I’m not sure whether the 2006 Daytime Emmys last Friday delighted the lesbian or the mom parts of me more:
- Ellen DeGeneres won Best Talk Show and Best Talk Show Host for the second year in a row.
- The 38-year-old Sesame Street won for Preschool Children’s Series, a category it has won all twelve times the award has been given. Caroll Spinney, who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, received a lifetime achievement award.
Well deserved, I say. I’ve always had a special place in my heart for Sesame Street. It began just after I was born, and was the first TV show I ever watched. It’s a thrill to be watching it with my son now. Occasionally, a song or skit airs that I haven’t thought about in 35 years, but to which I still, somehow, know the words.
- Finally, pulling the lesbian and mom themes together: ABC announced at the Emmys that Rosie O’Donnell will become a co-host on talk show The View. Fellow host Barbara Walters noted that the show’s morning timeslot means Rosie can “finish at noon and pick her kids up from school.” Here’s to working moms!
