'General Hospital' leads Daytime Emmy nominations.

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NEW YORK -- ABC's "General Hospital'' earned a leading 28 nominations for Daytime Emmy awards, with four of its stars competing for honors as top actor or actress.

Nominations were announced Tuesday for the 42nd annual awards. The ceremony will be held on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, Calif., on April 26, televised on the Pop network.

Comedian Betty White will be honored with this year's lifetime achievement award.

In the 1960s, White was a frequent contestant on ''Password,'' where she met and subsequently wed its host, Allen Ludden. She also appeared on ''The Match Game'' and ''The $25,000 Pyramid.''

She was the first woman to receive an Emmy Award for outstanding game-show host for the show ''Just Men.'' And she had a recurring role on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from 2006 to 2009.

The other top soap operas, "The Young and the Restless'' (25 nominations); "The Bold and the Beautiful'' (19 nominations) and "Days of Our Lives'' (16 nominations) were the other shows with the most potential trophies.

"Sesame Street'' earned 13 nominations and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' had 10.

CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful'' and "The Young and the Restless'' and NBC's "Days of Our Lives'' joined "General Hospital'' among the nominees for best soap opera.

Best actress nominees for daytime drama were Peggy McCay and Alison Sweeney of "Days of Our Lives,'' Maura West and Laura Wright of "General Hospital'' and Gina Tognoni of "The Young and the Restless.''

Best actor nominees for a soap were Anthony Geary and Jason Thompson of "General Hospital'' and Christian LeBlanc and Billy...