Big Bird, The View and Tyra Banks Win Big at Daytime Emmys

Rachael Ray, Bold and Beautiful also among top winners at 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards was an event of firsts, lasts and one very Big Bird.

The Bold and the Beautiful won Outstanding Drama Series, ending the CBS soap's 22-year streak without an Emmy win.

The awards show, held at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles Sunday night, also marked an end for Guiding Light, which was canceled after a 72-year run. Although the show is going dark, it didn't leave empty-handed. Jeff Branson tied for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series with All My Children's Vincent Irizarry.

Host Vanessa Williams kicked off the night with a song-and-dance number to a parody-filled "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," and strutted along the stage in a slinky white gown.

But not even the Ugly Betty star could upstage the loveable Muppets of Sesame Street, who joined onetime Street guest star Sandra Oh onstage after they received the Lifetime Achievement Award for educating and entertaining children for 40 years. The Street's biggest stars, like Big Bird, Elmo and Cookie Monster, hit the stage for a rendition of their theme song.

Rachael Ray and Tyra Banks also won big, taking home Emmys for Outstanding Entertainment and Informative Talk Shows, respectively.

The ladies of The View were among the talk show divas garnering Emmy accolades. The chatty cohosts weren't in attendance at the ceremony, but won Best Talk Show Host, shutting down Ellen DeGeneres' four-year winning streak.

Complete List of Winners:

DRAMA SERIES
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

GAME/AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION SHOW
Cash Cab, Discovery Channel

MORNING PROGRAM
Good Morning America, ABC

TALK SHOW/ENTERTAINMENT
Rachael Ray, Syndicated

TALK SHOW/INFORMATIVE
The Tyra Banks Show, Syndicated

LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Susan Haskell, One Life to Live, ABC

LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christian Leblanc, The Young and the Restless, CBS

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Tamara Braun, Days of Our Lives, NBC

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Vincent Irizarry, All My Children, ABC
Jeff Branson, Guiding Light, CBS

YOUNGER ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Julie Berman, General Hospital, ABC

YOUNGER ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Darin Brooks, Days of Our Lives, NBC

GAME SHOW HOST
Meredith Vieira, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Syndicated

PERFORMER IN A CHILDREN’S SERIES
Kevin Clash, Sesame Street, PBS

TALK SHOW HOST
The View, ABC

DRAMA SERIES DIRECTING TEAM
One Life to Live, ABC

DRAMA SERIES WRITING TEAM
General Hospital, ABC