The Last of Us picks up 8 Creative Arts Emmys, House of the Dragon gets 1

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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