Daytime Emmy nominations announced, and guess who made the cut!

Nominations for the Daytime Emmy Awards were announced today, and As The World Turns star Van Hansis received a nom for Outstanding Supporting Actor.

This comes as a relief to many of us who were afraid his chance at an award had come and gone. For the last few years, he's been nominated for Outstanding Younger Actor, but he passed the age limit, and wasn't eligible to sit at the kids table anymore.

Because the Outstanding Supporting Actor category was so competitive, and his Luke storylines last year were so ... erratic, there was fear that he'd be overlooked this year.

Other As The World Turns nominees are Maura West (Bride of Cuervo), Julie Pinson (Dammit Janet), and Meredith Hagner (Liberty ... i forgot her nickname).

Van is the only male castmember of the show to get a nom, and that sadly includes Jake Silbermann. It's too bad there's not an Outstanding Super-Couple Award.

At least we can all root for Van when the Daytime Emmy Awards are broadcast on August 30th at 8PM EST on the CW network.