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While much of the entertainment world’s eyes are on the film world this weekend, with the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals marking the beginning of the fall movie season, the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony ensures that TV isn’t forgotten. The two-night ceremony serves as a kickoff to next week’s Primetime Emmys, giving out many awards in the reality, variety, documentary, and guest actor categories.
The awards got underway on Saturday night at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, with Wanda Sykes serving as emcee. Major winners on Night 1 included “The Traitors,” which took home five categories including a third consecutive win for host Alan Cumming; “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which brought home six awards for its final season; and “The Muppet Show,” which won four categories including Variety Special (Pre-Recorded). But perhaps the biggest winner of the night was Bad Bunny, which earned trophies for Variety Special (Live), Directing, Lighting Design, Music Direction, Sound Mixing, Choreography and Technical Direction. The Puerto Rican pop star also factored into another show’s night, as “Saturday Night Live” submitted his episode for the Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program category that it eventually won.
The 2026 Creative Arts Emmys will continue on Sunday, September 6. Winners from Night 1 can be found below.
Variety Special (Live)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny”
Variety Special (Pre-recorded)
“The Muppet Show”
Directing for a Variety Special
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny”
Directing for a Variety Series
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny”
Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Series
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Special
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny”
Structured Reality Program
“Antiques Roadshow”
Unstructured Reality Program
“Love On The Spectrum”
Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
“The Traitors”
Narrator
“Lost Women Of Alaska,” “The Missing”
Directing for a Reality Program
“The Traitors,” “Let the Cards Fall as They Will”
Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
“My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay”
Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
“Tucci In Italy”
Documentary or Nonfiction Series
“Mr. Scorsese”
Documentary or Nonfiction Special
“My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay”
Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program
“The Traitors,” “The Death Conga”
Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program
“Love On The Spectrum,” “Episode 4”
Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
“The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains”
Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning”
Picture Editing for Variety Programming (Segment)
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Picture Editing for Variety Programming
“The Muppet Show”
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program
“Ocean With David Attenborough”
Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program
“Billy Joel: And So It Goes”
Sound Mixing for a Reality Program
“Welcome To Wrexham,” “Do A Wrexham”
Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny”
Writing for a Nonfiction Program
“The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: Give The Man A Prize”
Writing for a Variety Series
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Writing for a Variety Special
“The Muppet Show”
Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program
“Saturday Night Live,” “Host: Bad Bunny”
Hairstyling for a Variety Nonfiction or Reality Program
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Commercial
“I’m Not Remarkable – Apple”
Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
“Colbert Before Air”
Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
“Inside The Pitt”
Cinematography for a Reality Program
“The Traitors”
Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
“Ocean With David Attenborough”
Casting for a Reality Program
“Love On The Spectrum” Cian O’Clery, Sean Bowman, Ashley Morgan, and Emily Frisbie
Emerging Media Program
“Uncanny Alley: A New Day”
Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny,” Charm La’Donna and Karina Ortiz,
Music Direction
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny,” Miguel Gandelman
Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score)
“John Candy: I Like Me”
Production Design for a Variety Special
“The Muppet Show”
Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series
“The Traitors,” “The Black Banquet”
Game Show
“Jeopardy!,”
Host for a Game Show
“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” Jimmy Kimmel
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