CBS is airing the 48th Daytime Emmy Awards on June 25 at 8 p.m. EST. It will not be your mother's Emmy Award. The first one was held in Central Park. Before that, they were placed with prime-time Emmy's. Daytime fans found it demeaning not to have its own show. At the time, Paul Rauch was producing "One Life to Live." It was not easy. He had actors abusing drugs and alcohol. Welcome to the '80s.

There was one guy who would be found in Central Park. Rauch would go to the park. Someone ordered him back to studio stat. He pressed until the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences gave in. Trust me. No one said no to him. Including me. I was not living in New York at the time. His assistant told me to say his boss wanted to meet me. Airfare and hotel were on me. He had read a story I wrote where no one got high marks — including him.

It was an honest picture of what was going on behind the scenes. He told his actors to stay in their pig pen. One actor was griping about the suit the was wearing. In my mind, he was going to ask me to write for the show. At that time, I so wanted to. In front of me, he told the guy to take off, out of the show. The actor stammered. Soap writers — glad that never happened. I am whisked into his office.

He is sitting behind his very large desk, smoking a cigar, sipping coffee and did not offer amenities. He juts out his chin. He then asks why I wanted a meeting with him. I was going to blurt out, "You asked to see me." I saw his assistant almost pass out. I said nothing. That was the end of the meeting. Thankfully, it was Wednesday at noon; I made a Broadway matinee.

This year's Emmy will be intriguing. Due to COVID-19 after effects, the awards will be very different today. An accounting firm, no not Price Club warehouse, of Oscar fame. All of the nominees for the daytime Emmy mom have prerecorded an acceptance speech. As of now, there is no word where they will hold the awards show. Several actors are not sure if they can go with tux or suit jacket or boxer shorts. I vote shorts.

Sheryl Underwood Is from "Comedy Search" and co-host of "The Talk." For reasons only known to CBS, they have picked up another year of the show. It is "The View Lite."

For all her ebullience, Underwood has had a tough life. When she was molested at age 3, her mom took the side of the person she accused. In 1990, her husband committed suicide. She told "Entertainment Tonight" that she sent him to the store. While on the errand, he committed suicide. Then there was the on-air battle she had with Sharon Osbourne. Osbourne was quit or booted off the show. Osbourne is suing the network for several million dollars. The only comment Underwood made was that she and Osbourne were fine and made peace. I hope the case is on Court TV.

Nope, I will not guess who is going to win the Emmy. That is a fool's errand. I may be dumb, but I am no fool.

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