The 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 22 at 8pm on CBS, but the Creative Arts ceremony is held on week earlier. While the ceremony is held Sunday night, viewers will have to wait until Saturday, September 21 to watch an edited version of the events on FXX.
The Creative Arts Emmys honor technical achievements such as editing, sound mixing, cinematography, casting, visual effects, stunts, makeup and more. But the big events are the awards for Guest Acting.
The first big award of the night went to Melissa Leo for her guest performance in FX’s Louie, besting two Saturday Night Live hosts (Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig) as well as 30 Rock‘s Elaine Stritch. For Guest Actor in a Comedy, legend Bob Newhart won his first ever Emmy for The Big Bang Theory.
For Drama, Dan Bucatisnky won for Scandal, beating such high-profile stars as Michael J. Fox for The Good Wife and Harry Hamlin for Mad Men. And despite the domination of cable dramas, Carrie Preston won the Guest Actress Emmy for The Good Wife.
Other winners include Netflix’s House of Cards (which is Netflix’s first win ever) and SNL winning for Art Direction, Hairstyling and Makeup, which gives it a total of 39 Emmys, beating Frasier for the most wins ever.
Also, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn won the Emmy for Reality Hosts for Project Runway, beating last year’s winner, Tom Bergeron.
The big winners are HBOs’ Behind the Candelabra and Boardwalk Empire, which have won 8 and 4 respectively. Candelabra only lost one Creative Arts category for Cinematography to Top of the Lake. It will compete in five more categories next week, and if it wins all of them it will reach the record for most wins in a single year with 13, tying HBO’s John Adams miniseries.
Here is a complete list of the 2013 Creative Arts Emmy winners.
WINNERS
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Melissa Leo, Louie
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Dan Bucatinsky, Scandal
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
REALITY HOST
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Lily Tomlin, An Apology to Elephants
REALITY PROGRAM
Undercover Boss
SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAMS
66th Annual Tony Awards
ANIMATED PROGRAM
South Park
SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAM
Disney Mickey Mouse Croissant de Triomphe
VARIETY SPECIAL
The Kennedy Center Honors
WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Louis C.K.: Oh My God
DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
The Kennedy Center Honors
CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee — Forgotten but not Gone: Kids, HIV and AIDS
CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
House of Cards
CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
CASTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR A SPECIAL
Behind the Candelabra
ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
ART DIRECTION FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
MasterChef
ART DIRECTION FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Behind the Candelabra
ART DIRECTION FOR VARIETY OR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Saturday Night Live
STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Revolution
STUNT COORDINATION FOR A COMEDY SERIES OR A VARIETY PROGRAM
Supah Ninjas
SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad
SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
The Office
MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
How I Met Your Mother
SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Behind the Candelabra
PICTURE EDITING FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING
Deadliest Catch
PICTURE EDITING FOR SHORT-FORM SEGMENTS AND VARIETY SPECIALS
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
PICTURE EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL
Saturday Night Live
HAIRSTYLING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Behind the Candelabra
SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
Boardwalk Empire
SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
Nurse Jackie
SOUND MIXING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Behind the Candelabra
SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards
SOUND MIXING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
History of the Eagles
MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Game of Thrones
MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Saturday Night Live
MAKEUP FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Behind the Candelabra
PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
Behind the Candelabra
SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
SOUND EDITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
American Horror Story: Asylum
SOUND EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
The Men Who Built America
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Game of Thrones
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Banshee
COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
The Borgias
COSTUMES FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
Behind the Candelabra
MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
Downton Abbey
MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
World Without End
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
“If I Had Time,” 66th Annual Tony Awards
MUSIC DIRECTION
66th Annual Tony Awards
ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
Da Vinci’s Demons
MAIN TITLE DESIGN
Da Vinci’s Demons
COMMERCIAL
Inspired, Canon
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
House Of Cards
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
How I Met Your Mother
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Top of the Lake
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING
Deadliest Catch
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL
Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden
DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES
American Masters
INFORMATIONAL SERIES OR SPECIAL
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Inside the Actors Studio
WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
American Masters
SPECIAL CLASS: SHORT-FORMAT LIVE-CATION ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS
Children’s Hospital
SPECIAL CLASS – SHORT-FORMAT NONFICTION PROGRAMS
Remembering 9/11
INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs
LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES
The Voice
LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show Starring Beyonce
TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES
The Big Bang Theory
TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
66th Annual Tony Awards
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