Hooray: 'One Life to Live!' Boo: 'Bold and the Beautiful'

"Hallelujah!" cried journos back in the press room when "One Life to Live" was nommed for best drama series. It's widely perceived to be the best soap on the tube this year. But also beloved right now is "The Bold and the Beautiful," which got snubbed.

Curious oddity in the lead acting races. The lead actor race is full of the reigning older dudes like David Canary, Peter Bergman and Anthony Geary. But the older dames are missing from the leading lady race — except for Jeanne Cooper, who is long overdue to win after more than three decades starring on TV's top-rated soap, "The Young and the Restless."

Four of the five gals up for best lead actress last year just returned. One exception: Nicole Forester bumped "Guiding Light" costar Kim Zimmer, who didn't make the pre-nom list. Her omission makes sense, though. In 2006, Zimmer promised to withdraw from the best actress race if she won for a fourth time. She did, but returned the next year, made the pre-nom list and was nominated again. This year she was absent from the pre-nom roster.

Correction: An earlier version of this blog item incorrectly stated that Zimmer was on this year's pre-noms list.