2022 Creative Arts Emmy Night Two: ‘The White Lotus’ wins big, ‘Abbott Elementary’ takes home key award in comedy race
It’s the second night of the Creative Arts Emmys, Night Two taking place eight days before the Primetime Emmys. Night Two saw 48 winners across categories such as casting, cinematography, picture editing, sound mixing and costumes/hairstyling.
Night Two featured a plethora of presenters for the categories, presenters including Jane Levy, Colman Domingo, Marcia Gay Harden, Randy Rainbow, Skyler Astin, Christine Chiu and Kevin Kreider, Jon Heurtas, Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, Simone Missick, and Niecy Nash, amongst others.
Night Two follows a successful first night of the Emmys, giving out awards across categories that feature reality series, competition programs and non-fiction/documentary series. Adele: One Night Only took home all five Emmy awards it was nominated for (which makes Adele a Tony away from an EGOT). The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show also scored a few wins, including Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special and Outstanding Music Direction. Arcane took home the award for Outstanding Animated Program.
Coming into the ceremony were a few series that had many nominations each, some with much to prove. Going into the Creative Arts Emmys, Succession had garnered 25 nominations in total (with 14 being performance nominations!). Succession ended up winning Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series before the night was over. Ted Lasso and The White Lotus both tallied up 20 nominations each, but Lasso was largely ignored during Night Two of the Creative Arts Emmys, while The White Lotus won a few awards, including the crucial Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Instead of Lasso, Abbott Elementary was the series that took home Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, a crucial precursor in its campaign to win Outstanding Comedy Series.
Severance took home a couple of awards, winning the awards for Outstanding Main Title Design and Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. Euphoria did very well tonight, as well, taking home multiple across boards in categories such as Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming, Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series, Outstanding Contemporary Makeup and Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Drama.
In what could be considered the closest to Primetime Emmy Awards, the Outstanding Guest Actor/Actress categories awarded four performers from four different series: Colman Domingo wins Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Euphoria; Lee You-mi wins Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role in Squid Game; Nathan Lane wins Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Only Murders in the Building; Laurie Metcalf wins Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Hacks. All of these performers will be recognized at the Primetime Emmys ceremony next Monday.
Here are the winners from Night Two of the Creative Arts Emmys:
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES: Tim Robinson – I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES: Patricia Clarkson – State of the Union (AMC) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES: Abbott Elementary (ABC) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES: Succession (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE: The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SCRIPTED PROGRAMMING: Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE: Dopesick (Hulu) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES: How I Met Your Father (Hulu) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (HALF-HOUR): Atlanta (FX) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (ONE HOUR): Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES: Hacks (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING: Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC): Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING FANTASY/SCI-FI COSTUMES: What We Do in the Shadows (FX) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Colman Domingo – Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Lee You-mi – Squid Game (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Nathan Lane – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN COMEDY SERIES: Laurie Metcalf – Hacks (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN: Severance (AppleTV+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING MOTION DESIGN: Home Before Dark (AppleTV+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES: How I Met Your Father (Hulu) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
(ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE): The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE): Severance (AppleTV+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION: Stranger Things (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC: The White Lotus (HBO) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS: Schmigadoon! (AppleTV+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING: Bridgerton (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC): Pam & Tommy (Hulu) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PERIOD COSTUMES: The Great (Hulu) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE): Squid Game (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE): The Gilded Age (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR): Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP: Stranger Things (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES: Barry (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES: Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE: The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION: Barry (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR): Stranger Things (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE: Moon Knight (Disney+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION: Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR): Stranger Things (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE: The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SEASON OR A MOVIE: The Book of Boba Fett (Disney+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SINGLE EPISODE: Squid Game (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A COMEDY SERIES OR VARIETY PROGRAM: Barry (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR
MOVIE: Stranger Things (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING STUNT PERFORMANCE: Squid Game (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE: Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers (Disney+) – WINNER
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