The Daytime Emmys were held tonight in Pasadena, and the winners divided between “Young and the Restless” and “General Hospital.”

“Y&R” picked by Best Drama, Best Directing, and Best Writing. “General Hospital” took three of the four main acting awards. They should have taken the fourth– best actress- but it seems like their two nominees crossed each other out. Jacqueline Wood of “The Bold and the Beautiful” was the beneficiary of that confusion. Maura West of “General Hospital”–who’s won a few times– got knocked out.

The “GH” acting awards went to Max Gail and Vernee Watson as best supporting actors. They both come from prime time and their work on an Alzheimer’s story has been lovely. Maurice Benard, who plays Gail’s father on the show, won Best Actor. “GH” won a fourth acting award for Hailey Erin in the category of Younger Actress. Kyler Pettis won the male equivalent for “Days of our Lives.”

Other awards went to Rachael Ray, “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” and Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford. Judge Judy got a lifetime achievement award, given to her by Amy Poehler.

Meantime, all the soaps are in a ratings decline at the moment. “Y&R” was down to 4.1 million viewers for the most recent week available, and “GH” is at 2.3 million. There are only four soaps left on the air, and if they don’t get it together they’re going to wind up like The Night King and his friends.

Adam Sandler left “Saturday Night Live” 24 years ago after he was fired, he sang last night, by Lorne Michaels. Then he went off to earn $4 billion at the box office with his movies, some good, some awful. He sang about it last night in a brilliant return that was mostly non political but tapped into nostalgia for 90s “SNL” with just the right nuance. He’s sung his “Chris Farley” song before, but it was a surprise last night and extra poignant on the show. Sandler has a Netflix movie about to debut and a stand up tour, but he didn’t explicitly plug them. He was more interested in mentioning twice how happy he was his wife and kids were in the audience and could see him return to his career-starting job. Jimmy Fallon and Kristen Wiig made surprise appearances, and they were excellent as well.

There’s some “Game of Thrones” news as the HBO series approaches episode 4 of its final season.

Author George R. R. Martin said in a blog post on Saturday that there had been five prequel series in development. Only three of them are viable, and one is moving forward. It’s called “The Long Night.”

Martin writes: We have had five different GAME OF THRONES successor shows in development (I mislike the term “spinoffs”) at HBO, and three of them are still moving forward nicely. The one I am not supposed to call THE LONG NIGHT will be shooting later this year, and two other shows remain in the script stage, but are edging closer. What are they about? I cannot say. But maybe some of you should pick up a copy of FIRE & BLOOD and come up with your own theories.

Martin has some other observations but makes no comment about about “The Winds of Winter,” the book he’s never finished. The final chapter of the “Game of Thrones” saga was due a couple of years ago. Without it, the series’ producers had to write their own ending to the series, which is really very on the nose and textually not the same as prior seasons. If he ever finished “Winds” and it’s different than the series, fans won’t care. They’ll accept the book as the real story.

Martin also sort of endorses Joe Biden for president: Out in the real world, I was pleased that Joe Biden finally announced his candidacy for president. There are a lot of good Democrats running, maybe too many, and I’d probably vote for any one of them over the present blot upon the Oval Office. The main things I want in a nominee, however, are twofold: (1) someone who can beat Trump, and (2) someone who would actually be a good/ great president. Biden qualifies on both counts. Also, the speech he gave announcing his run was kickass… and so, so true. I wish him well.