By Abe Friedtanzer and Nathaniel R
The big PrimeTime Emmys night is, of course, tonight but last night they wrapped up their week long 'below the line' festivities known as The Creative Arts Emmys. Among the "firsts" this week: Maya Rudolph won her first Emmy (for Big Mouth) and then her second (for Saturday Night Live), beating herself, the long running History Channel series Vikings and ABC's black-ish won their first Emmys (on the 13th and 19th nomination, respectively since they've been up for at least one prize every season). Three companies also won their first Emmys: Pop TV (via Schitt's Creek and One Day at a Time), Quibi (via the program #FreeRayshawn), and Disney+ (via The Mandalorian).
Our Emmy team correctly called Best TV Movie and both of the comedy guest acting categories but missed the drama guest acting races, all three costume fields, and animated program. Oops. If these awards truly correlated to the main races for Sunday night, we might expect to hear The Mandalorian and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel called as this year's top winners, but we’ll stick with the Succession and Schitt's Creek, which both won outstanding casting honors, as our predictions for the Drama and Comedy winners tonight. Full list of Creative Arts Emmy winners follows after the jump...
COMEDY & DRAMA & LIMITED SERIES & MOVIE
Casting, Comedy - Schitt's Creek (Pop TV)
Casting, Drama - Succession (HBO)
Casting, Limited Series – Watchmen (HBO)
Choreography – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC) ...This was Zooey's one and only Emmy nomination and it won.
Cinematography, Limited Series - Watchmen (HBO)
Cinematography, Single-Cam Half-Hour - The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Cinematography, Single-Cam Series - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Cinematography, Multi-Cam Series - The Ranch (Netflix)
Costumes, Contemporary – Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
Costumes, Fantasy - Watchmen (HBO)
Costumes, Period - The Crown (Netflix)
Hairstyling, Contemporary - black-ish (ABC)
Hairstyling, Period – Hollywood (Netflix)
Main Title Design – Godfather of Harlem (Epix)
Main Title Theme Music – Hollywood (Netflix)
Makeup, Contemporary – Euphoria (HBO)
Makeup, Period - Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Prime)
Makeup, Prosthetic - Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access)
Music and Lyrics – Euphoria (HBO)
Music Composition, Limited – Watchmen (HBO)
Music Composition, Series – The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Music Supervision - Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Picture-Editing, Multi-Cam - One Day at a Time (Pop TV)
Picture-Editing, Single-Cam, Comedy – Insecure (HBO)
Picture-Editing, Single-Cam, Drama – Succession (HBO)
Picture-Editing, Single-Cam, Limited Series - Watchmen (HBO)
Production Design, Half Hour - The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Production Design, Hour - The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Production Design, Period/Fantasy – The Crown (Netflix)
Sound Editing, Half-Hour - The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Sound Editing, One Hour - Stranger Things (Netflix)
Sound Mixing, Half-Hour - The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Sound Mixing, Limited Series - Watchmen (HBO)
Sound Mixing, One Hour – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Stunts, Comedy - Shameless (Showtime)
Stunts, Drama or Limited – The Mandalorian (Disney+)
TV Movie – Bad Education (HBO)
Visual Effects - The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Visual Effects, Supporting - Vikings (History)
MISCELLANIA
Animated Program – Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)
Short Form, Comedy or Drama - Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics (AMC.com)
Short Form, Animated - Forky Asks a Question: What is Love? (Disney+)
Children's Program (tie) - Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance AND We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest
Choreography -Zooey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
Commercial - Back-to-School Essentials - Sandy Hook Promise
Derivative/Interative - Big Mouth Guide to Life (Netflix)
Original Interactive - The Mess Truth VR Experience (Oculus)
Innovation in Interactive (tie) - Create Together (YouTube) AND The Line (Oculus)
Interactive Extension of a Linear Program – Mr. Robot (USA)
Motion Design - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (Netflix)
ACTING AWARDS
Guest Actor, Drama – Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us (NBC)
Guest Actress, Drama – Cherry Jones, Succession (HBO)
Guest Actor, Comedy – Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Guest Actress, Comedy – Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Cherry Jones wins her second consecutive Emmy, albeit for a different show. This is Eddie Murphy’s first Emmy win after two previous nominations – way back in 1983 and 1984 – for his performance on SNL.
Voice-Over Performance - Maya Rudolph, Big Mouth (Netflix)
Host, Reality – RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Narrator - David Attenborough, Seven World One Planet (BBC America)
Short Form, Actor - Laurence Fishburne, #FreeRayshawn (Quibi)
Short Form, Actress - Jasmine Cephas Jones, #FreeRayshawn (Quibi)
This was Laurence Fishburne's third Emmy win. He previously won for Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Tribeca, 1993) and as a producer of Best Made for TV Movie (Miss Evers Boys, 1997). If you think that Jasmine Cephas Jones sounds familiar that's because you just saw her as "Peggy Schuyler" as part of the original cast of Hamilton (she’s also the daughter of another Emmy winner here, Ron Cephas Jones).
REALITY OR NONFICTION
Casting - RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Cinematography, Non-Fiction - The Cave (National Geographic)
Cinematography, Reality - Life Below Zero (National Geographic)
Directing, Reality - Cheer (Netflix)
Directing, Non-Fiction - American Factory (Netflix)
Documentary or Non-Fiction Series – The Last Dance (ESPN)
Documentary or Non-Fiction Special - The Apollo (HBO)
Documentary Film: The Cave (National Geographic)
Hosted Non-Fiction Series or Special - Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E)
Music, Original Score - Why We Hate (Discovery Channel)
Picture Editing, Non-Fiction - Apollo 11 (CNN)
Picture Editing, Structured Reality - RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Picture Editing, Unstructured Reality - Cheer (Netflix)
Short Form Series - Creating Cosmos: Possible Worlds (National Geographic)
Sound Editing - Apollo 11 (CNN)
Sound Mixing - Apollo 11 (CNN)
Structured Reality Program - Queer Eye (Netflix)
Unstructured Reality Program – Cheer (Netflix)
Writing, Non-Fiction - Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (Netflix)
We continue to have Emmy & Oscar crossover when it comes to documentary prizes. Last year's Best Documentary Feature winner at the Oscars, American Factory, won Best Direction at the Emmys. The Cave, which won an Emmy for its Cinematography was an Oscar nominee last season for Best Documentary. And both The Apollo and Apollo 11, which won technical Emmys, were on the Documentary Feature Finalist list at the Oscars, though neither scored a nom. One Child Nation and The Great Hack were also nominated for Emmys this year (though they didn't win) after being on that same finalist list for the Oscars.
VARIETY PROGRAM
Choreography – So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Costumes - The Masked Singer (Fox)
Directing, Series - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Directing, Special – Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones (Netflix)
Hairstyling, Contemporary - RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Lighting Design, Series – Saturday Night Live (NBC)Lighting Design, Special - Super Bowl Halftime Show Starring JLo and Shakira (Fox)
Makeup, Contemporary - RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Music Direction - The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Picture Editing - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Production Design, Series - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Production Design, Special - The Oscars (ABC)
Short Form Series - Carpool Karaoke (Apple TV)
Sound Mixing - The Oscars (ABC)
Technical Direction, Series - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Technical Direction, Special - Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family & Good Times (ABC)
Variety Sketch Series - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Variety Special (Live) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family & Good Times (ABC)
Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) – Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones (Netflix)
Writing, Variety Series - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Writing, Variety Special – Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones (Netflix)