Carrie Fisher, George Lucas George Lucas’s Clone Wars won Outstanding Special Class Animated Programme
George Lucas has won his first Emmy award for his
animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
He was presented with the Daytime Emmy by Carrie Fisher, star of his original sci-fi trilogy, at the ceremony, reports BBC.David Tennant also won for outstanding performer in an animated programme, for his role as Huyang in the same show.
Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash, who resigned from Sesame Street after under-age sex claims, won three Daytime Emmy Awards.
Clash was cleared last year when a man withdrew his allegation but is now facing legal action from a second accuser.
He was named outstanding performer in a children’s series. He also shared two awards as the executive co-producer of Sesame Street, which won for outstanding pre-school children’s series and for its direction.
Ellen DeGeneres won the Emmy for outstanding entertainment talk show for the seventh time.
While Ricki Lake won the award for outstanding talk show host, despite her show being cancelled. Lake did not attend the ceremony.
Soap opera Days of Our Lives won best drama series for just the second time in 40 years.
-With New Age input
