The Primetime Emmy telecast will take place on Sunday night, September 22, but die-hard Emmy connoisseurs know most of the awards are handed out the weekend before. On Saturday, September 14, and Sunday, September 15, the television academy held its Creative Arts Awards, honoring the best behind-the-scenes artists as well as achievements in animation, documentaries, reality TV, variety, short form programming and more. Scroll down for the complete list of nominees and winners on Saturday night.
Don’t look for a “Game of Thrones” stampede to start here. Saturday’s awards focused on achievements like Best Animated Program, Best Documentary Series and Special, and Best Structured and Unstructured Reality Program, to name a few. These races are where RuPaul Charles (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”) might have taken home a fourth Best Reality Host award to tie “Survivor” emcee Jeff Probst for the most ever.
“Saturday Night Live” went into the event as the most honored program in Emmy history (72 wins) with the opportunity to greatly extend that record. “The Simpsons” was in the running for a record-extending 11th win for Best Animated Program. And there was a chance “So You Think You Could Dance” (16 wins) thought it could surpass “Dancing with the Stars” (17 wins) as the winningest competition program of all time.
Some of the winners we already knew in advance. Juried awards were announced in August with Best Individual Achievement in Animation going to “Age of Sail,” “Carmen Sandiego” and “Love, Death and Robots.” Best Innovation in Interactive Programming went to “Artificial” and “Wolves in the Wall: It’s All Over.” And Best Motion Design was awarded to “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.”
So who else took home Emmys? Find out below.
ANIMATION
BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Adventure Time: Come Along with Me”
“Big Mouth” — “The Planned Parenthood Show”
“Bob’s Burgers” — “Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now”
“BoJack Horseman” — “Free Churro”
X — “The Simpsons” — “Mad About the Toy”
BEST SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
X — “Love, Death and Robots” — “The Witness”
“Robot Chicken” — “Why Is It Wet?”
“SpongeBob SquarePants” — “Plankton Paranoia”
“Steven Universe” — “Reunited”
“Teen Titans Go!” — “Nostalgia Is Not A Substitute For An Actual Story”
BEST INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
X — “Age of Sail” — Céline Desrumaux, Production Designer
X — “Age of Sail” — Bruno Mangyoku, Character Designer
X — “Age of Sail” — Jasmin Lai, Color
X — “Carmen Sandiego” — “The Chasing Paper Caper” — Elaine Lee, Background Painter
X — “Love, Death and Robots” — ”The Witness” — Alberto Mielgo, Production Designer
X — “Love, Death & Robots”: “Good Hunting” — Jun-ho Kim, Background Designer
X — “Love, Death & Robots”: “The Witness” — David Pate, Character Animator
X — “Love, Death & Robots”: “Sucker of Souls” — Owen Sullivan, Storyboard Artist
DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAMS
BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION SPECIAL
“FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened”
“The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley”
“Jane Fonda in Five Acts”
X — “Leaving Neverland”
“Love, Gilda”
“Minding the Gap”
BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION SERIES
“American Masters”
“Chef’s Table”
“Hostile Planet”
X — “Our Planet”
“30 for 30”
BEST INFORMATIONAL SERIES OR SPECIAL
X — “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”
“Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”
“Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath”
“My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”
“Surviving R. Kelly”
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
“Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
X — “RBG”
X — “The Sentence”
“Three Identical Strangers”
REALITY
BEST STURCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
“Antiques Roadshow”
“Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”
X — “Queer Eye”
“Shark Tank”
“Tidying Up”
“Who Do You Think You Are?”
BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
“Born This Way”
“Deadliest Catch”
“Life Below Zero”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked”
“Somebody Feed Phil”
X — “United Shades of America”
BEST REALITY HOST
Ellen DeGeneres, “Ellen’s Game of Games”
Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, “Making It”
X — RuPaul Charles, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Marie Kondo, “Tidying Up”
James Corden, “The World’s Best”
VARIETY PROGRAMS
BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
“72nd Annuel Golden Globe Awards”
“61st Grammy Awards”
X — “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons'”
“The Oscars”
“Rent”
“72nd Annual Tony Awards”
BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)
X — “Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney”
“Hannah Gadsby: Nanette”
“Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce”
“Springsteen on Broadway”
“Wanda Sykes: Not Normal”
CASTING
BEST CASTING (REALITY)
“Born This Way”
X — “Queer Eye”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Shark Tank”
“The Voice”
CHOREOGRAPHY
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (VARIETY/REALITY)
Travis Wall, “So You Think You Can Dance”
Luther Brown, “So You Think You Can Dance”
Melvin Timtim, “World of Dance”
Suresh Mukund, “World of Dance”
Karen Forcano and Ricardo Vega, “World of Dance”
X — Tessandra Chavez, “World of Dance”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (NONFICTION)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Bhutan”
X — “Free Solo”
“Our Planet” — “Coastal Seas”
“Our Planet” — “Jungles”
“Our Planet” — “One Planet”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (REALITY)
“Deadliest Catch”
X — “Life Below Zero”
“Queer Eye” — “God Bless Gay”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” — “Trump: The Rusical”
“Survivor”
COSTUMES
BEST COSTUMES (VARIETY/NONFICTION/REALITY)
“Dancing with the Stars” — “The Premiere”
“Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce”
“The Masked Singer” — “Finale”
X — “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — “Trump: The Rusical”
“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Sandra Oh”
DIRECTING
BEST DIRECTING (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney”
“Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce”
“Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons'”
“The Oscars”
X — “Springsteen on Broadway”
BEST DIRECTING (DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION)
X — “Free Solo”
“FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened”
“Leaving Neverland”
“RBG”
“Three Identical Strangers”
BEST DIRECTING (REALITY)
“The Amazing Race” — “Who Wants a Rolex?”
“American Ninja Warrior” — “Minneapolis City Qualifiers”
X — “Queer Eye” — “Black Girl Magic”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” — “Whatcha Unpackin?”
“Shark Tank” — “Episode 1002”
HAIRSTYLING
BEST HAIRSTYLING (MULTI-CAMERA)
“Dancing with the Stars” — “Halloween Night”
X — “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — “Reump: The Rusical”
“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Adam Sandler”
“The Voice” — “Live Top 13 Performances”
“World of Dance” — “Episode 206”
INTERACTIVE
BEST INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
“Conan”
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
“The Late Late Show with James Corden”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
X — “NASA and SpaceX: The Interactive Demo-1 Launch”
BEST CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA
“Conan Without Borders” — “Japan and Australia”
X — “Free Solo” — “360”
“The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019”
“The Oscars” — “Digital Experience”
BEST INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING
X — “Artificial” (Twitch)
X — “Wolves in the Walls: It’s All Over” (Oculus Store)
LIGHTING
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN/DIRECTION (VARIETY SERIES)
“America’s Got Talent” — “Semi Final #1 Performance Show”
“Dancing with the Stars” — “Semi-Finals”
X — “Saturday Night Live” — “Host: John Mulaney”
“So You Think You Can Dance” — “Finale”
“The Voice” — “Live Finale, Part 1”
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN/DIRECTION (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“61st Grammy Awards”
“Kennedy Center Honors”
“The Oscars”
X — “Rent”
“72nd Annual Tony Awards”
MAKEUP
BEST MAKEUP (MULTI-CAMERA, NON-PROSTHETIC)
“Dancing with the Stars” — “Halloween Night”
“Rent”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” — “Trump: The Rusical”
X — “Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Adam Sandler”
“So You Think You Can Dance” — “Finale”
“The Voice” — “Live Top 13 Performances”
MOTION DESIGN
BEST MOTION DESIGN
X — “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj”
MUSIC
BEST MUSIC COMPOSITION (DOCUMENTARY)
X — “Free Solo”
“Game of Thrones: The Last Watch”
“Hostile Planet” — “Oceans”
“Love, Gilda”
“Our Planet” — “One Planet”
“RBG”
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION
“Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul”
X — “Fosse/Verdon” — “Life is a Cabaret”
“Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce”
“The Oscars”
“Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones” — “Part 1”
“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Adam Sandler”
BEST MUSIC AND LYRICS
X — “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” — “Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal”
“Documentary Now!” — “Holiday Party (I Did A Little Cocaine Tonight)”
“Flight of the Conchords: Live in London” — “Father and Son”
“Saturday Night Live” — “The Upper East Side”
“Song of Parkland” — “Beautiful Things Can Grow”
“72nd Annual Tony Awards” — “This One’s for You”
PICTURE EDITING
BEST PICTURE EDITING (VARIETY)
“Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney”
“Drunk History” — “Are You Afraid of the Drunk?”
X — “Last Week Tonight” — “The Wax and the Furious” (Segment)
“Last Week Tonight” — “The Journey of ChiiJohn” (Segment)
“Who is America?” — “Episode 102”
BEST PICTURE EDITING (NONFICTION)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Lower East Side”
X — “Free Solo”
“Leaving Neverland”
“RBG”
“Three Identical Strangers”
BEST PICTURE EDITING (STRUCTURED REALITY/COMPETITION)
“The Amazing Race” — “Who Wants a Rolex?”
X — “Queer Eye”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” — “Jersey Justice”
“Survivor” — “Appearances Are Deceiving”
BEST PICTURE EDITING (UNSTRUCTURED REALITY)
“Born This Way”
“Deadliest Catch” — “Battle of Kings”
“Life Below Zero” — “Cost of Winter”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked”
X — “United Shades of America” — “Hmong Americans and the Secret War”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (VARIETY/REALITY SERIES)
“At Home with Amy Sedaris” — “Teenagers”
“Last Week Tonight” — “Authoritarianism”
“Queer Eye” — “Jones Bar-B-Q”
X — “Saturday Night Live” — “Host: John Mulaney”
“The Voice” — “Live Cross Battles Part 1”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“61st Grammy Awards”
“Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce”
“Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons'”
“The Oscars”
X — “Rent”
SHORT FORM
BEST SHORT FORM VARIETY SERIES
“Billy on the Street”
X — “Carpool Karaoke: The Series”
“Gay of Thrones”
“Honest Trailers”
“The Randy Rainbow Show”
BEST SHORT FORM NONFICTION/REALITY
X — “Creating Saturday Night Live”
“Fosse/Verdon (Inside Look)”
“Pose: Identity, Family, Community (Inside Look)”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Out of the Closet”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Portrait of a Queen”
SOUND
BEST SOUND EDITING (NONFICTION)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Far West Texas”
X — “Free Solo”
“FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened”
“Leaving Neverland”
“Our Planet” — “Frozen Worlds”
BEST SOUND MIXING (VARIETY)
X — “Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul”
“Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney”
“61st Grammy Awards”
“Last Week Tonight” — “Authoritarianism”
“The Oscars”
BEST SOUND MIXING (NONFICTION)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Kenya”
X — “Free Solo”
“FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened”
“Leaving Neverland”
“Our Planet” — “One Planet”
TECHNICAL DIRECTION
BEST TECHNICAL DIRECTION/CAMERAWORK/VIDEO CONTROL (SERIES)
“The Big Bang Theory” — “The Stockholm Syndrome”
“Conan” — “Episode 1232”
X — “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” — “Psychics”
“The Late Late Show with James Corden” — “Post AFC Championship Show With Chris Pratt And Russell Wilson”
“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Adam Sandler”
“The Voice” — “Live Finale, Part 2”
BEST TECHNICAL DIRECTION/CAMERAWORK/VIDEO CONTROL (SPECIAL)
“Kennedy Center Honors”
X — “The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019”
“The Oscars”
“Rent”
“72nd Annual Tony Awards”
VOICE-OVER
BEST NARRATOR
Angela Basset, “The Flood”
Liev Schreiber, “The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti”
X — David Attenborough, “Our Planet”
Juliet Stevenson, “Queens of Mystery”
Charles Dance, “Savage Kingdom”
Anthony Mendez, “Wonders of Mexico”
BEST CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Kevin Michael Richardson, “F is for Family”
X — Seth MacFarlane, “Family Guy”
Alex Borstein, “Family Guy”
Hank Azaria, “The Simpsons”
Eric Jacobson, “When You Wish Upon a Pickle”
WRITING
BEST WRITING (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh”
“Amy Schumer: Growing”
“Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney”
X — “Hannah Gadsby: Nanette”
“Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce”
“Wanda Sykes: Not Normal”
BEST WRITING (NONFICTION)
X — “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Kenya”
“The Case Against Adnan Syed” — “Forbidden Love”
“Fyre Fraud”
“Hostile Planet” — “Grasslands”
“Our Planet” — “Jungles”
“Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men” — “Episode 1”
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