Emmy voters were moved by music, handing out five awards apiece to “The Beatles: Get Back” and “Adele: One Night Only” at Saturday’s portion of the two-night Creative Arts Emmys.
The music of “The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show” was also a big winner, with three awards, including Music Direction for Adam Blackstone.
In the reality TV world, “Love on the Spectrum U.S.,” the Netflix series that follows people on the autism spectrum as they navigate the world of dating and relationships, snagged three Emmys, including ones for casting, picture editing and unstructured reality program. And, RuPaul Charles won his seventh Emmy — in a row — for hosting “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
The 2022 Creative Arts Emmys: Night 1, which was held at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown, Los Angeles (where it was a scorching 105 degrees outside), honored outstanding artistic and technical achievement in various television program genres, guest performances and exceptional work in the animation, reality and documentary categories.
This year’s show is a two-night affair, following the template set in 2021. The year prior, however, was spread out across five ceremonies/nights to honor the below-the-line workers in Hollywood.
For those who want to watch this year’s Creative Arts Emmys, they’ll have to wait until next weekend. An edited version of the two shows will air Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FXX. The 74th annual Primetime Emmys air the following night at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC. It will also stream live for the first time on Peacock.
Check out the complete list of 2022 Creative Arts Emmys winners below.
Outstanding Animated Program: “Arcane”
Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.”
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance: Chadwick Boseman
Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming: “Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program: “100 Foot Wave”
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program: “Life Below Zero”
Outstanding Commercial: “Teenage Dream”, Sandy Hook Promise
Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming: The team from “We’re Here”
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program: Peter Jackson, “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program: Nneka Onuorah, “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls”
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series: Bridget Stokes, “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special: “Adele: One Night Only”
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series: “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: “George Carlin’s American Dream”
Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: The team from “When Claude Got Shot”
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program: “Annie Live”
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program: RuPaul Charles of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special: Stanley Tucci, “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy”
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: “Arcane,” “The Boy Savior”; “Arcane,” “Happy Progress Day”; “Arcane,” “When These Walls Come Tumbling Down”; “The Boys Presents Diabolical”; “The House”; “Love, Death and Robots,” “Jibaro”
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series: “The Voice”
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special: “Adele: One Night Only”
Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program: “Legendary” and “We’re Here”
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score): David Schwartz, Composer, “Lucy and Desi”
Outstanding Music Direction: Adam Blackstone, “The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show”
Outstanding Narrator: Barack Obama, “Our Great National Parks”
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program: “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls”
Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.”
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming: The team from “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special: “The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show”
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series: “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program: “Love, Death + Robots”
Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series: “Carpool Karaoke: The Series”
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series: “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Once Upon a Time in Late Night”
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera): “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera): “The Beatles: Get Back”
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special: “Adele: One Night Only”
Outstanding Structured Reality Program: “Queer Eye”
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special: “Adele: One Night Only”
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.”
Outstanding Variety Special (Live): “The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show”
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded): Adele: One Night Only
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program: “Lucy and Desi”
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
The 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards will take place at the Microsoft Theater. An edited presentation will air Saturday, Sept. 10, at 8:00 PM EDT/PDT on FXX and is available for streaming on Hulu Sept. 11-27. Bob Bain Productions will produce all three shows.