Emmy Awards

The combined muscle of sister stations KCBS-TV Channel 2 and KCAL-TV Channel 9 won eight Emmys on Saturday night at the 58th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood. Individually, KCAL9 took home five and CBS2 won three. Other top winners included KTTV-TV Channel 11, with five statuettes, and Fox Sports News West, KTLA-TV Channel 5 and KNBC-TV Channel 4, with four each.

ABC was the big winner among the networks during Friday night's 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremonies in New York's Radio City Music Hall with five Emmys to add to the 12 it took home a week earlier, when the more technical categories were announced. During the evening, veteran journalist Barbara Walters received the Lifetime Achievement Award. The winners--by category and network--follow: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Susan Flannery, "The Bold & the Beautiful," CBS.

Last month, CBS celebrated four straight years--208 consecutive weeks--as the No. 1 network in daytime television ratings, and on Wednesday the celebration continued when the 20th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced. As has become its habit in recent years, CBS pulled in by far the most nominations overall with 74. PBS received 41, followed by ABC with 39, NBC with 18 and Fox with eight.

OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS COMEDY SERIES "Cheers" DRAMA SERIES "L.A. Law" MINISERIES "War and Remembrance" VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SHOW "The Tracey Ullman Show" DRAMA/COMEDY SPECIAL "Day One," "Roe vs. Wade" (tie) PERFORMERS ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES Richard Mulligan, "Empty Nest" ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES Carroll O'Connor, "In the Heat of the Night" ACTOR, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL James Woods, "My Name Is Bill W."

Vincent Gardenia, the burly yet sentimental Tony and Emmy award-winning actor who portrayed a series of poignant father figures, particularly Cher's paunchy papa in "Moonstruck," was found dead in his Philadelphia hotel room Wednesday. "His body was found in the kitchen (at the Benjamin Franklin House). There was nothing suspicious. It was suspected as a heart attack," police spokeswoman Dotty Kearsey told Reuters news service.

Here is a complete list of nominees for the 42nd annual prime-time Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: Comedy series: "Cheers," NBC; "Designing Women," CBS; "The Golden Girls," NBC; "Murphy Brown," CBS; "The Wonder Years," ABC. Drama series: "China Beach," ABC; "L.A. Law," NBC; "Quantum Leap," NBC; "thirtysomething," ABC; "Twin Peaks," ABC.

Emmy Award voting is different in one key way from the process used to select Oscar, Grammy and Tony winners: Voters must weigh a sample of every nominee's work before deciding each category. In the Oscar contest, that restriction applies only to such specialty categories as foreign-language film and documentaries. At the Emmys, it applies to all categories. Voters are restricted to participating in only four categories related to their peer group (actors on actors, writers on writers, etc.

Two big awards shows highlight the viewing choices this weekend. The Miss America Pageant unfolds at 10 tonight on NBC (Channels 4, 36 and 39), with Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford hosting. The organizers have tried to freshen the show by banning hair stylists and makeup workers backstage, allowing the contestants to wear pantsuits instead of formal dresses and revising the interview format. On Sunday, Angela Lansbury will host the Emmy Awards on ABC at 8 p.m.

"American Idol" executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, who were enlisted to bring their hit-making pizazz to this year's Emmy Awards, abruptly pulled out of the show Friday, a surprise move that prompted more than a few grumbles within TV circles. Veteran producer Ken Ehrlich, who has led several previous Emmy shows, has been recruited to take over the live broadcast, which will air Sept. 16 on Fox.