The 75th Annual Emmy Awards, which reward the best in TV, were originally supposed to air in 2023, but because of the actors and writers strikes, they were delayed until now. The Emmys proper will air on Fox next Monday, January 15. But this weekend, we got to watch the Creative Arts Emmys, which honor the people behind the scenes of our favorite shows: you won't find the Best Actor or Best Drama awards given out here. But there are awards for Best Guest Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and so on.
Generally speaking, the Creative Arts Emmys are considered to be the "technical" awards. That's a little patronizing to the recipients, since it's implied that the televised show is the "real" Emmys while these are the also-rans, but it is how it is.
So how did the Creative Arts Emmys go? Well, HBO's The Last of Us was the clear winner, pocketing eight awards, including for visual effects, picture editing, sound editing, and both Outstanding Guest Actor and Guest Acress in a Drama, for Nick Offerman and Storm Reid respectively. TV shows The Bear, Wednesday and The White Lotus took home four awards apiece.
Meanwhile, HBO's Game of Thrones prequel show House of the Dragon -- the first season of which aired so long ago it's weird to see it as part of this award show -- only took one one award, for Outstanding Fantasy Costumes. See the full list below:
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Sam Richardson (“Ted Lasso”)
Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Programming
- Blindspotting
Casting for a Drama Series
- The White Lotus
Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- BEEF
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
- The Bear
Outstanding Period Costumes for a Series
- The Great
Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Daisy Jones & The Six
Outstanding Fantasy Costumes
- House Of The Dragon
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series
- Wednesday
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- BEEF
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup
- The Last Of Us
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non Prosthetic)
- Wednesday
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Judith Light (Poker Face)
Outstanding Period And/Or Character Hairstyling
- Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
- The White Lotus
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- The Boys
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Comedy Series Or Variety Program
- Barry
Outstanding Stunt Performance
- The Mandalorian, "Chapter 24: The Return": Lateef Crowder, Stunt Performer; Paul Darnell, Stunt Performer; JJ Dashnaw, Stunt Performer; Ryan Ryusaki, Stunt Performer
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour)
- Only Murders In The Building
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)
- Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
- Wednesday
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)
- Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities
Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie
- The Last Of Us
Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode
- Five Days At Memorial, "Day Two"
Outstanding Main Title Design
- The Last Of Us
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special
- Prey
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
- The Bear
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
- The Last Of Us
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
- The Last Of Us
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- Daisy Jones & The Six
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
- The Bear
Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie O Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Outstanding Music Supervision
- The White Lotus
Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
- Ted Lasso, "Fought & Lost"
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
- Wednesday
Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- The White Lotus
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
- I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, Tim Robinson as Various Characters
Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
- Chronicles Of Jessica Wu, Jasmine Guy as Barbara Baldwin
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Multi-Camera Comedy Series
- Night Court, "Pilot"
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Single-Camera Comedy Series
- The Bear, "System"
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- BEEF, "Figures Of Light"
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series
- The Last Of Us, "Endure And Survive"
Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour)
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "Four Minutes"
Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- Black Bird
Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (Half-Hour)
- Atlanta
Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Storm Reid (The Last of Us)
Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Nick Offerman (The Last of Us)
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso)
Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Programming
- Blindspotting
Outstanding Television Movie
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama Or Variety Series
- I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
- Succession: Controlling the Narrative
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming
- A Black Lady Sketch Show
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Liz Patrick, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
- Hamish Hamilton, Shawn Carter, The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show with Rihanna
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
- 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series
- Dancing with the Stars
Outstanding Commercial
- The Greatest, Apple Accessibility
Outstanding Narrator
- Barack Obama, Working: What We Do All Day
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
- 100 Foot Wave
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
- Welcome to Wrexham
Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming
- Derek Hough, Dancing with the Stars
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special
- Halftime Show Starring Rihanna
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series
- Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
- Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration; We’re Here, St. George, Utah
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
- Welcome to Wrexham
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
- Queer Eye
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
- Bryan Rowland, Welcome to Wrexham
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program
- RuPaul’s Drag Race
Outstanding Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program
- Welcome to Wrexham
Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
- The Traitors
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
- John Mulaney, Baby J
Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program
- Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Outstanding Game Show
- Jeopardy!
Outstanding Host for a Game Show
- Keke Palmer
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program
- We’re Here, St. George, Utah
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program
- RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program (Single or Multicam)
- Welcome to Wrexham
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program (Single or Multicam)
- Welcome to Wrexham
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
- Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multicam)
- Moonage Daydream
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Outstanding Music Direction
- Library of Congress, Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Joni Mitchell
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
- Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- The 1619 Project
Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
- The Territory
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
- The U.S. and the Holocaust
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
- Michael Harte, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
- Davis Guggenheim, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Outstanding Animated Program
- The Simpsons
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- Maya Rudolph, Big Mouth
Outstanding Emerging Media Program
- For All Mankind Season 3 Experience
Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series
- Dancing with the Stars
Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special
- Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium
Outstanding Variety Special
- Carol Burnett, 90 Years Of Laughter
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