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Alex Trebek and Larry King were posthumously honored with prizes at the Daytime Emmy Awards which were broadcast this Friday evening.
Larry passed away at the age of 87 in January of COVID-19 complications and Alex died last November aged 80 after a long battle with cancer.
Both of the broadcasting titans received tributes from their bereaved children, who accepted their awards on their behalf and gave touching speeches about their late fathers.
Honored:Â Alex Trebek and Larry King were posthumously honored with prizes at the Daytime Emmy Awards which were broadcast this Friday evening; Trebek pictured in 2019, King pictured in 2019
Annual: The 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards broadcast was held in Los Angeles on Friday night
Alex won the award for outstanding game show host for his work on Jeopardy! which he hosted for decades and continued taping until shortly before his death.
‘We are so honored to accept this award on behalf of our dad,’ said Alex’ son Matt who accepted the award along with Alex’ daughter Emily.Â
‘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. He loved every bit of it.’
Emily then added: ‘Over the past 37 years the show became his second family. He was always excited to go to work even during his battle with cancer.’
She continued; ‘He was so fortunate that he was able to do what he loved and we know that he not once took it for granted, so on behalf of his family we thank you so much.’
In his honor:Â ‘We are so honored to accept this award on behalf of our dad,’ said Alex’ son Matt who accepted the award along with Alex’ daughter Emily
Virtual: King’s son Chance, 22, and Cannon, 21, appeared virtually at the ceremony to acecept their father’s posthumous Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding informative talk show host for his program Larry King Now
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared virtually at the event and shared his own memories of Alex, a Canadian, whom he lauded for his ‘legacy of giving.’
The prime minister said that the game show host ‘told me he was proud to be a Canadian, and we told him that we were proud that is he is one of us as well.’
Meanwhile United States First Lady Jill Biden credited him with having ‘brought our families together every evening, racking our brains to keep up with the smartest contestants.’
Robin Roberts, who is scheduled to be one of the rotating guest hosts of Jeopardy! next month, featured in the tributes to Alex as did Community star Ken Jeong.Â
Beyond borders:Â Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared virtually at the event and shared his own memories of Alex, a Canadian, whom he lauded for his ‘legacy of giving’
Brought families together:Â Meanwhile United States First Lady Jill Biden credited him with having ‘brought our families together every evening, racking our brains to keep up with the smartest contestants’
Talk show host Tamron Hall also presented the best game show host award that evening, which went to Jeopardy! and was accepted by executive producer Mike Richards.Â
Mike said in his speech that Alex ‘believed that Jeopardy! was more than just a game show. He loved it because it stood for facts, competition and the celebration of intelligence.’
Larry on the other hand was bequeathed his posthumous Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding informative talk show host for his program Larry King Now.
His sons Chance, 22, and Cannon, 21, appeared virtually at the ceremony in order to accept the prize and deliver a speech in their father’s honor.
What an array of stars:Â Robin Roberts (left), who is scheduled to be one of the rotating guest hosts of Jeopardy! next month, featured in the tributes to Alex as did Community star Ken Jeong (right)
Best of the best: Talk show host Tamron Hall also presented the best game show host award that evening, which went to Jeopardy! and was accepted by executive producer Mike Richards
More than a game show: Mike (pictured) said in his speech that Alex ‘believed that Jeopardy! was more than just a game show. He loved it because it stood for facts, competition and the celebration of intelligence’
Her perspective:Â Martha Stewart made an appearance virtually to discuss Larry and shared her recollections of how ‘fair’ and ‘interesting’ he was while interviewing
‘Hello everyone, my name is Cannon King and I’m so thankful to be here with my brother in acceptance of this great award for our dad,’ said Cannon.
‘Hello everyone,’ Chance then piped up: ‘my name is Chance King and I can tell you all that my dad is looking down on us with a very large smile.’
He added: ‘This last season was a testament to his love for broadcasting and as much as he is gone he is with us in our hearts forever. We love you so much, Dad.’Â
Martha Stewart made an appearance virtually to discuss Larry and shared her recollections of how ‘fair’ and ‘interesting’ he was while interviewing.Â
RIP Regis: The show also paid homage to daytime icon Regis Philbin who died last July after suffering from a heart attack just a month before he would have turned 89; pictured in 2011Â
Old friend:Â Kathie Lee Gifford, who starred with him on the daytime show LIVE With Regis And Kathie Lee, made a virtual appearance at the event to praise himÂ
The show also paid homage to daytime icon Regis Philbin who died last July after suffering from a heart attack just a month before he would have turned 89.Â
Kathie Lee Gifford, who starred with him on the daytime show LIVE With Regis And Kathie Lee, made a virtual appearance at the event to praise him.
She confessed that she will ‘never be the same’ without Regis, adding that ‘we all’ miss him and quipping that he is ‘slaying them in Heaven right now.’Â
Kelly Clarkson, who is a new talent on the daytime talk scene, scooped up two awards – outstanding entertainment talk show and outstanding entertainment talk show host.
Outstanding: Kelly Clarkson, who is a new talent on the daytime talk scene, scooped up two awards – outstanding entertainment talk show and outstanding entertainment talk show host
Thankful:Â During a virtual acceptance speech she said: ”Thank you so much everybody for voting for me. I would love to accept the award just for me but honestly, I think everybody that’s ever done a show like this knows, there’s a whole heap of people standing around behind the cameras’
During a virtual acceptance speech she said: ”Thank you so much everybody for voting for me. I would love to accept the award just for me but honestly, I think everybody that’s ever done a show like this knows, there’s a whole heap of people standing around behind the cameras.’
She expressed gratitude for her ‘staff and making me look good and sound good and getting these brilliant stories, and heartfelt stories that we get to share with everybody’ as well as the band.
In a heartwarming touch she shared that ‘I thank you for the award but honestly like so many people are deserving of this – not just me.’Â
Memorable performances:Â Jacqueline MacInnes Wood won best drama series actress for The Bold And The Beautiful
Live! Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest presented the award for outstanding performance by a lead actress in a drama series
Emotional:Â Maurice Benard won best lead actor in a drama series for General Hospital and gave an impassioned speech about Alzheimer’s which plays a central role in his recent storyline
The soap opera categories saw General Hospital win for outstanding drama series and direction of a drama series, while The Young And The Restless won for drama writing.
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood won best drama series actress for The Bold And The Beautiful while Marla Adams triumphed in the supporting category for The Young And The Restless.
Victoria Konefal of Days Of Our Lives won best younger performer in a drama series while Cady McClain of the same show took home the drama series guest star trophy.
Presenting: Jackee Harry and Robert Scott Wilson presented the outstanding performance by a supporting actress in a drama series gong
Triumph:Â Marla Adams triumphed in the supporting category for The Young And The Restless
Maurice Benard won best lead actor in a drama series for General Hospital and gave an impassioned speech about Alzheimer’s which plays a central role in his recent storyline.
The storyline involves his character’s father played by Max Gail, who happened to also have won in the supporting actor for a drama series category that evening.
Maurice revealed in his speech that after ‘auditioning’ alongside the ‘incomparable Max Gail’ he found himself sobbing ‘uncontrollably’ against a wall.
Making moves:Â Victoria Konefal (right) of Days Of Our Lives won best younger performer in a drama series while Cady McClain (left) of the same show took home the drama series guest star trophyÂ
Supporting: Max Gail won in the supporting actor for a drama series category for his work on General Hospital
He told the show’s executive producer Frank Valentini that ‘I don’t wanna do this story because it’s too hard for me’ only to hear: ‘You’re the star of the show – you’re gonna do it.’
Maurice added: ‘And the truth is, the star of the storyline is Alzheimer’s, such a difficult disease, and I hope one day we find a cure – Max Gail, I love you.’Â
The talk-show categories were a star-studded affair with Jada Pinkett Smith accepting an award for Red Table Talk which she hosts with her daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris.
Star-studded: The talk-show categories were a star-studded affair with Jada Pinkett Smith accepting an award for Red Table Talk which she hosts with her daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris; Jada pictured
The annual award ceremony, which aired on CBS and Paramount+ on Friday, was hosted by The Talk’s Sheryl Underwood and featured a slew of big name presenters like Gloria Estefan.
Gloria, who presented outstanding lead actress in a drama series, gushed: ‘I’m a longtime fan of daytime dramas with a tremendous amount of respect for the artists nominated for this next award. Their commitment to their characters and the consistency of their performances year in and year out is mind-boggling.’Â
Another award was also presented by Regis’ old co-host Kelly Ripa and her current co-host Ryan Seacrest – neither of whom mentioned Regis.
Moving:Â In addition to specific individuals for late daytime stars the show also included an in memoriam reel during which The Bold And The Beautiful’s Diamond White sang
Kelly reflected on her own first Daytime Emmy nomination which came all the way back in 1993 when she was a young actress on the soap opera All My Children.Â
‘It was actually for best ingenue which is now younger lead actress, because at the time I was younger, but I’m not gonna tell you what year that was,’ she quipped.
In addition to specific individuals for late daytime stars the show also included an in memoriam reel during which The Bold And The Beautiful’s Diamond White sang.
Hostess: The annual award ceremony, which aired on CBS and Paramount+ on Friday, was hosted by The Talk’s Sheryl Underwood
Big names: The annual event featured a slew of big name presenters like Gloria Estefan (pictured)
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