BEST SOAP OPERA:
One Life To Live
BEST REAL-LIFE SOAP:
Various behind-the-scenes soap shenanigans
BEST WEB SOAP:
Venice, venicetheseries.com
BEST PRIME-TIME SOAP OPERA:
Ugly Betty
MOST IMPROVED PRIME-TIME SOAP:
Desperate Housewives
MOST IMPROVED SOAP:
Days of our Lives
WORST SOAP:
All My Children
MOST DISAPPOINTING SOAP:
The Young and the Restless
MOST FRUSTRATING SOAP:
As The World Turns
SMARTEST EXECUTIVE IN DAYTIME:
Frank Valentini, One Life To Live
WORST DAYTIME EXECUTIVE:
Barbara Bloom, CBS VP
BEST HEAD WRITER:
Ron Carlivati, One Life To Live
WORST HEAD WRITER:
Chuck Pratt Jr., All My Children
WORST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Ellen Wheeler, Guiding Light
BIGGEST SHOW KILLERS:
P&G/Telenext and Ellen Wheeler
BEST DIRECTING:
General Hospital
—tie — One Life To Live
BEST LOCATION SHOOTS:
One Life To Live
WORST LOCATION SHOOTS:
Guiding Light
BEST-LOOKING SHOW:
One Life To Live
WORST-LOOKING SHOW:
Guiding Light
MOST USELESS/OVERPAID WRITER:
Dena Higley, Days of our Lives
MOST DISAPPOINTING WRITING TEAM:
The Young and the Restless
MOST PROMISING NEW WRITER:
Martha Byrne, The Bold and the Beautiful/Gotham
BEST SCRIPT/BREAKDOWN WRITERS:
One Life To Live
BEST STORYLINE:
Nicole and Sami’s baby switch, Days of our Lives
—tie — Fish’s coming out, One Life To Live
WORST STORYLINE:
John and Marlena’s exit, Days of our Lives
BEST SWEEPS/MOST PERFECT SOAP MONTH:
One Life in November
GROSSEST STORYLINE:
Ashley’s miscarriage/hysterical pregnancy, Y&R
MOST SHOCKING PLOT TWIST:
Phillip faked his own death because he was gay, The Young and the Restless
BEST CHARACTER TWIST:
Doris is a lesbian, Guiding Light
WORST MURDER MYSTERY:
Who killed Stuart?, All My Children
MOST DISAPPOINTING EPISODE:
Guiding Light’s finale
MOST INNOVATIVE STORYLINE:
Twenty-two (minus one) gay weddings, One Life To Live
MOST OVEREXPOSED STORYLINE:
Phyllis/Nick/Sharon, Y&R
STUPIDEST STORYLINE:
Lily and Damian adopt Noah, As The World Turns
BEST OFF-SCREEN STORYLINES:
Sony’s pay cut contract scandals involving Eric Braeden, Melody Thomas Scott and Jess Walton
BEST HISTORY TWIST:
Charlie killed Jared’s stepfather, One Life To Live
WORST HISTORY TWIST:
Ethan is Luke’s son, General Hospital
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
One Life To Live
WORST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
The Bold and the Beautiful
MOST ENTERTAINING CAST:
One Life To Live
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A STORYLINE — FEMALE:
Crystal Chappell, Guiding Light
WORST PERFORMANCE IN A STORYLINE — FEMALE:
Crystal Hunt, One Life To Live
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A STORYLINE — MALE:
James Scott, Days of our Lives
WORST PERFORMANCE IN A STORYLINE — MALE:
Thom Bierdz, The Young and the Restless
BREAKOUT MALE PERFORMER:
Billy Miller, The Young and the Restless
BREAKOUT FEMALE PERFORMER:
Stacy Haiduk, The Young and the Restless
MOST IMPROVED ACTOR:
David Fumero, One Life To Live
MOST IMPROVED ACTRESS:
Bree Williamson, One Life To Live
MOST SURPRISING PERFORMANCE:
Doug Davidson, The Young and the Restless
BEST COMEBACK:
Crystal Chappell, Days of our Lives
WORST COMEBACK:
Thom Bierdz, The Young and the Restless
MOST IMPROVED MALE CHARACTER:
Cane Ashby, The Young and the Restless
MOST IMPROVED FEMALE CHARACTER:
Meg Snyder, As The World Turns
MOST RUINED FEMALE CHARACTER:
Marty Saybrooke, One Life To Live
MOST RUINED MALE CHARACTER:
Rick Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful
WORST ACTORS:
Drew Tyler Bell, The Bold and the Beautiful
—Tie— Texas Battle, The Bold and the Beautiful
WORST ACTRESS:
Jackie MacInnes Wood, The Bold and the Beautiful
BEST MALE DUAL ROLE:
Peter Bartlett, One Life To Live
BEST FEMALE DUAL ROLE:
Stacy Haiduk, The Young and the Restless
MOST BORING ACTRESS:
Brittany Allen, All My Children
MOST BORING ACTOR:
John Driscoll, The Young and the Restless
CAMPIEST ACTRESS (in a good way):
Louise Sorel, Days of our Lives
CAMPIEST ACTORS (in a bad way):
Ronn Moss and Kyle Lowder, The Bold and the Beautiful
ACTRESS WHO NEEDS TO BE MOST RECAST:
Amelia Heinle, The Young and the Restless
BEST FEMALE NEWCOMERS:
Shenell Edmonds, One Life To Live
—tie — Amanda Setton, One Life To Live
BEST MALE NEWCOMER:
Brett Claywell, One Life To Live
WORST FEMALE NEWCOMER:
Eva Marcille, The Young and the Restless
WORST MALE NEWCOMER:
Nathan Parsons, General Hospital
BEST YOUNGER ACTOR:
Drew Garrett, General Hospital
BEST YOUNGER ACTRESS:
Lexi Ainsworth, General Hospital
WORST NEW CHARACTER:
Stacy Morasco, One Life To Live
DUMBEST CHARACTER:
Ashlee, Guiding Light
BIGGEST WASTES OF TALENT:
Carolyn Hennesy, General Hospital
—tie — The cast of All My Children
BEST WEB SHOW CASTING ADDITION:
Anne Sayre, Gotham
SEXIEST BAD BOY:
Sean Kanan, The Young and the Restless
BEST DRUNK:
Carly Snyder, As The World Turns
BEST PSYCHO:
Patty Williams, The Young and the Restless
WORST PSYCHO:
Aidan Devane, All My Children
LUCKIEST SOAP ACTRESS:
Kirsten Storms, General Hospital
BIGGEST SCENE STEALER:
Tuc Watkins, One Life To Live
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER ON A BAD SHOW:
Melissa Claire Egan, All My Children
BREAKOUT SUPERSTAR:
Mr. Kitty, The Young and the Restless
BEST CREATIVE DECISION BY AN ACTOR:
Jacob Young shaving off his hair, All My Children
BEST CREATIVE DECISION BY AN ACTRESS:
Terri Colombino’s lack of glamour during Brad’s death, As The World Turns
BEST RECAST:
Michael Muhney, The Young and The Restless
WORST RECASTS:
Jamie Luner, All My Children
—tie — Clementine Ford, The Young and the Restless
BEST LOVE STORY:
Kyle and Fish, One Life To Live
MOST ROMANTIC NEWLYWEDS:
Kay and Murphy, The Young and the Restless
MOST DISAPPOINTING LOVE STORY:
Olivia and Natalia, Guiding Light
BEST STAR-CROSSED LOVERS:
Jason and Sonny, General Hospital
WORST STAR-CROSSED LOVERS:
Ridge and Brooke, The Bold and the Beautiful
MOST TORTURED COUPLE:
Zach and Kendall, All My Children
MOST BORING COUPLES:
Billy and Mac, The Young and the Restless
— tie — Luke and Noah, As The World Turns
MOST IMPROVED COUPLE:
Spinelli and Maxie, General Hospital
MOST DESTROYED COUPLE:
Zach and Kendall, All My Children
MOST PROMISING NEW SUPER-COUPLE:
Billy and Chloe, The Young and the Restless
BIGGEST WASTE OF A SUPER-COUPLE:
Brad and Katie, As The World Turns
SEXIEST COUPLE:
Brad and Katie, As The World Turns
MOST SURPRISING CHEMISTRY:
Henry and Barbara, As The World Turns
MOST WASTED CHEMISTRY:
Robin Strasser and A Martinez, One Life To Live
MOST RIVETING BREAKUP:
EJ and Nicole, Days of our Lives
WORST BREAKUP:
Rex and Gigi, One Life To Live
BEST NEW COUPLES: One Life To Live
Brody and Jess
Schuyler and Gigi
Kyle and Oliver
Layla and Cristian
Ray and Dorian
BEST NON-WEDDING:
Spixie, GH
WORST WEDDING:
Bianca and Reese, AMC
BEST HUSBANDS:
Charlie Banks, One Life To Live
—tie— Murphy, The Young and the Restless
BEST WIFE:
Lauren Fenmore Baldwin, The Young and the Restless
MOST LOYAL FRIEND:
Maggie Horton, Days of our Lives
BEST VILLAIN:
Mitch Laurence, One Life To Live
BIGGEST SLUT:
Sharon Newman Abbott, The Young and the Restless
FIERCEST COUGAR:
Barbara Ryan, As The World Turns
WORST “COUGAR”:
Erica Kane, All My Children
WORST BITCH:
Madison, All My Children
MOST SELF-RIGHTEOUS CHARACTER:
Jack Snyder, As The World Turns
BIGGEST MAN-WHORE:
Zac, As The World Turns
BEST RENEWED RIVALRY:
Téa and Blair, One Life To Live
BEST RIVALRY:
Sharon and Phyllis, The Young and the Restless
MOST CONTRIVED LOVE TRIANGLE:
Holden/Lily/Damian, As The World Turns
BEST TRIANGLE:
Téa/Todd/Blair, One Life To Live
WORST TRIANGLE:
Kate/Daniel/Chloe, Days of our Lives
HOTTEST SEX SCENES:
Johnny and Olivia, General Hospital
BEST MAY-DECEMBER ROMANCE:
Jackie and Owen, The Bold and the Beautiful
HOTTEST GAY SUBTEXT:
Franco and Jason, General Hospital
WORST RECONCILIATION:
Phyllis takes Nick back after sleeping with Sharon, The Young and the Restless
WORST AFFAIR:
Devon and Tyra, The Young and the Restless
MOST HYPOCRITICAL “AFFAIR”:
Bo and Nora, One Life To Live
BEST KISS:
Kish, One Life To Live
WORST NON-KISS:
Adam and Rafe, The Young and the Restless
THE NASH BRENNAN AWARD FOR MOST UNNECESSARY DEATHS:
Jared Banks, Powell Lord and Talia Sayid, One Life To Live
BEST DEATH SCENES:
Ann Douglas, The Bold and the Beautiful
—tie — Alan Spaulding, Guiding Light
COOLEST DEATH SCENE:
Brad Carlton, The Young and the Restless
HARDEST DEATH TO WATCH:
Jared Banks, One Life To Live
WORST FIRINGS:
Kathy Brier, A Martinez, Beth Ann Bonner, and Chris Stack, One Life To Live
BEST FIRING:
Crystal Hunt, One Life To Live
BEST SOAP-HOP:
Lesli Kay as Molly, As The World Turns
BIGGEST SAVE:
Creating Kimberly to offset that fiasco, Stacy, One Life To Live
BEST STUNT CASTING:
Martha Byrne, General Hospital
WORST STUNT CASTING:
As The World Turns
WORST CASTING:
Crystal Hunt, One Life To Live
STRANGEST RECAST:
Jamie “Turbo” Luner, All My Children
ACTRESSES WHO SHOULD BE CONTRACT:
Tricia Cast, The Young and the Restless
—tie — Beth Maitland, The Young and the Restless
ACTOR WHO SHOULD BE ON CONTRACT:
Scott Evans, One Life To Live
BEST CASTING DIRECTION:
General Hospital
WORST CASTING DIRECTION:
The Young and the Restless
WORST CASTING DECISION IN HISTORY:
Letting Eric Braeden quit, The Young and the Restless
BIGGEST AND MOST SHOCKING CASTING COUP:
James Franco, General Hospital
MOST OVERHYPED CASTING:
James Franco, General Hospital
WORST TREND:
Killing off legacy characters (yes, we mean you Y&R!)
BEST TREND:
Soap web shows
BEST SECRET:
Thom Bierdz’s Young and the Restless return
WORST SECRET:
P&G/CBS’s homophobia
BEST PUBLICITY TEAMS:
Venice
— tie — Days of our Lives
BEST PERSONAL PR:
Charles Sherman
— tie — Leslie Penny
BEST NEWS:
All My Children fires Chuck Pratt
WORST NEWS:
Eric Braeden bolts from Y&R
— tie — As The World Turns cancelled
— tie — ABC moves All My Children to L.A. and not One Life To Live
BEST SOAP PODCAST:
Daytimeconfidential.com
SUDSIEST WEBSITE:
Afterelton.com
MOST IMPROVED WEBSITE:
Welovesoaps.net
BEST SOAP SPOOF:
True Story — Mr. Kitty Exposed
BEST SOAP MAGAZINE:
Soap Opera Digest
BEST SOAP OPENING:
All My Children
WORST SOAP OPENING:
General Hospital
CHEESIEST SOAP OPENINGS:
One Life To Live
— tie — Guiding Light
BEST NEW ALLY:
James Romanovich, ATI President
BEST LINE:
The Bold and the Beautiful’s Brooke interrupting Ridge and Taylor’s wedding: “Man … and horse,” pronounced the minister. “Hold it right there, Padre,” said Brooke.
WORST QUOTE OF THE YEAR:
“They’ve had their day.”
—CBS chief Les Moonves to CNBC regarding World Turns’s cancellation
MOST PASSIONATE FAN BASE:
Otalia, Guiding Light
BIGGEST MALE COWARD:
Chris Engen leaving Y&R mid-contract
BIGGEST FEMALE COWARD:
Patricia Maurceri, One Life To Live
THE ENOUGH ALREADY AWARD:
Taylor/Ridge/Brooke, The Bold and the Beautiful
WORST DECISION:
Cancelling Guiding Light on April Fool’s Day
— tie — Cancelling As The World Turns during its best on-air week
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Nelson Branco is a Toronto freelance entertainment journalist, who regularly contributes to Hello! Canada, The National Post, The Los Angeles Times' theenvelope.com, TV Guide USA, tvguide.com, Inside Entertainment, OUT, and fab magazine, along with spearheading the soap coverage for TVGuide.ca's popular daytime TV hub. After graduating from Ryerson University in 1997, he moved from Toronto to New York in 1998 to take on the roles as senior news editor at Soap Opera Update. Branco first freelanced for Soap Opera Weekly as an intern in 1994, and after leaving Soap Update to help create and launch Bauer Publishing's In Touch Weekly in 2003, Branco continued to freelance occasionally for its sister publication, Soaps In Depth. Most recently, he helped create and launch Canada's first celebrity magazine, Weekly Scoop in 2005 as its news and entertainment director. Branco is also a contributor to a new TV show titled Planet Soap to air in Canada and America.
