38th Annual Daytime Emmys

FULL STEAM AHEAD!!!

The 38th annual Daytime Emmy Awards are just around the corner! The kudofest airs live on June 18 from Las Vegas on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.

Presenters were revealed to tvguide.com this week: Anderson Cooper, Carol Burnett, Marlee Matlin, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Nate Berkus, Rachael Ray, Dr. Travis Stork, Vanna White, Peter Marshall, Jillian Michaels, Kelly Monaco, Kimberly McCullough, Genie Francis, Galen Gering, Nadia Bjorlin, Darnell Williams, Debbi Morgan, Heather Tom and Brandon Beemer.

Hosted by Wayne Brady, the awards will treat viewers and attendees to performances by the likes of Marie Osmond, Gladys Knight, Penn and Teller, Criss Angel and the Cirque du Soleil hit Viva Elvis.

The mighty Oprah Winfrey is set to receive the TV Academy's Crystal Pillar Award, while game show kings Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek are lined up for Lifetime Achievement trophies. Suds Report has also learned that there may be a few other big surprises in the works, so make sure you watch!

If you’re expecting the Emmys to be a wake thanks to the recent cancellations of AMC and One Life though, think again. "We'll do something very special to acknowledge what's happened — something the fans are really going to love," producer David McKenzie promises. "But these soaps are still on the air and they'll both qualify for Daytime Emmys in 2012. We are not ready to say goodbye."

ATWT Final Cast Photo, May 2010, PGP

Let's pray the soaps get the recognition they deserve, unlike the abysmal so-called video 'tribute' 54-year old axed soap, As the World Turns received. If there is any justice, CBS executives  [otherwise known as the TIIC - 'the idiots in charge'] will have strokes when the cancelled soap takes home top acting honors at the televised ceremony!