2022 Creative Arts Emmys Night One: RuPaul continues reign, while ‘Adele: One Night Only’ takes home multiple awards
The Creative Arts Emmys are here, with night one happening tonight, announcing winners in 45 categories across picture editing, sound mixing, production design, technical direction and more. The ceremony was held in Downtown Los Angeles.
Presenters tonight included Judd Apatow, Monica Aldama and Morgan Simianer, Chelsea Lakzani and Chrishell Stause, RuPaul Charles, Randy Rainbow, Cat Deeley, Nicole Byer, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Adam Pally and Jon Garbus, Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka and Shangela, Bill Nye, Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin, and Chip and Joanna Gaines.
The Emmys have already given out their Juried Awards, in which achievement awards are given out after being reviewed by a panel of industry peers. Some of these winners included Arcane, The Boys Presents: Diabolical, The House and Love, Death & Robots, all winning at least one award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Arcane winning three!). We’re Here took home two juried awards by winning Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program and Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program. Other winners included Annie Live! and Home Before Dark.
Most of the categories for night one were for Variety, Nonfiction and Reality Programs, with awards for animated programs and voice-over performances. RuPaul’s Drag Race went into the night with nine nominations, including nominations for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Non-fiction or Reality Program, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program, and Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program. The series finished night one with two wins, winning Outstanding Production Design and RuPaul Charles winning for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program, marking his seventh win in the category.
Variety series such as A Black Lady Sketch Show, Saturday Night Live and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver competed against each other in multiple categories such as Outstanding Direction for a Variety Series, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Ultimately, A Black Lady Sketch Show took home the award for Outstanding Direction for a Variety Series as well as Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming.
Love On The Spectrum U.S. took home multiple awards tonight, including Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program, Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program and Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. Another reality series that did well tonight was Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls, which took home the awards for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality Program and Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program. Non-fiction program The Beatles: Get Back also had a good night, nabbing the awards for Outstanding Documentary or Non-fiction Program and Outstanding Direction for a Documentary or Non-Fiction Program.
When it comes to music, both the Adele special and the Beatles series took home multiple awards each. Adele: One Night Only took home all five awards that it was nominated for, including categories such as Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-recorded), Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special and Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special. The Beatles: Get Back took home Outstanding Sound Editing for a Non-fiction or Reality Program, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Non-fiction or Reality Program and Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Non-fiction Program.
On top of the three awards it took home for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, Arcane also took home the award for Outstanding Animated Program tonight.
Here are the winners from the Creative Arts Emmys Night One:
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM: Arcane (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM: Love On The Spectrum U.S. (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE: Chadwick Boseman, What If…(Disney+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING: Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 (Prime Video)- WINNER
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM: 100 Foot Wave (HBO/HBO Max)- WINNER
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM: Life Below Zero, Episode: “Fire in the Sky” (National Geographic) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL: Teenage Dream, Sandy Hook Promise – WINNER
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING: We’re Here (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAM: Peter Jackson, The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM: Nneka Onuorah, Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (Prime Video) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES: Bridget Stokes, A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL: Paul Dugdale, Adele: One Night Only (CBS) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES: The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL: George Carlin’s American Dream (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING: When Claude Got Shot (PBS) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM: Annie Live! (NBC) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM: RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL: Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION: Anne-Laure To – Arcane; Julien Georgel – Arcane; Bruno Couchinho – Arcane; Lexy Naut – The Boys Presents: Diabolical; Kecy Salangad – The House; Alberto Mielgo – Love, Death + Robots
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES: The Voice (NBC) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL: Adele: One Night Only (CBS) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM: Legendary and We’re Here (both HBO/HBO Max) – WINNERS
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC UNDERSCORE): David Schwartz, composer, Lucy and Desi (Prime Video) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION: The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (NBC) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING NARRATOR: Barack Obama, Our Great National Parks (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM: The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM: Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (Prime Video) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM: Love On The Spectrum U.S. (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING: A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL: The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (NBC) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES: RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM: Love, Death + Robots (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES: Carpool Karaoke: The Series (AppleTV+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Once Upon a Time in Late Night (TBS) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA): The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA): The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL: Adele: One Night Only (CBS) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM: Queer Eye (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO/HBO Max) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SPECIAL: Adele: One Night Only (CBS) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM: Love On The Spectrum U.S. (Netflix)- WINNER
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE): The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (NBC) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED): Adele: One Night Only (CBS) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM: Mark Monroe, Lucy and Desi (Netflix) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – WINNER
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