NANCY GRAHN ACCEPTS THE EMMY...WITH AN OLD RESERVATION!

The Daytime Emmys showered "General Hospital" with five trophies, including best drama. The ABC soap also won for lead actor (Anthony Geary) , supporting actress (Nancy Lee Grahn), supporting actor (Jonathan Jackson)  and directing team. Here the winners:

Drama series: "General Hospital."

Lead actress in a drama series: Heather Tom, "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Lead actor in a drama series: Anthony Geary, "General Hospital."

Supporting actress in a drama series: Nancy Lee Grahn, "General Hospital."

Supporting actor in a drama series: Jonathan Jackson, "General Hospital."

Younger actor in a drama series: Chandler Massey, "Days of Our Lives."

Younger actress in a drama series: Christel Hhalil, "The Young and the Restless."

Drama series directing team: "General Hospital."

Drama series writing team: "Days Of Our Lives."

But…there is no respecting drama without drama:

In fact, Nancy Grahn was not present at the ceremony and Finola Hughes, who announced the category, accepted the award on her behalf. This year everything has gone well, but last year Nancy Grahn twitted:

Let me start by saying, it is very hard to get me to lose my sense of humor. Sunday night, I had none until after it was all over and I finally saw my friend Michelle Stafford and said, "What the F#*K was that?” That is the summation of my experience from the moment I put my expensively adorned feet on that foot long red carpet, until the Tylenol PM kicked in and I woke up the next morning.

"What the F#*k was that?" can be interpreted any way you choose and that will be up to you, let your imagination take flight. To say any more would be unproductive and quite frankly, self-serving. However, to not say anything at all would fool no one, due to the fact that I am ridiculously transparent and most of you can read my mind anyway.

I will, however, share this one thing with you. Lexi Ainsworth's performance in her submission reel was incomparable. I've been acting for a long time and we all wish we had an Emmy reel that spot on. It would have, in my opinion, been unbeatable in any category.

I was so sure that Lexi would win, that I urged her to prepare her speech so she would say exactly what she wanted because she would remember the moment forever. I assured her she would win and because she looks up to me, she unfortunately believed me. I love this child and not only witnessed her performance, I viewed every single reel in her category. Because of what I believe any trained actor could only see as a slam dunk, I unknowingly set up my TV baby to get unjustifiably crushed.

Because of her class, intelligence and beautiful heart, Lexi handled her loss with maturity and grace. I on the other hand did not. I got up and left the room. I was misbehaved, pissed off, and anything but graceful. I got outraged for Lexi who should've been, but had more maturity and clearly more dignity in the moment than I did.

My Achilles heel is my kids, on TV or not, and I don't handle it well when they are not treated fairly, especially if I created the expectation that they would be. Why did I ever say anything to her besides you should win and I hope you do? Why would I have faith in a judging system that could go so awry?

The judging system has had to be continually adjusted for the Daytime Emmy's to ensure the voting process is equitable. In my opinion, a blue Ribbon panel is the only way to prevent what appears to me to be results that undermine the integrity of what an Emmy should mean. We must do better.

And now for the good news; I am genuinely excited about what Garin Wolf , Ron Carlivati and Jill Phelps are bringing to the new and better GH. They have such an investment in all of you as an audience. Please start watching and keep watching. We have no plans to go anywhere. Just sit back, and let us entertain you. You are loved and appreciated.

Nancy Lee

Dear Ms. Grahn, I admire your courage and your intellectual honesty and at the same time I am excited about the recognition you received! It is a bit also my fault if you've won, I had predicted this.

Congratulations and thanks for your critical voice.

Pier