2016 Creative Arts Emmy Winners: Night Two – Making a Murder, Grease Live Top Night, RuPaul Makes Herstory
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After Game of Thrones swept the first night of the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys last night, they took a break from tonight’s awards which was focus primarily on Documentary, Reality, Short-form, and Non-Fiction programming.
One of the most talked about, water-cooler shows of 2016, Netflix’s Making a Murderer, made a killing at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmys with four wins. The doc series is set for a second season but with no official date yet. The huge musical hit Grease Live! rocked the awards with four awards including one of the top awards of the night, Special Class Program. It bested Emmy favorite, the Kennedy Center Honors for the win.
The biggest shock of the night, and such a great one, was RuPaul Charles winning Outstanding Reality Host for his long-running drag competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race. RuPaul had made waves earlier this year about having never been nominated (nor the show) and that he didn’t need an Emmy to legitimize him or the show. That anti-campaigning paid off in a nomination in July and now a win tonight.
Another surprise was James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke beating very formidable competition in the form of Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Adele’s live performance in New York City. Corden is now a Tony and Emmy winner, halfway to EGOT.
Tune in next week for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards for all of the top categories.
Here is the FULL list of WINNERS from Night Two of the Creative Arts Emmys:
ACTING
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Rob Corddry, Children’s Hospital
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Patrika Darbo, Acting Dead
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
ANIMATION
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
Archer
CHOREOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
America’s Best Dance Crew AND Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Tie)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Cartel Land
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING
Life Below Zero
COSTUMES
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A VARIETY, NON-FICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING
The Wiz Live!
DIRECTING
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Inside Amy Schumer
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Making a Murderer
DOCUMENTARY
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES
Making a Murderer
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL
What Happened Miss Simone?
OUTSTANDING EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
Cartel Land and Jim: The James Foley Story (tie)
HAIRSTYLING
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL
Saturday Night Live
HOST
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
INFORMATIONAL
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL SERIES OR SPECIAL
Anthony Bourdain, Parts Unknown
LIGHTING
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Grease Live!
MAKEUP
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Key & Peele
PICTURE EDITING
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED OR COMPETITION REALITY PROGRAM
Who Do You Think You Are?
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Project Greenlight
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Making a Murderer
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
PRODUCTION DESIGN
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION, REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION SERIES
Portlandia
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION, REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION SPECIAL
Grease Live!
REALITY
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Shark Tank
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Born This Way
SHORT-FORM PROGRAMMING
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
Robot Chicken
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Children’s Hospital
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES
Inside Look: American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM VARIETY SERIES
Park Bench With Steve Buscemi
SOUND EDITING
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (Single or multi-camera)
Vice
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Cartel Land
SPECIAL CLASS
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM
Grease Live!
TECHNICAL DIRECTION
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
Grease Live!
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES
Dancing with the Stars
VARIETY
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL
Carpool Karaoke with James Corden
WRITING
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Making a Murderer
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