NEW YORK -- CBS' "The Young & the Restless" copped 16 nominations to lead the list for the 31st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, including noms for best drama series, direction and writing as well as eight acting noms.

CBS, which won eight Emmys a year ago, drew 53 nominations, the most of any network, including four of the five for best drama, followed by ABC with 50, PBS with 35, NBC with 19 and Showtime with 11, the latter of which leads the cable networks. Syndicated shows earned 53 nominations.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees Thursday on NBC's "Today."

ABC's "All My Children" and CBS' "As the World Turns" earned 14 noms each, followed by 12 for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (syndicated), ABC's "General Hospital" and CBS' "Guiding Light."

NBC will air the Daytime Emmys presentation live at 9 p.m. EDT on May 21 from New York's Radio City Music Hall, with Dick Clark Prods. producing. The creative craft awards will be handed out May 15 in a bicoastal ceremony in New York and Los Angeles.

NATAS will give its Lifetime Achievement Award to 10 veteran soap actors: Rachel Ames, John Clarke, Jeanne Cooper, Eileen Fulton, Don Hastings, Anna Lee, Ray MacDonnell, Frances Reid, Helen Wagner and Ruth Warrick.

Other nominees for best drama include CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful," "Guiding Light" and "As the World Turns" and ABC's "General Hospital."

A complete list of nominees follows.

CHILDREN'S ANIMATED PROGRAM

Arthur (PBS) Carol Greenwald, Lesley Taylor, executive producers; Pierre Volette, senior producer; Marc Brown, Geoff Adams, producers; Greg Bailey, producer-director; Jacqui Deegan, Diane Dallaire, line producers; Paul Higgins, coordinating producer; Peter K. Hirsch, head writer; Stephanie Simpson, Peter Egan, Jonathan Greenberg, Glen Berger, Dietrich Smith, Cusi Cram, writers; Debra Toffan, director

Disney's Kim Possible (Dis) Mark McCorkle, Robert Schooley, executive producers; Steve Loter, Dave Block, Lisa Shaffer, directors; Kurt Weldon, line producer

Dora the Explorer (Nick) Chris Gifford, executive producer; Jeffrey Degrandis, supervising producer; Cathy Galeota, coordinating producer; Valerie Walsh, producer; Miken Wong, line producer

Little Bill (Nick Jr.) David Brokaw, Bill Cosby, Brown Johnson, Janice Burgess, Robert Skull, executive producers; Irene Sherman, supervising producer; Ollie Green, Brian Street, Nisma Zaman, coordinating producers; Jennifer Oxley, Olexa Hewryk, Mark Salisbury, directors; Chris Nee, writer

Rugrats (Nick) Gabor Csupo, Arlene Klasky, executive producers; Eryk Casemiro, co-executive producer; Celia Nichols Harris, Jim Duffy, supervising producers; John Holmquist, producer/supervising director; Susan Ward, Pernelle Hayes, Lord Lee, Lorraine Gallacher, producers; Monica Piper, Rick Gitelson, producer-writers; Scott Gray, writer; Broni Likomanov, Michael Mullen, Carol Millican, Jeff Scott, directors

SPECIAL-CLASS ANIMATED PROGRAM

Disney's Fillmore! (ABC) Scott Gimple, executive producer; Chris Roman, director

Duck Dodgers (Cartoon) Sander Schwartz, executive producer; Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, supervising producer/director/writers; Paul Dini, Tom Minton, producer-writers; Linda Steiner, producer; Collette Sunderman, director

Ozzy & Drix (Kids' WB!) Sander Schwartz, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, executive producers; Alan Burnett, producer-writer; Ran...