Zwar ohne den großen roten Teppich, nur mit wenigen ausgesuchten Medien vor Ort und mit einem neuen Setting im Microsoft Theater kehrten die Creative Arts Emmys am Samstagabend in Downtown Los Angeles zu einer neuen Normalität zurück, nachdem die Pandemie in den letzten beiden Jahren einer regulären Verleihung einen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht hatte. Zum Auftakt standen fast ausschließlich non-fiktionale Gewerke sowie auch einige Werkskategorien auf dem Programm.

Netflix sowie HBO (zusammen mit HBO Max) kommen auf jeweils acht Emmys, gefolgt von Disney+ mit fünf Auszeichnungen vor NBC, CBS und Prime Video mit je fünf Trophäen. Ein Überraschungserfolg für Netflix sind gleich Emmys für die US-Version der australischen Datingshow „Love on the spectrum“ mit Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten aus dem Autismus-Spektrum. Die Netflix-Reality gewann auch die Werkskategorie Outstanding Unstructured Reality. Die beste Animationsserie kommt nach Ansicht der Mitglieder der Television Academy auch von Netflix und heißt „Arcane“ (zwei Emmys ingesamt). 

Bei HBO bzw. HBO Max sind es u.a. zwei Emmys für „Last Week Tonight“ und „A Black Lady Sketch Show“ (die NBCs „Saturday Night Live“ einheizt), bei Prime Video wiederum jubelt man über je zwei Auszeichnungen für „Lizzo’s Watch Out for the big grrls“ sowie die Amy Poehler Dokumentation „Lucy and Desi“ über die Kultserie „I love Lucy“. NBC kann sich bei der Halftime-Show des Superbowls bedanken, die dem Network drei seiner bisher gesammelten Emmys beschert.

Als Erzähler der Netflix-Reihe „Our Great National Parks“ hat auch Ex-US-Präsident Barack Obama einen Emmy gewonnen. Der verstorbene Chadwick Boseman wurde posthum für seine schon 2020 geleistete Voice-Over-Performance für Disney+s „What if…“ ausgezeichnet. Seine Witwe nahm den Emmy entgegen genommen. Und sonst? RuPaul holte sich auch dieses Jahr bereits den Emmy für die beste Moderation eines Reality- oder Competition-Programms. Bei der TV-Gala könnte dann noch erneut die Auszeichnung fürs Format hinzu kommen. 

Schon jetzt bei den ersten Creative Arts Emmys wurde die Kategorie Outstanding Structured Reality Program vergeben - und „Queer Eye“ (Netflix) räumte zum inzwischen fünften Mal ab. Am Sonntagabend Ortszeit werden in Los Angeles nun noch die Gewerke der fiktionalen Kategorien geehrt, bevor in der Nacht zu Dienstag, dem 13. September, dann die große TV-Gala mit den sogenannte Königskategorien folgt. Wer aber kommende Nacht nicht ordentlich vorlegt, braucht sich für die große Show wenig Hoffnungen auf Aufholjagd machen.

Alle Entscheidungen der ersten Creative Arts Emmy im Überblick

Outstanding Animated Program

  • Arcane - "When These Walls Come Tumbling Down" (Netflix)
  • Bob's Burgers - "Some Like It Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner" (FOX)
  • Rick and Morty - "Mort Dinner Rick Andre" (Adult Swim)
  • The Simpsons - "Pixelated and Afraid" (FOX)
  • What If…? - "What If… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?" (Disney+)

Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program

  • Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (Prime Video)
  • Queer Eye (Netflix)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
  • Top Chef (Bravo)
  • Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

  • Moon Knight - "The Friendly Type" (Disney+)
    F. Murray Abraham as Khonshu
  • Bridgerton - "Capital R Rake" (Netflix)
    Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown
  • What If…? - "What If… T'Challa Became A Star-Lord?" (Disney+)
    Chadwick Boseman as Star Lord T'Challa
  • Big Mouth - "A Very Big Mouth Christmas" (Netflix)
    Maya Rudolph as Connie The Hormone Monstress
  • Central Park - "Central Dark" (Apple TV+)
    Stanley Tucci as Bitsy
  • Archer - "London Time" (FX)
    Jessica Walter as Malory Archer
  • What If…? - "What If… Ultron Won?" (Disney+)
    Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher

Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming

  • Annie Live! - Routines: "Hard Knock Life" / "We Got Annie" / "NYC" (NBC)
    Sergio Trujillo, Choreographer
  • Dancing With The Stars - Routines: "I Got 5 On It" / "Dark Fantasy" (ABC)
    Daniella Karagach, Choreographer
  • The Oscars - Routine: "Be Alive" (ABC)
    Fatima Robinson, Choreographer
  • Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 - Routine: "Opening" (Prime Video)
    Parris Goebel, Choreographer
  • Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough * Routine: "Moulin Rouge" / "Roxanne" (ABC)
    Tessandra Chavez, Choreographer
    Derek Hough, Choreographer

Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program

  • The Andy Warhol Diaries: "Collab: Andy & Basquiat" (Netflix)
  • McCartney 3,2,1: "These Things Bring You Together" (Hulu)
  • 100 Foot Wave: "Chapter IV – Dancing with God" (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Our Great National Parks: "Chilean Patagonia" (Netflix)
  • Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy: "Venice"(CNN)
  • We Feed People – Kris Kaczor (Disney+)

Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program

  • The Amazing Race (CBS)
  • Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
  • Life Below Zero (National Geographic)
  • Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
  • Survivor (CBS)

Outstanding Commercial

  • "Detectives" – O Positive and Apple (Apple iPhone 13 Pro)
  • "Everyone But Jon Hamm" – Hungry Man Productions and Media Arts Lab (Apple TV+)
  • "The Lost Class" – Hungry Man Productions and Leo Burnett Chicago (Change the Ref)
  • "Skate Nation Ghana" – Love Song and Droga5 (Meta)
  • "Teenage Dream" – BBDO New York and Smuggler (Sandy Hook Promise)
  • "Walter the Cat" – Commonwealth//McCann and O Positive (Chevy Silverado)

Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program

  • The Andy Warhol Diaries - Andrew Rossi (Netflix)
  • The Beatles: Get Back – Peter Jackson (Disney+)
  • George Carlin's American Dream – Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Lucy and Desi – Amy Poehler (Prime Video)
  • Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy – Ian Denyer (CNN)
  • We Need to Talk About Cosby - W. Kamau Bell (Showtime)

Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program

  • Cheer – Greg Whiteley (Netflix)
  • Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls – Nneka Onuorah (Prime Video)
  • Queer Eye – Aaron Krummel (Netflix)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race – Nick Murray (VH1)
  • Top Chef – Ari Boles (Bravo)

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show – Bridget Stokes (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers – Alexander J. Vietmeier (NBC)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – Jim Hoskinson (CBS)
  • Saturday Night Live - Don Roy King and Liz Patrick (NBC)

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special

  • Adele One Night Only – Paul Dugdale (CBS)
  • Dave Chappelle: The Closer – Stan Lathan (Netflix)
  • Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel – Bo Burnham (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special – Norm Macdonald and Jeff Tomsic (Netflix)
  • The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent – Hamish Hamilton (NBC)

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

  • The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix)
  • The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
  • jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix)
  • 100 Foot Wave (HBO/HBO Max)
  • We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

  • Controlling Britney Spears (FX)
  • George Carlin's American Dream (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Lucy and Desi (Prime Video)
  • The Tinder Swindler (Netflix)
  • We Feed People (Disney+)

Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

  • Changing the Game (Hulu)
  • Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (HBO/HBO Max)
  • When Claude Got Shot (PBS)

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program

  • Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Jonathan Van Ness – Queer Eye (Netflix)
  • Nicole Byer – Nailed It! (Netflix)
  • Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, and Kevin O'Leary – Shark Tank (ABC)
  • Padma Lakshmi – Top Chef (Bravo)
  • Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman – Making It (NBC)
  • RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)

Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special

  • My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix)
  • The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+)
  • Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN)
  • Vice (Showtime)
  • The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series

  • America's Got Talent (NBC)
  • American Song Contest (NBC)
  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
  • The Masked Singer (Fox)
  • The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special

  • Adele One Night Only (CBS)
  • Annie Live! (NBC)
  • The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
  • One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga (CBS)
  • The Tony Awards Present: Broadway's Back! (CBS)

Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Underscore)

  • 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible – Nainita Desai (Netflix)
  • Lucy and Desi – David Schwartz (Prime Video)
  • Return to Space – Mychael Danna and Harry Gregson-Williams (Netflix)
  • They Call Me Magic – Terence Blanchard (Apple TV+)
  • The Tinder Swindler – Jessica Jones (Netflix)

Outstanding Music Direction

  • 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
  • 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
  • One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga (CBS)
  • The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (NBC)
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Narrator

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War (History)
  • David Attenborough – The Mating Game (Discovery+)
  • W. Kamau Bell – We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)
  • Lupita Nyong'o – Serengeti II (Discovery+)
  • Barack Obama – Our Great National Parks (Netflix)

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program

  • The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
  • George Carlin's American Dream (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Lucy and Desi (Prime Video)
  • Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN)
  • The Tinder Swindler (Showtime)

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program

  • Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video)
  • Queer Eye (Netflix)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+)
  • Top Chef (Bravo)

Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program

  • Below Deck Mediterranean (Bravo)
  • Cheer (Netflix)
  • Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
  • Life Below Zero (National Geographic)
  • Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)

Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Conan (TBS)
  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO/HBO Max)

Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special

  • Live in Front of a Studio Audience (ABC)
  • Savage x Fenty (Prime Video)
  • The Grammys (CBS)
  • The Oscars (ABC)
  • Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (NBC)

Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
  • Queer Eye (Netflix)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program

  • Love, Death, and Robots (Netflix)
  • Robot Chicken (Adult Swim)
  • Star Wars: Visions (Disney+)
  • The Boys: Diabolical (Prime Video)
  • When Billie Met Lisa (Disney+)

Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple TV+)
  • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix)
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers: CORRECTIONS (YouTube)
  • The Randy Rainbow Show (YouTube)
  • Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News (Paramount+)

Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series

  • Between the Scenes — The Daily Show (YouTube)
  • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Once Upon a Time in Late Night (TBS)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race Whatcha Packin' with Michelle Visage (VH1)
  • Saturday Night Live Presents: Stories from the Show (NBC)
  • Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen (Bravo)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

  • The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
  • George Carlin's American Dream (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Lucy and Desi (Prime Video)
  • McCartney 3,2,1 (Hulu)
  • The Tinder Swindler (Netflix)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

  • The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
  • George Carlin's American Dream (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video)
  • McCartney 3,2,1 (Hulu)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
  • Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special

  • Adele One Night Only (CBS)
    The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
    The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (NBC)
    Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

  • Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
  • Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (Magnolia Network)
  • Love Is Blind (Netflix)
  • Queer Eye (Netflix)
  • Shark Tank (ABC)

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series

  • American Idol (ABC)
  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
  • The Masked Singer (Fox)
  • The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special

  • Academy of Country Music Awards (Prime Video)
  • Adele One Night Only (CBS)
  • The Grammys (CBS)
  • MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)
  • One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga (CBS)

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

  • Below Deck Mediterranean (Bravo)
  • Cheer (Netflix)
  • Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (VH1)
  • Selling Sunset (Netflix)

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)

  • The Grammys (CBS)
  • Live in Front of a Studio Audience (ABC)
  • The Oscars (ABC)
  • The Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (NBC)
  • The Tony Awards Present: Broadway's Back! (CBS)

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

  • Adele One Night Only (CBS)
  • Dave Chappelle: The Closer (Netflix)
  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix)
  • One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga (CBS)

Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program

  • The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix)
  • How To with John Wilson (HBO/HBO Max)
  • Lucy and Desi (Prime Video)
  • The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+)
  • The Tinder Swindler (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO/HBO Max)
  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO/HBO Max)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC)

(Weitere Preise wurden bereits vorab vergeben, da sie von einer Jury und nicht von den Mitgliedern der Television Academy bestimmt wurden. Alle Informationen finden sich auf der Website der Emmys.)