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FOG BLOG DAYTIME EMMYS LOG: GENERAL HOSPITAL WINS BIG,ALEX TREBEK GETS POSTHUMOUS AWARD:

Daytime Emmys: General Hospital Leads Soap Opera Pack, Named Best Drama; Kelly Clarkson Wins Big...Alex Trebek wins posthumous trophy at Daytime Emmys.....Alex Trebek won a posthumous Daytime Emmy as game show host and "Jeopardy!" earned game show honors on Friday night.

Trebek's son, Matt, and daughter, Emily, accepted the trophy from behind the host's podium on the quiz show's set.

"For as long as we can remember, he was always so proud to be a part of `Jeopardy!', to work on a show that was based on knowledge, risk and the challenge -- people had to think," Trebek's son said. "He loved every bit of it."........The 48th Daytime Emmy Awards were handed out on Friday night, and ABC’s General Hospital led the soap opera pack with six total wins, including for Outstanding Drama Series.

Among the other sudsers, NBC’s Days of Our Lives and CBS’ The Young and the Restless each picked up a pair of statuettes during CBS; telecast, while The Bold and the Beautiful nabbed one.

On the talk show front, The Kelly Clarkson Show collected three awards on Friday, including for its eponymous host.

Also of note, the late Alex Trebek and Larry King both were posthumously honored in their respective categories, Outstanding Game Show Host and Informative Talk Show Host.

TVLine has denoted all of the major winners (in red) below. (Some categories, including awards for Daytime Children’s Programming, Animation and Daytime Lifestyle Programming, will be presented in separate ceremonies in July.)


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