Ellen, Rachael Score Emmys

Susan Haskell, Christian Leblanc, Darin Brooks take home honors

(NEWSER) - The ladies of The View unseated Ellen Degeneres as Best Talk Show Host at yesterday's Daytime Emmy Awards, though they weren't at the ceremony, E! reports. Other big winners included Rachael Ray for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show and Tyra Banks for Outstanding Informative Talk Show, while The Bold and the Beautiful broke a 22-year drought with a win for Outstanding Drama Series. The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Sesame Street. More awards: More»

Conan, Ellen, Sarah all deserve a look

(NEWSER) - \With Oprah leaving her show in the all-too-near future, people have been clamoring to find the heir to her daytime throne. The Boston Globe offers a few outside-the-box suggestions. More»

The Tyra Show to end after fifth season in spring 2010

(NEWSER) - Tyra Banks is pulling an Oprah: The Tyra Show host will end her daytime talk show—which brought everything from televised colonics to Tyra in her bathing suit to America's living rooms—at the end of this season to focus on a film studio she’s starting. “I’ve been loving having fun” during her five years on the show, Banks tells People , but “my next huge steps will allow me to reach more women and young girls to help us all feel as fierce as we truly are.” More»

Rachael Ray, Sarah Palin, and other potential replacements

(NEWSER) - Who will fill the Oprah vacuum on daytime TV when the Queen of All Media leaves for her cable network in 2011? Mike Hess weighs the pros and cons of six candidates on PopEater .

• Ellen DeGeneres: "Talked her way onto the cover of Winfrey's O Magazine ... coincidence or a symbolic passing of the torch? We'll see.” In any case, she’s likely the best fit.
• Ryan Seacrest: "Like Ellen, has a rapport with celebs that few other interviewers do, and he's not afraid to ask a tough question here and there.” But “a bit cold for daytime talk TV.”

Show will continue with co-host Kelly Ripa

(NEWSER) - After 28 years as host, Regis Philbin is signing off. The talk-show veteran announced his retirement from Live With Regis and Kelly at the beginning of today’s show, the AP reports. "It's been a long time,” he said, “and it was the biggest thrill of my life to come back to New York, where I grew up as a kid watching TV in the early days.” But alas, “there is a time that everything must come to an end for certain people on camera—especially certain old people,” joked the 79-year-old. More»