News from AP: The Bold and the Beautiful wins drama series

8:02 p.m. Welcome to Blogging Central! We just had a cute intro with Elmo and Gordon from “Sesame Street,” and now Vanessa Williams is song-flirting with Tony Geary, Ron Moss and Dr. Phil. Not sure about that last one, but I get the Ron Moss thing now that he stopped wearing what looked like Fabio’s weave.

And now she’s flirting with Natalia from “Guiding Light,” which is fairly cool. Man, is Vanessa Williams beautiful! It’s not that she doesn’t age, but that she’s more gorgeous as she ages.

Not…fair…at…all.

You know who else is gorgeous? Ellen Degeneres! That Cover Girl makeup is doing it, girl!

Rachael Ray and Gilles Marini are giving out Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, and Rach is referencing Gilles ‘role as Naked Guy In A Shower in the “Sex and the City” movie. You can’t run from that, man. Don’t even hide.

I agree with all these nominations except for Bradford Anderson on “GH,” because I hate that Spinelli character with a passion that makes me sleepy, it is so passionate. Ah – Vincent “Lujack Forever” Irizarry wins in a tie with…Jeff Branson! From “Guiding Light!” I like him so much better on that show than when he was the brain-damaged murderer dude on “All My Children,” who they only gave brain damage to make him more likable.

Didn’t work.

Nice nod to your kid fighting in Afghanistan, by the way, Lujack.

8:16 p.m.

Why is Ron Moss wearing a scarf inside? He looks like Ebenezer Scrooge’s supermodel cousin. Heather Tom’s dress is shiny and so flattering.

Yay! “Cash Cab” won! Ben Bailey is my cab-driving game show boyfriend. I am trying to convince my fiancee to spend our honeymoon in New York, trying to find the Cash Cab. That could pay for the honeymoon all by itself! Plus – FREE CAB RIDE!

I don’t know who combined Bindi the Jungle Girl with Maxie and Spinelli, but they’re sort of charming. That kid got her father’s charm, for sure. Rachael Ray just won for best talk show. I don’t watch it much. Where’s Wendy Williams’ nomination? She names her wigs! That oughta be worth something!

Reva and Josh! Kim Zimmer looks her age, which is a compliment. She’s appropriate, and beautiful, and not trying to pretend she’s 35, which makes her more beautiful.

Younger actress! Liberty from “As The World Turns,” Chelsea from “Days,” Maxie from “GH,” who breaks my heart, Lulu from “GH,” who makes my teeth itch, and some girl from “Y&R.” Sorry. The actress is Emily O’Brien. But it doesn’t matter, because Julie Berman won as Lulu. Blech. Now they’ll never write her off.

Oh, snap! They pre-empted her with an “America’s Next Top Model” promo. COLD! Mr. Jay bumped her!

8:29 p.m.

The CW has not impressed me with their technical ability. They cut Lulu off, and now they’re interrupting their own commercials. Craziness.

I have no idea who these kids are flirting with Debbi Morgan, but they’re adorable. Debbi approves. Because she is the queen.

Kevin Clash, my fellow Baltimorean, the voice of Elmo, is up against Bindi and a bunch of other “Sesame” folks for outstanding performer in a children’s series. Clash gets it, which proves that the Elmo conspiracy is never-ending. When that little furry red thing became the star, they bumped the vets and made them second banana.

Wait! Are the “General Hospital” writers working on “Sesame Street?”

Dr. and Mrs. Phil are presenting the nominees for Best Drama, which only number three. They keep cancelling shows, so I guess that shouldn’t be surprising. Ooh. David Cook-scored montage. “All My Children” sure was good this year! All sorts of murder and mayhem and Jesse being alive, which is really all I care about.

Tyra Banks is talking about…something. Luke and Laura? Fashion. That’s it. Is she gonna yell at the losers and tell them they disappointed her, and that their grandmas sold their hot plates to get them this far, and then beat them with her shoe?

It’s a fashion show. Such pretty people. Trent Dawson is so cool. I have had a crush on “As The World Turns” Henry forever, because funny is sexy. Of course, no one is sexier than Susan Lucci. And of course The Diva is presenting an award, because this was probably in her contract. I met her once, and she remembered my name. This should not be enough to make my day, but then again, you know it would do the same for you. It’s Erica Kane, bisnatches!

Montel Williams is hosting a clip where The Diva and some less-fabulous children give food to poor people. One of her earrings could feed Kansas.

Kelly Monaco is wearing that dress, y’all. She and Tony Geary are now discussing how The Diva and Montel went to Africa with them to save some children. Geary is sobbing. You know how “American Idol” does this same thing? For some reason, watching Luke Spencer cry because he can’t save all of them is breaking my heart. Susan Lucci is playing with the babies, and they don’t know that she’s the biggest soap star ever, only that she is a human being touching them. Kelly’s been crying, too.

This, as publicity charity segments go, was very, very moving. Geary says they are going to feed 50,000 kids here and in Africa. Fantastic. I feel so much better about watching this show.

8:50 p.m.

Vanessa is beautiful, but Luke and Noah are not daytime’s first gay couple. Bianca on “All My Children” was before them.

I hope Bree Williamson wins this award…but she doesn’t. Tamara Braun did. She was my least-favorite Carly on “GH,” including that girl who was on for 15 minutes and got sent to a mental institution. She got the “Shut Up” music really, really quickly.

James “E.J.” Scott of “Days” is a charming dude. I had a really odd conversation with him at the Boca Resort a few years ago when he was down with the “AMC” cast to film Erica’s 87th wedding. He had just gotten into the hotel on a red-eye flight, and had slept four hours or so. He looked slightly hung-over, and was having trouble staying on one train of thought. But whatever train he was on, it was a sweet, funny one.

Elizabeth Hendrickson: Your dress has called, and it misses the part of it you left in the dressing room. Reunite them. It feels so good.

What is Tyra talking about? Why does everyone else get the hook after 15 seconds and Tyra gets to dedicate her award to the children and the single moms and to Wu-Tang? (OK, I made that up.)

9:02 p.m.

It’s Starr and Cole from “One Life!” She’s become so gorgeous! It’s young actor time! Max from “Days” won, which is too bad because I really wanted Bryton McClure to win. I love that Max knew that the hook was coming when he cursed, so he just walked off before it could get him. Funny!

My favorite new quote: “Good Morning America could not be here.” It’s because GMA couldn’t get into the dress it bought and didn’t want to look fat.

Dr. Phil blah blah blah shut up where’s the montage? “Days of Our Lives” was my grandaddy’s favorite show, so much that he once quizzed me on the names of the Horton children. There was lots of sex, nakedness and violence on that show this year.

Oscar is giving Gordon and Elmo grief. I don’t mind if they don’t let Elmo in, honestly. I’m a hater. Bring it, Elmo. I know how to tickle and disarm you.

9:12 p.m.

Sandra Oh is here with a cookie wand. I would love to be able to turn anything I touch into a cookie, but then I would weigh 3,000 pounds and be sleeping on a giant cookie. But I would recycle.

Her speech about how being on “Sesame Street” transported her to her childhood was profound, because that would be the same for so many of us.

And this was pre-Elmo. I have to leave him alone.

NOOO! They did NOT include the clip where they told Big Bird that Mr. Hooper was dead. That, to me, was more profound than Bobby dying on “NYPD Blue.”

“This has been Brian Williams and a chicken reporting from ‘Sesame Street.’” I want that on my tombstone. Or it should be my dying words, my “Rosebud.” It would confuse everybody. Keep ‘em guessing, I always say.

Alec Trebek dancing? That made this whole thing worthwhile!

Debbi Morgan is singing along with the “Sesame Street” people, and making me want to cry. BTW: Maria is still hot. She was my original girl crush, her and Susan. Spunky.

It freaks me out that Sandra Oh says that “Sesame” gets the Lifetime Achievement award for educating our children, because we used to be those children!

9:27 p.m.

Vanessa Williams is singing about kissing. This would be annoying if she wasn’t so awesome. I usually cringe at most award show host singing numbers, because most award shows are not hosted by Vanessa Williams. She is now dancing with Gilles, because that’s what he’s there for- to be pretty and danced with. If you could make a living doing that, you would, too. He’s stupid hot, because it’s stupid for anyone to be that hot. What good can possibly come of that?

Jenny Garth and Lori Loughlin! I love that the old people from “90210,” the ones who appear to eat, are the ones presenting to “The View” hosts, who are not there. Where could they be?

Let’s make something up!

Man, the CW stinks at technical stuff.

Oh, dear. “GH” won the writing award, which, like giving Julie Berman an award, just encourages annoyingness. “GH” is one of the most haphazardly written shows on television, all television, period, because it doesn’t know how to follow a story thread and very possibly start storylines that they have no clue how to conclude. And they keep flinging Spinelli in my face. Boo to that award.

9:38 p.m.

Ben Bailey was robbed!

Vanessa has changed again. You think that if I changed six times a day at work, that would look weird? They would probably assume my twin sister was in town or something?

Betty White is here, dressed in the best grandma sparkle wear ever. She is telling Vanessa to put on some clothing, and talking about her “Guiding Light” fandom. This is gonna break my heart, because my babysitter used to watch this, along with “The Edge of Night” and “General Hospital.” Here’s a “GL” montage! Between 1990 and 1995, I was addicted to that thing. Reva in the fountain! Roger Thorpe! Maureen Bauer cursing Ed out right before she died in that horrible accident that made me boycott the show for a year!

I’m not kidding when I tell you I had to pause to wipe my eyes. Give me a moment.

9:47 p.m.

Please give this award to Debbi Morgan and I’ll forgive the Lulu thing.

Susan Haskell? Are you kidding me? Stupid Marty Saybrooke? What is going at the Emmys? Her dress was slamming. But really?

Yay! Christian LeBlanc! He’s crying, and he made a lovely argument about how daytime is art. And it is, in a way.

But not Spinelli.

9:56 p.m.

Why has no one told me that Jack Wagner was playing the guitar on “Bold and the Beautiful?” I know he wasn’t singing “Lady of My Heart,” but I could still get some Frisco Jones love and pretend that somewhere, he was a good dad who hadn’t abandoned his kids to be a spy, and that “GH” wasn’t set on destroying the reputation of any character who isn’t a dirty mobster.

CW? HELLO? Are the Gremlins doing the techincal work on this show? They aren’t showing any of the acceptance speech of the biggest award of the night, just the big Emmy and people running to get their cars from the valet! OK, here there are, after the speech is apparently over.

You know those winners from “B&B” don’t even know that their speech wasn’t shown on there live. They’re gonna be mad. Somebody should get even. I elect Ron Moss! He will cheekbone you to death!

OK, that wasn’t a bad show, except that the CW apparently needs to send their people back to TV school. I guess all those soaps with the skinny teens haven’t honed those skills.

Later, y’all! Hope someone watches more soaps before they cancel another one!