http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2013/04/amc-oltl-will-be-eligible-for-emmys-in-2014.html

While there won't be any ONE LIFE TO LIVE actors nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award when the contenders are named next Wednesday -- even though the show did have three weeks of eligibility from the 2012 calendar year before their final ABC broadcast last January, none of their stars made the pre-nomination list -- castmembers from the soap, as well as ALL MY CHILDREN, will be able to compete next year!

David Michaels, senior executive director of the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, tells Soaps In Depth that the beloved soaps (set to relaunch on Monday from The OnLine Network), will be eligible for consideration in 2014... it's just a matter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences deciding in which category to place them! "In May, we have an awards committee meeting. We're going to start discussing that now," Michaels reveals. "There are a bunch of different ways to go. They are obviously going to be eligible for the contest; we're just trying to decide how they should be eligible."

Nominations for the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be announced on Wednesday, May 1, so check back here that day to see who made the cut! And then tune in to the

If I were to guess, NATAS will probably put them in the basic Drama Series categories because of the sheer frequency of episodes/production quality/actors despite it being technically a "web" series.

They could change it from Daytime Drama Series to Daily Drama Series... technically the same thing.

AMC & OLTL Eligible For Daytime Emmys!

But more importantly, this means that shows that produced more than 35 episodes can compete in Outstanding Drama series, and that includes the Prospect Park productions of ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE! That's right, AMC and OLTL will still be able to compete against GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS and DAYS OF OUR LIVES! And that includes all of the actors and crafts people!

Hopefully they have money for the entry fees.

I wonder how many of these actors will submit and if anybody would even vote for them. I do think the material is strong enough, but since these shows are down, they might not have the organization to get this going.