The Supporting categories in the race for the Daytime Emmy are always the toughest to predict, as often times leads with a lot of material go here, however, this year is not the case.
Even Days' Kate Mansi, who was lead on her show, could be justified as going to supporting because of her tenure on the show, tho I still would have gone lead if I were her.
Other than that, the nominees are fair, though many heavy hitters who should be here - think Judi Evans, Suzanne Rogers or Wally Kurth of Days - aren't, the categories are still pretty stacked and fairly good.
Here's my votes in the Supporting categories:
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS -
STACY HAIDUK (Patty, The Young and the Restless.) Long overdue for a nomination, she is so good at being crazy, it literally breaks your heart. In one moment she's childlike and vulnerable, the next she's certifiably scary. Her scenes involve getting returned to the asylum and then confronting Dylan and Sharon. As with the other categories that I've watched in alphabetical order, this first submission is going to be pretty difficult to beat.
ANNA MARIA HORSFORD (Vivian, The Bold and the Beautiful.) A seasoned primetime performer, that may help her gain some votes within the industry, her reel deals with discovering the lies her husband told her and his infidelity and resulting illegitimate child. This confrontation between Vivian and Julius packed a punch, had me in tears and made me wonder why the Avants aren't front and center on B&B. Her reaction was gut wrenching and totally on the mark.
FINOLA HUGHES (Anna, General Hospital.) That Finola is relegated to supporting by her show and that she has only one Emmy win is a damn shame. Perhaps the most complete reel, Hughes was able to show humor in the first part, when she's waiting for a blind date, sadness in her scenes where Robin tells her she's leaving town and then all-out fierce anger in two separate scenes dealing with Carlos, who murdered her husband.
KATE MANSI (Abigail, Days of Our Lives.) Abigail's descent into insanity is depicted in her reels where she sets Ben on fire and then totally loses it with Chad and subsequent scenes in the insane asylum. Strong reel, but if we're comparing psychos, HAIDUK has the stronger reel in my opinion. Still, great scene choices from Mansi.
KELLY SULLIVAN (Sage, The Young and the Restless.) My only question is why didn't Sullivan take advantage of adding another reel dealing with the initial loss of Christian? This 4-minute reel deals with Sage's discovery that Christian is alive and her confrontation with Sharon that Sharon Case totally dominated. It's not until the final minute or so that Sullivan's rage kicks in and she's actually Emmy worthy.
To date, the toughest category to rank, as the first three could all legitimately win the trophy. Actually sat on this one for a while before voting.
MY RANKINGS - Any of my top three choices would be an excellent choice for the Emmy. Pick 'em
1. Horsford
2. Haiduk
3. Hughes
4. Sullivan
5. Mansi
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR -
JOHN ANISTON (Victor, Days of Our Lives.) It's difficult to believe that this is Aniston's first Emmy nomination in his 40+-year Daytime career, but it is. A brief romantic scene with Maggie followed by a confrontation with his brother and discussion with his son shows he can do it all, but lacks the range that would scream Emmy worthy to me.
STEVE BURTON (Dylan, The Young and the Restless.) Unlike last year when Burton's reel was basically a showcase for eventual Supporting Actress winner, Jessica Collins, this year, his reel is right on point as Dylan deals with the revelation that Sully is not his son and confronts Sharon in two separate parts of the reel about her deception. The middle part deals with Dylan returning Sully to Nick and breaks your heart. Strong possibility.
CHAD DUELL (Michael, General Hospital.) The entire reel deals with death, the first of Sabrina and then later, his brother, Morgan, Duell was far stronger in the latter part of the reel where he confronts both Sonny and Kiki and blames them for Morgan's death. A possibility, tho, wanted to see a little more something from this prior Emmy winner.
JEFFREY VINCENT PARISE ( General Hospital.) Emmy voters love a dual role, but there was nothing distinguishing about the two brothers Parise played except one was pure evil and the other we really don't get to know based on the scenes he submitted. The only scenes that stands out to me is the end ones where Carlos ghost confronts Julian and the middle where Carlos discusses why he wants his baby to be a girl with Sabrina. Guess voters may feel differently, but I didn't see much range in this reel even though there was supposed to be range in the way the scenes were written.
JAMES REYNOLDS (Abe, Days of Our Lives.) The end of his reel where Abe is trying to find out if he's going to die after his shooting and then is comforted by and comforting with Theo are very strong. The first part isn't bad, but the middle part of the reel where Abe, as Mayor of Salem, tries to reassure Salemites following a mass hostage crisis seems like something out of the Old Batman TV series. The last four minutes or so are strong enough for a win, just wonder how distracting the middle was for voters.
MY RANKINGS -
1. Burton
2. Duell
3. Reynolds
4. Aniston
5. Parise
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