Daytime Emmys: Melody Thomas Scott, Edward J. Scott and Lidia Bastianich receive Lifetime Achievement Awards

Young and the Restless icon Melody Thomas Scott, five-time Emmy Award-winning executive producer Edward J. Scott and famed TV food host Lidia Bastianich have all announced they will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at this year’s Daytime Emmys. As announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the awards will be presented at the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards on June 7 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles. Thomas Scott is an Emmy-nominated actress who has played the role of Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless since joining the show in 1979. Her husband, who is known for working as an executive producer on the same drama for more than two decades, has also served as an executive on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful. Meanwhile, Bastianich is a Daytime Emmy-winning celebrity host, cookbook author, restaurateur and chef, and owner of her own food company.