Counting down to the Daytime Emmys!

I’m leaving tomorrow morning for a weekend in Las Vegas where the Daytime Emmy Awards are being held on Sunday.

I’ve come to love covering this event because daytime stars are a wonderful bunch, so appreciative of their fans and usually very accessible to the media – and that goes for everyone from Susan Lucci on down (sorry, she is still the queen!).

The telecast, hosted by Regis Philbin, will broadcast live from the Las Vegas Hilton, Sunday, June 27, 2010 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Ryan Seacrest will introduce the “American Bandstand” and Dick Clark tribute, with Donny Osmond, Chubby Checker, Tony Orlando and The Jersey Boys added to the line-up of stars who will salute the iconic show and legendary television personality.

Presenters this year include Wayne Brady (“Let’s Make a Deal”), Jeff Foxworthy (“Are You Smarter Than a 5^th Grader?”), Vanessa Marcil (“General Hospital”), Alex Trebek (“Jeopardy”) Rachael Ray (“The Rachael Ray Show”), Zack Conroy (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) and Jonathan Jackson (“General Hospital”), along with Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. Drew Ordon, Dr. Jim Sears and Dr. Lisa Masterson from the Daytime Emmy-nominated show, “The Doctors.”

Additional presenters include Rebecca Budig (“All My Children”), Sharon Case (“The Young and the Restless”), Michael Easton (“One Life to Live”), Jon Hensley (“As The World Turns”), Kelley Menighan Hensley (“As The World Turns”), Susan Lucci (“All My Children”), Chris Massey (“Zoey 101”), Kyle Massey (“Cory in the House”), Cameron Mathison (“All My Children”), Kimberly Matula (“The Bold and the Beautiful”), Laura McKenzie (“Laura McKenzie’s Traveler”), Kelly Monaco (“General Hospital”), Joshua Morrow (“The Young and the Restless”), Ronn Moss (“The Bold and the Beautiful”), Peter Reckell (“Days of our Lives”), Trevor St. John (“One Life to Live”), Louise Sorel (“Days of our Lives”), Montel Williams (“The Montel Williams Show”) and Las Vegas acts, Blue Man Group, Cirque du Soleil, the showgirls of Jubilee.

I will be covering the red carpet on Sunday then will be live tweeting from the backstage media area where the winners go from the stage.

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