Ellen DeGeneres, “Young and the Restless” Rack Up Daytime Emmy Award Nominations

It's good to be Ellen DeGeneres.

She and her popular program, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," managed to score 10 Daytime Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including outstanding talk show. It will compete against "Live! with Kelly and Michael," "The Talk" and "The View."

Of course, it's even better if you're one of the folks over at "The Young and the Restless."

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The soap opera topped all other programs with an impressive 23 nods, helping giving CBS a total of 50 nominations this morning.

The sudser will vie for the Oustanding Drama Series prize against "Days of Our Lives," "General Hospital" and "One Life to Live."

Meanwhile, NBC's "Today" will duke it out with ABC's "Good Morning America" and "CBS Sunday Morning" in the Outstanding Morning Program category.

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On the kid front, R.L. Stine's "The Haunting Hour" received nine nominations, and "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" earned seven.

Oh, and "Sesame Street" racked up 17.

For the full list of nominees, go to EmmyOnline.org. The 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be presented in Beverly Hills on June 16 and will air live on HLN.

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