Winners of the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards were announced on Saturday, Sept.14 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The event is the first of two nights kicking off the 71st Emmys, which Fox will broadcast live on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8 PM ET.
The majority of awards for the Emmys are handed out on these two nights.
Sponsored by the Television Academy, the event highlights achievements in documentary, reality, variety special, choreography for variety or reality program, animated program and short form animation and interactive program.
Presenters included Terry Crews, Jeff Goldblum, Seth Green, Wanda Sykes and Diane Guerrero, to name a few.
There were some head scratching moments of the night. Surprisingly, Leaving Neverland, a documentary based on the sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson, won an award for Outstanding Documentary Or Non-Fiction Special.
Pose definitely was a disappointing snub. Informative and unapologetically real, Pose delivers entertainment value that is not only deserving of an award, but several more seasons, as well.
Another perplexing moment of the night for many was attributed to the blatant dismissiveness of Beyonce’s achievement of creating a music special that not only was genius in creativity, but also was the biggest conversation on social media and in pop culture this year, period. The Beyhive started buzzing when word spread that the songstress’ Netflix concert documentary Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce did not win one award, despite being nominated for six Emmys.
Beyonce’s Homecoming was a love letter to women empowerment, an ode to black culture and bow to the legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the nation. Beyonce even took it a step further and gave us an inside look at her preparation process, which consisted of her getting into shape just mere months after giving birth to twins.
Yet, the TV Academy awarded Outstanding Variety Special to Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney. It’s a good show, but let’s be real. It doesn’t take much work to sit in a car and sing terribly to karaoke songs. Try dancing in coordination with a whole band of 100 people in high heels in front of a live audience, while staying pretty and hitting every note in every single song after just recently giving birth.
She also lost to Springsteen On Broadway for Outstanding Directing, Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette for Outstanding Writing and RuPaul’s Drag Race for Outstanding Costumes and Production Design.
The fact that snubs like these continue to happen proves that, for some, mediocre is the high standard and will be rewarded until a new regime takes over. Even further, it speaks volumes to the unavoidable irrelevancy of award shows. More and more, young people are tuning out from these political gatekeeper type shows that take pleasure in snubbing well-deserved talent.
Check out the list below for the winners:
First Night Winners
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING REALITY HOST
X — RuPaul Charles, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL
“Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul”
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING (MULTI-CAMERA)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” — “Trump: The Rusical”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A 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”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING (MULTI-CAMERA)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” — “Trump: The Rusical”
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION SERIES
“Our Planet”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
“Antiques Roadshow”
“Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”
X — “Queer Eye”
“Shark Tank”
“Tidying Up”
“Who Do You Think You Are?”
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
“United Shades of America”
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
“Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’”
OUTSTANDING CASTING (REALITY)
“Born This Way”
X — “Queer Eye”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Shark Tank”
“The Voice”
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (VARIETY/REALITY)
Tessandra Chavez, “World of Dance”
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY (NONFICTION)
“Free Solo”
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY (REALITY)
“Deadliest Catch”
X — “Life Below Zero”
“Queer Eye” — “God Bless Gay”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” — “Trump: The Rusical”
“Survivor”
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAM
X — “Free Solo”
“FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened”
“Leaving Neverland”
“RBG”
“Three Identical Strangers”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA
“Free Solo” — “360”
OUTSTANDING INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING
X — “Artificial” (Twitch)
X — “Wolves in the Walls: It’s All Over” (Oculus Store)
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES
“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: John Mulaney”
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
“Rent”
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP (MULTI-CAMERA, NON-PROSTHETIC)
“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Adam Sandler”
OUTSTANDING MOTION DESIGN
“Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj”
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION (DOCUMENTARY)
“Free Solo”
OUTSTANDING MUSIC AND LYRICS
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” — “Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal”
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING
“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”
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING (NONFICTION)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Lower East Side”
X — “Free Solo”
“Leaving Neverland”
“RBG”
“Three Identical Strangers”
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION
PROGRAM
“Queer Eye”
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
“United Shades of America” — “Hmong Americans and the Secret War”
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN (VARIETY/REALITY SERIES)
“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: John Mulaney”
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“Rent”
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM VARIETY SERIES
“Carpool Karaoke: The Series”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM (SINGLE OR
MULTI-CAMERA)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Far West Texas”
X — “Free Solo”
“FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened”
“Leaving Neverland”
“Our Planet” — “Frozen Worlds”
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Kenya”
X — “Free Solo”
“FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened”
“Leaving Neverland”
“Our Planet” — “One Planet”
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION/CAMERAWORK/VIDEO CONTROL (SERIES)
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” — “Psychics”
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION/CAMERAWORK/VIDEO CONTROL (SPECIAL)
“The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Seth MacFarlane, “Family Guy”
OUTSTANDING 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”
OUTSTANDING WRITING (NONFICTION)
“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Kenya”
Second Night Winners
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bradley Whitford/‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
‘The Ranch’
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Fosse/Verdon
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC)
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES
‘Russian Doll’
OUTSTANDING PERIOD COSTUMES
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
‘Chernobyl’
OUTSTANDING FANTASY/SCI-FI COSTUMES
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
‘One Day at a Time’
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
‘When You Wish Upon A Pickle: A Sesame Street Special’
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
‘Chernobyl’
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
‘Barry’
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR)
‘Russian Doll’
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
‘Chernobyl’
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SCRIPTED PROGRAMMING
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Luke Kirby, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
‘Chernobyl’
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
‘Barry’
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Cherry Jones/‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
‘Star Trek: Discovery’
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
‘Fleabag’
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (HALF-HOUR)
‘Russian Doll’
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
‘Chernobyl’
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Rosamund Pike, ‘State of the Union’
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
‘Chernobyl’
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
‘Fleabag’
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
‘When They See Us’
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
‘Chernobyl’
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
Nike — ‘Dream Crazy’
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
NASA’s InSight Mars Landing
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA WITHIN A SCRIPTED PROGRAM
‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Chris O’Dowd, ‘State Of The Union’
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
‘Succession’
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jane Lynch/‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Fosse/Verdon
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A COMEDY SERIES OR VARIETY PROGRAM
‘GLOW’
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
‘Game of Thrones’
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
‘State of the Union’
