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==Awards== ''One Life to Live'' and many of its actors and crew have been nominated for dozens of awards, winning on many occasions. [[Erika Slezak]] has received six [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s for her acting, a feat tied only by [[Anthony Geary]] and [[Justin Deas]].<ref name="SOD stats Slezak"/> In 1993, the series won its first [[GLAAD Media Award]] for its storyline on homosexuality and intolerance<ref name="EW Harris">{{cite magazine|last=Harris|first=Mark|title=''One Life'' Breaks One Taboo|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1992/06/26/one-life-live-breaks-taboo|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|via=ew.com|access-date=December 14, 2012|date=June 26, 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825081854/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,310941,00.html|archive-date=August 25, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> featuring newcomer [[Ryan Phillippe]] as [[Billy Douglas (One Life to Live)|Billy Douglas]], a teenager who amidst scandal confides his homosexuality in [[Andrew Carpenter (One Life to Live)|Andrew Carpenter]], played by [[Robert Krimmer]].<ref name="OLTL Trivia">{{cite book|last=Waggett|first=Gerry|title=The One Life to Live 40th Anniversary Trivia Book|year=2008|publisher=Hyperion|isbn=9781401323097|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FxIAmjBPZCQC&q=andrew%20carpenter%20one%20life%20to%20live&pg=PA25|access-date=December 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107235254/http://books.google.com/books?id=FxIAmjBPZCQC&lpg=PA25&ots=jPJYa_owbL&dq=andrew%20carpenter%20one%20life%20to%20live&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q=andrew%20carpenter%20one%20life%20to%20live&f=false|archive-date=January 7, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The character is the first openly gay teenager featured in a television series,<ref name="Gray2009">{{cite book|last=Gray|first=Jonathan|title=Television Entertainment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsWNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|date=2 June 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-25349-3|pages=121β|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220011048/https://books.google.com/books?id=dsWNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Brown2007">{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Lauren|title=Reese Witherspoon: The Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n7JGMfc_oJ0C|year=2007|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press|isbn=978-1-56025-988-6|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020915/https://books.google.com/books?id=n7JGMfc_oJ0C|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Pohlen2015">{{cite book|last=Pohlen|first=Jerome|title=Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, with 21 Activities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yKaBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT433|date=1 October 2015|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61373-085-0|pages=433β|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020654/https://books.google.com/books?id=yKaBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT433|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PullenCooper2010">{{cite book|last1=Pullen|first1=Christopher|last2=Cooper|first2=Margaret|title=LGBT Identity and Online New Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCLJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT211|date=4 June 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-99753-2|pages=211β|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020010/https://books.google.com/books?id=qCLJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT211|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and is considered groundbreaking in daytime television.<ref name="EW Harris"/><ref name="Advocate2002">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Two degrees of separation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0GIEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22billy+douglas%22+%22ryan+phillippe%22&pg=PA22 |magazine=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |date=5 February 2002 |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020818/https://books.google.com/books?id=0GIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA22&dq=%22billy%20douglas%22%20%22ryan%20phillippe%22&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q=%22billy%20douglas%22%20%22ryan%20phillippe%22&f=false |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="AndersenGray2007">{{cite book|last1=Andersen|first1=Robin|last2=Gray|first2=Jonathan|title=Battleground: The Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9vSm3KokMcC&pg=PT168|date=30 December 2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-56720-746-0|pages=168β|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013702/https://books.google.com/books?id=E9vSm3KokMcC&pg=PT168|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CurranLiebes2002">{{cite book|last1=Curran|first1=James|last2=Liebes|first2=Tamar|title=Media, Ritual and Identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNKEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-72187-0|pages=96β|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020357/https://books.google.com/books?id=NNKEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[story arc]] also included an on-air ceremony for the [[NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt]].<ref name="OLTL Trivia" /><ref name="The Body">{{cite journal|last=McGarry|first=Mark|title=Compassion on Daytime TV|url=http://www.thebody.com/content/art30774.html|journal=The Body|publisher=thebody.com|access-date=December 14, 2012|date=June 1999|volume=12|issue=6|page=40|pmid=11367017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203162418/http://www.thebody.com/content/art30774.html|archive-date=February 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2005, the series was awarded another GLAAD Media Award for its coverage of [[LGBT]] issues in the 2004 [[coming out]] storyline of gay character [[Mark Solomon (One Life to Live)|Mark Solomon]] ([[Matt Cavenaugh]]).<ref name="GLAAD 2005"/> ''One Life to Live'' won the same award again in 2010<ref name="GLAAD 2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nominees|title=21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards - English Language Nominees|date=January 13, 2010|publisher=GLAAD.org|access-date=February 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130031953/http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nominees|archive-date=January 30, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> for a well-publicized storyline in which police officer [[Oliver Fish]] comes out and reunites with his former college boyfriend and medical school student [[Kyle Lewis (One Life to Live)|Kyle Lewis]].<ref name="Gays of Summer">{{cite web|url=http://tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/the-gays-of-summer-1584.html|title=Soaps: The Gays of Summer|last=Logan|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Logan (journalist)|date=July 2, 2009|publisher=TVGuideMagazine.com|access-date=July 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704221112/http://tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/the-gays-of-summer-1584.html|archive-date=July 4, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Advocate 2009-07-02"/><ref name="Soaps.com Gay 2009-06-16">{{cite web |url=http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/news/4551/One_Life_to_Live_Gay_Storyline_On_The_Horizon |title=''One Life to Live'': Gay Storyline On The Horizon! |date=June 16, 2009 |access-date=July 21, 2009 |publisher=[[Soaps.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619042051/http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/news/4551/One_Life_to_Live_Gay_Storyline_On_The_Horizon |archive-date=June 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="SN 2009-06-24">{{cite web |url=http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/gay-pride-llanview |title=Gay Pride in Llanview |last=Ozanich |first=David |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Soapnet.com |access-date=July 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803150923/http://sn.soapnet.go.com/news/article/gay-pride-llanview |archive-date=August 3, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ===Daytime Emmy Award wins=== {| class="wikitable" align="center" |- ! scope=col | Category ! scope=col | Recipient ! scope=col | Role ! scope=col | Year(s) ! scope=col | {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope=row scope=row style=text-align:left| [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series]] | colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgrey" | | 2002 |<ref name="Emmy 2002" /> |- ! scope=row style=text-align:left rowspan="2" | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]] | [[Al Freeman Jr.]] | [[Ed Hall (One Life to Live)|Ed Hall]] | 1979 |<ref name="Emmy 1979">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1979 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1979/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527182741/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1979/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- |[[Robert S. Woods]] |[[Bo Buchanan]] |1983 |<ref name="Emmy 1983">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1983 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1983/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527181122/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1983/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- ! scope=row style=text-align:left rowspan="5" | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] |[[Judith Light]] | [[Karen Wolek]] | 1980, 1981 |<ref name="Emmy 1980">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1980 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1980/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527180415/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1980/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1981">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1981 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1981/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060530214603/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1981/index.html |archive-date=May 30, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- |[[Robin Strasser]] |[[Dorian Lord]] |1982 |<ref name="Emmy 1982">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1982 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1982/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113052409/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1982/index.html |archive-date=January 13, 2010 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- |[[Erika Slezak]] |[[Victoria Lord]] |1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2005 |<ref name="Emmy 1986">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1986 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1986/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527180514/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1986/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1992">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1992 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1992/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527183727/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1992/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1995">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1995 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1995/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527182335/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1995/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1996">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1996 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1996/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527183120/http://soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1996/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 2005">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 2005 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners2005/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402151629/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners2005/index.html |archive-date=April 2, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref><ref name="Emmy 1984">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1984 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1984/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402151614/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1984/index.html |archive-date=April 2, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com}}</ref> |- |[[Hillary B. Smith]] |[[Nora Hanen|Nora Gannon]] |1994 |<ref name="Emmy 1994">{{cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1994 |url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1994/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726135221/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1994/index.html |archive-date=July 26, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- |[[Susan Haskell]] |[[Marty Saybrooke]] |2009 |<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Ed |date=August 31, 2009 |title=Daytime Emmys 2009: The Beginning of the End? |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-martin/daytime-emmys-2009-the-be_b_272870.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905091959/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-martin/daytime-emmys-2009-the-be_b_272870.html |archive-date=September 5, 2009}}</ref> |- ! scope=row style=text-align:left | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]] | [[Thom Christopher]] | [[Carlo Hesser]] | 1992 |<ref name="Emmy 1992" /> |- ! scope=row style=text-align:left | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]] | [[Susan Haskell]] | [[Marty Saybrooke]] | 1994 |<ref name="Emmy 1994" /> |- ! scope=row style=text-align:left | [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series]] | [[Roger Howarth]] | [[Todd Manning]] | 1994 |<ref name="Emmy 1994" /> |} ====Wins in other categories==== {{colbegin}} * 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series * 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series * 2009 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team * 2009 Outstanding Original Song * 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series * 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series * 2008 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team * 2008 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team * 2008 Outstanding Original Song (two awards for two ''One Life to Live'' songs, which tied) * 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design for a Drama Series * 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series * 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series (tied with ''[[All My Children]]'') * 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Drama Series * 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series * 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series * 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Drama Series * 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series * 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series * 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series * 2000 Outstanding Original Song * 1994 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team * 1987 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team * 1984 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series * 1984 Outstanding Direction for a Daytime Drama Series * 1983 Outstanding Direction for a Daytime Drama Series * 1982 Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts: Lighting Direction (Everett Melosh) * 1976 Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Drama Series (David Pressman) * 1974 Outstanding Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork {{colend}} ===Other awards=== * [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Television Writing in Daytime Serials|Writers Guild of America Award]] (1986, 1993) * [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing β Daytime Serials|Directors Guild of America Award]] (1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
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