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DeGeneres Picks Up 4th Daytime Emmy

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Ellen DeGeneres wins 4th Daytime Emmy

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The Associated Press

Published: June 21, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres won a fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy on Friday night, and she has no plans to stop there.

DeGeneres picked up the talk show host honor while "Rachael Ray" cooked up a surprising win in the talk show category during the 35th annual Daytime Emmy ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. Rookie "Rachael Ray" beat veteran talk show winners "The View" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

As host, DeGeneres again bested Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa from "Live with Regis and Kelly" as well as Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd from "The View." It's the 10th consecutive loss in the host category for "The View" ladies. Philbin has only won the talk show host category once in the 20 years he's hosted "Live."

Would DeGeneres consider pulling an Oprah Winfrey and refrain from submitting herself for lauds in the future?

"I'm not going to take my name out," DeGeneres deadpanned backstage. "Oprah has made so many bad choices. Look at her career."

Philbin took home one trophy, at least, and it was a big one: the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jimmy Kimmel presented the award to the 76-year-old talk show host, whose career can be traced back to his days as an NBC page in the 1950s.

Kimmel joked that Philbin had logged 30 billion hours on TV as a host of talk, variety and game shows - and as the host of "Live" with his granddaughter Kelly.

"What a night," Philbin said during his acceptance speech. "Tyra Banks told me to kiss her big beautiful, and I found out that I'm older than the 'Guiding Light.'"

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