Daytime Tv : Rachael Ray Show

Raspy voiced EVO fan Rachael Ray has taken chat show host Ellen DeGeneres’s crown for the reigning Emmy for best talk show.

Ray was grateful for the accolade: “I’m just thankful to have a job in the recession and be working,” Ray told reporters at the event’s venue, Los Angeles’s Orpheum Theater, amidst smoke filled air.

Taking the win for informative talk-shows was ex model Tyra Banks, who praised the everyday women who did not have time to fuss over their looks in her acceptance speech.

Also winning awards: “The View’s” doyennes Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd were named best talk-show hosts.

“Who Wants to be a Millionaire” host Meredith Vieira took the award for best game-show host.

“The Bold and the Beautiful” took the Best daytime drama award.

PBS’ long-running kids educational series, “Sesame Street,” almost 40, won a lifetime Emmy for excellence.