forward all of these years later at ‘Y&R,’ It’s just different. I have a deep appreciation for what we do. Not that I never did,” Tognoni clarifies. “I understand how hard it is at what we do, that we all do, and we have very little time with a lot of material and to make it work. Every department works so well together at ‘Y&R.’ It’s like a well oiled machine. I have immense respect and I love it. I love going to work everyday. I love my storyline. I love my character. She is just the epitome. [Executive producer] Jill Phelps said to me, ‘It doesn’t get better than this,’ [referring to Phyllis] and she really is a fabulous character. She gets to do so many things. She has so much leeway because of her past, and I love it. A simple answer… I absolutely am a very lucky girl.”

“[This week] is explosive and wonderful. I’m so proud of it,” says Tognoni of “Flirt with Disaster,” an umbrella storyline that kicked off Friday, February 13 on the CBS Daytime drama series. “It just has a lot going on in Genoa City, particularly The Underground,” says the actress of the on air promo hyping the disaster at Nicholas Newman’s (Joshua Morrow) club and the plane crash that has stranded several prominent citizens in the freezing cold, among other situations.

Back to the Underground: “Obviously, it collapses,” says Tognoni of what occurred during today’s episode. “We have Jack, Kelly and Phyllis in the same place at the bar. Usually that never ends well. And ‘Kelly is being persistent,’ and really starting to get under Phyllis’ skin. And we sort of see that. It’s just awesome. The whole month of February is a killer, so to speak [laughs].”

Speaking of Kelly, for months viewers have been left to ponder if the character, or Phyllis herself, had lost her marbles in her desire to keep Jack. Even though it seems to be a little more obvious now that Kelly has been shown to be off her rocker, it wasn’t always that way, reveals Tognoni. “The cool thing is, it’s meant to keep the audience guessing. And definitely as actors, we were not necessarily sat down and told anything so we very much were working from the hip and doing what the script was essentially telling us and that can happen. It doesn’t happen that often… that you don’t really know what’s happening. I actually kind of think that it’s kind of great when you don’t know every edge and turn because it’s actually not that exciting. We really have just been trusting this and going with it. It’s fun. It’s been fun to tape it. All put together, I know it’s going to look great.”

Not knowing what’s going to happen next is a hard thing to prevent in today’s spoiler world, but Tognoni does believe that the best way to watch something unfold is not knowing what will happen next in advance. It’s better to watch and learn. “You know, I think it’s okay to tease [viewers] in the sense that something’s going to happen, but the audience is very intuitive. They can see the story. It ‘s like reading a book. Why spoil it for them? We have the opportunity to come into their home every single day and we get to tell them a story and that’s what we get to do every day and we change it up. Obviously we’re telling new stories, new dialogue, and that’s what we do. So it’s like, ‘Let’s do it!’ And we do it well. So yeah, keep ’em guessing.”

While Jack and Phyllis have a huge fan following, so does Nicholas and Phyllis, better known as Phick. Will we be seeing the dynamic duo in less than friendly scenes, outside of their dealing with their daughter, Summer (Hunter King)? “Oh, Phyllis and Nicholas! So here’s the thing… I absolutely think that Phyllis and Nick have to have more scenes [laughs]. They share a child, Summer, [and] I just am looking forward to how we live in that place… what we’re going to do with that. There’s so much going on right now and really, from a practical standpoint, I love the time that I’ve had to find a relationship with Jack, to develop [the triangle]. I mean look, we have a lot of gold there and it’s been so well worked in building that in an organic way. I think with Nick it’ll be just as good. Whenever the writers decide to create the conflict, or whatever the story is, we have time. You certainly do not want to rush that. You don’t want to rush that kind of stuff. I hate rushing that stuff personally. I don’t like seeing it. Just two people in a room together for the sake of having them in the room together? It’s like, let it be story driven/character driven. I trust that it’ll happen. He’s [referring to Morrow] such a neat guy to work with. We haven’t had enough scenes, that’s for sure.”

On the note of story driven, or particularly character driven stories, viewers loved the recent interactions between characters that just fit the scene. For example: Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) and Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John) became drinking buddies while discussing their mutual problems. That doesn’t happen very often in daytime. “That’s what it should be. I think that we love seeing these characters exist and then exist within a situation. ‘Oh, my gosh. What are they doing? What are they doing with this? What are they doing with that?’ Ultimately, it comes down to the characters and people falling in love with their favorite characters. I’m not a writer, but I have this faith that we’ll see more of Phyllis and Nick in the coming months.”

Outside of a possible dabble in the road of Phyllis and Nicholas, who else would Tognoni like to share more screen time with? Or in this case, a scene or two to start? As she correlated her thoughts, Tognoni noted, “We have a gigantic cast [laughs]. Who have I not worked with? My goodness. I have not worked with Noah [Robert Adamson]. I have not worked that much at all with Mariah [Camryn Grimes]. A little of bit of Nikki, I just love that. [Melody] cracks me up. I really like working with her. It feels very comfortable. It’s weird. Noah, yeah, that Newman side. I really haven’t done much with Sage [Kelly Sullivan]. That’ll be interesting.” And speaking of that Newman side, “I’ll tell you who I definitely would love to have fun with is Adam [Justin Hartley]. Definitely Adam. I ‘d love to check that one out. I mean, he’s too funny. I like the dynamic of his character, so I could definitely see that. He’s a hoot. He’s hilarious.” On the possibility of Phyllis and Adam in scenes together, Tognoni notes, “We’re definitely the antagonists.”

Outside of romance, one of Phyllis’ greatest relationships is that of which she shares with her sister, Avery Clark (Jessica Collins). Recently Phyllis fired her as her lawyer, but it happened in a funny way. During their conversation at the Newman ranch, Phyllis noted to Avery it’s her job to do “bug removal,” referring to Phyllis’ history with Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell), and told Avery, “I don’t need any help going to prison,” as Avery doesn’t appear to believe in Phyllis’ innocence. While those scenes may have come across adlibbed to some, “Those were definitely scripted. Some of what made it nice is that Jessica is so easy to work with. I love that relationship personally because the one relationship that is very different for Phyllis is her blood relationship with her sister. That’s family. It has a different tone than any other relationship on the canvas.” She adds, “I think that the writers are very much aware that it’s a good thing and I think that we’re fostering that, at least with this Phyllis, we’re really fostering that relationship and how precious it is. It’s a good one. She’s just terrific. A lot of these scenes are taped in one take. That was a one take scene. We’re just so proud of them. I mean, I am. Not everyday is it like this, but nine out of ten, a lot of the stuff you see is all in one take and it’s amazing. It just goes to show everybody just brings a really great energy.”

Going back to family for a moment, currently Summer is dealing with the possible loss of her husband, Austin (Matthew Atkinson), although mommy doesn’t know about it just yet. Can we expect Phyllis to be there for her child? “Oh wow, there’s some information that comes out in February in her storyline that I imagine we will have some scenes about and I’m looking forward to that. I look forward to being a mother to her and it’s a really funny line because Phyllis is certainly not the pillar of the community. She has her issues. But by God, when it comes to your daughter, when it comes to your children, you want the best of them. You see the best in them, and she is a shining star. Phyllis wants that for her. She wants her to shine and be her best self, and I want Phyllis to find that in Summer and always encourage that in Summer. For her to be her best self. I look forward to that.”

As for working with her on screen daughter, Tognoni says, “I love having scenes with Hunter. She’s incredibly pleasant and soft and all of those things that I just love in the present moment. It’s sort of that other side of Phyllis that we don’t see… the softer side, you know that relationship being where she’s my daughter and we have all those issues. I love it. She makes it a lot of fun and she’s just the nicest human being.”

Earlier this month, pre-nomations for the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced. Tognoni is pre-nominated for the first time in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role on “Y&R.” How does she feel to be recognized for her work, especially since it covered just the latter half of 2014? Tognoni says she’s just very grateful that her peers took notice of her. “I think it’s terrific and I’m totally grateful. I’m very proud of the scenes we submitted. It was a Jack and Phyllis scene at the Abbott mansion over Kelly and it was very real. I was really proud of those scenes. We did those in the first few items of the day at about 8:30 in the morning and I believe we got them all in one take. I think we were both really psyched that we got through that. I believe it was also a 6 page scene – one of our last scenes, second to last page – and we’re really proud of that too. A lot of material. So that kind of stuff I like and I’m proud of. We’ll see!” she says of possibly receiving an actual nomination when the final list of nominees is revealed in the coming weeks.

As for playing Phyllis, Tognoni says, “I’m really, really grateful that the audience has accepted me so much. I guess it could go any way, but I do really feel that they’re happy and they’re entertained and things are going well. I just want to do a shout out back to them and say, ‘Thank you for watching.’ I love doing it for them. It means a lot to me.”

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