Programs like Welcome to Wrexham and Jim Henson Idea Man swept night one of the Creative Arts Emmys, while Alan Cumming won his first Emmy for emceeing The Traitors and Pat Sajak took home his final trophy for hosting Wheel of Fortune.
Both men were no-shows, though.
Jeopardy! won for best game show while Shark Tank picked up its fifth Emmy in the structured reality show category. And John Mulaney’s memorable appearance on My Next Guest with David Letterman earned a trophy in the hosted nonfiction series or special category.
Attagirls went to Maya Rudolph for voicing Big Mouth and Angela Bassett for narrating Queens, while multiple Emmys were bestowed upon Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden.
And a jubilant Dick Van Dyke took the stage to accept the Emmy for best pre-recorded Variety Special for his Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic. He’ll turn 99 next month.
Forty-nine more Emmys will be handed out at Sunday’s Creative Arts ceremony, and 25 are set for TV’s Biggest Night — the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards — on Sunday, September 15. ABC will air that show live coast-to-coast starting at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET, also from the Peacock Theater downtown.
Here are the winners from night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards:
Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series: Shōgun, The Making of Shōgun Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series: Game Show Host for a Game Show Outstanding Commercial Character Voiceover Performance Animated Program Production Design for a Variety Special Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming Casting for a Reality Program Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Cinematography for a Reality Program
Production Design For a Variety or Reality Series Saturday Night Live
Writing for a Variety Series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Writing for a Nonfiction Program Emerging Media Program Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special Music Direction Sound Mixing for a Reality Program Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Picture Editing for Variety Programming Picture Editing for Variety Programming (Segment) Picture Editing for Unstructured Reality Programming Picture Editing for Structured Reality or Competition Program Narrator Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Structured Reality Program Host for a Reality or Competition Program Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series Technical Direction and Camerwork for a Special Directing for a Reality Program Directing for a Variety Special Directing for a Variety Series Variety Special
Unstructured Reality Program Welcome to Wrexham
Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Girl’s State
Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden
Variety Special (live) The Oscars
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.