Creative Arts Emmys Night 1: ‘The Studio,’ ‘The Penguin’ & ‘Severance’ Lead Winners List

The first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards lit up the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles with plenty of surprises, laughter, and big wins across TV’s most popular shows. According to the Television Academy, Apple TV+’s The Studio walked away as the night’s biggest winner, collecting nine trophies. HBO Max’s The Penguin followed close behind with eight, while Apple’s Severance picked up six.

Julianne Nicholson scored for Hacks, Bryan Cranston grabbed a win for The Studio, Merritt Wever picked up an Emmy for Severance, and Shawn Hatosy was honored for The Pitt. These were some of the standout acting moments that gave the night its buzz.

The Penguin swept through the technical side, winning for hairstyling, costumes, prosthetic makeup, sound work, and visual effects.

Andor proved just as strong in the creative categories, racking up awards for costumes, production design, picture editing and visual effects. Rebel Ridge was named best TV movie, while Arcane took home Outstanding Animation. Netflix’s Love, Death + Robots also made noise with four wins in juried categories for animation design and style.

Maya Rudolph kicked things off with some playful energy, telling the crowd, “This is the real Emmys. This is the Emmys for the people who make all the magic happen … this is a room full of talented baddies.”

Not everything went smoothly on stage. One of the funniest moments came when Bridgerton won for Outstanding Costumes, and designer John Walter Glaser had trouble keeping his pants up while accepting the award. Over in the comedy section, Desi Lydic from The Daily Show admitted during her speech that she had to watch “too much Fox News” for her role and then thanked “the Deep State” for her Emmy win. Meanwhile, Hacks writer Robby Hoffman sparked chatter by vaping right before presenting the cinematography award.

The Studio showed its strength across many categories, taking home prizes for casting, production design, editing, sound work, and even music supervision. The Penguin’s success stretched from technical craft to original music, while Severance stood tall with wins in sound mixing, title design, cinematography, and music composition.

The Creative Arts Emmys are set to continue with another 49 awards being handed out on Sunday. While the ceremony isn’t airing live, fans will be able to catch the event on FXX on Saturday, September 13 at 8 p.m. ET and PT, just one night before the Primetime Emmys. For those who prefer streaming, Hulu will have it available until October 7.

In short, The Studio led the night with nine wins, followed by The Penguin with eight and Severance with six. Andor, Arcane, and Love, Death + Robots all picked up four awards, while The Boys and Bridgerton earned three each. The Pitt and Adolescence grabbed two apiece, and Rebel Ridge walked away with the honor of best TV movie.

• Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – Julianne Nicholson, Hacks
• Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – The Penguin (Martha Melendez, Kim Collea, Maria Maio)
• Prosthetic Makeup – The Penguin (Michael Fontaine, Michael Marino, Crystal Jurado, Diana Choi, Claire Flewin, Jerry Constantine, Yoichi Art Sakamoto, Bobby Diehl)
• Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – House of the Dragon (Amanda Knight, Sara Kramer, Harriet Thompson, Bonny Monger, Helen Currie, Natalie Wickens, Vickie Ellis)
• Period Costumes – Bridgerton (John Glaser, Amanda McLaughlan, Dougie Hawkes, George Sayer, Anthony Brookman)
• Contemporary Costumes for a Series – The Studio (Kameron Lennox, Betsy Glick, Tyler Kinney)
• Contemporary Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – The Penguin (Helen Huang, Kate Smith, Austin Wittick, Rebecca Freund, Esther J. Han)
• Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes – Andor (Michael Wilkinson, Kate O’Farrell, Richard Davies, Paula Fajardo)
• Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling – Bridgerton (Erika Ökvist, Farida Ghwedar, Grace Gorman, Laura Sim, Emma Rigby, Hannah Forbes)
• Contemporary Hairstyling – The Penguin (Brian Badie, Jenn Vasilopoulos, Mariko Miyagi)
• Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) – Severance (David Schlesinger, Chris Shriver, Ann Bartek, David Schlesinger)
• Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour) – The Studio (Julie Berghoff, Brian Grego, Claire Kaufman)
• Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) – Andor (Luke Hull, Toby Britton, Rebecca Alleway)
• Casting for a Drama Series – The Pitt (Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Erica Berger)
• Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Bryan Cranston, The Studio
• Casting for a Comedy Series – The Studio (Melissa Kostenbauder, Francine Maisler)
• Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – Adolescence (Shaheen Baig)
• Stunt Coordination for Comedy Programming – The Righteous Gemstones (Cory DeMeyers)
• Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming – The Boys (John Koyama)
• Stunt Performance – The Boys (Jennifer Murray, River Godland, Alec Back, Moses Nyarko)
• Animated Program – Arcane
• Character Voice-Over Performance – Julie Andrews, Bridgerton
• Individual Achievement in Animation (juried) – Arcane (background design, color), Love, Death + Robots (production design, character animation, character design)
• Choreography for Scripted Programming – Étoile (Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks)
• Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series – The Studio (Eric Kissack)
• Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series – Frasier (Russell Griffin)
• Guest Actress in a Drama Series – Merritt Wever, Severance
• Picture Editing for a Drama Series – Andor (Yan Miles)
• Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story
• Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie – Andor (Mohen Leo, TJ Falls, Luke Murphy, Neal Scanlan, Scott Pritchard, Joseph Kasparian, Sue Rowe, Paolo D’Arco, Jean-Clement Soret)
• Title Design – Severance (Oliver Latta, Teddy Blanks)
• Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode – The Penguin (Johnny Han, Michelle Rose, Alexandra Prod’homme, Erin Sullivan, Goran Pavles, Emanuel Fuchs, Ed Bruce, Nathaniel Larouche, Adrien Saint Girons)
• Motion Design (juried) – Octopus! (Phoebe Waller-Bridge)
• Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series – The Last of Us (Michael J. Benavente, Chris Terhune, Joe Schiff, Christopher Battaglia, Mitchel Lestner, Jacob Flack, Odin Benitez, James Miller, Randy Wilson, Justin Helle, Ron Mellegers, Maarten Hofmeijer, Stefan Fraticelli, Brandon Bak, Jason Charbonneau)
• Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special – The Penguin (Rich Bologna, Lawrence Zipf, Michael McMenomy, Angela Organ, Tony Martinez, Wyatt Sprague, Diego Perez, Matthew Haasch, Ben Holiday, Luke Dennis, Gareth Rhys Jones)
• Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) – The Studio (George Haddad, Borja Sau Razquin, Stuart Martin, Randy Wilson, Justin Helle, Lorena Perez Batista, Jason Charbonneau, Stefan Fraticelli)
• Sound Editing for an Animated Program – Arcane (Brad Beaumont, Eliot Connors, Stephen P. Robinson, Janet Pascual, Dan O’Connell, John T. Cucci)
• Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – The Penguin (Andy Kris, Rich Bologna, Christof Gebert, Julien Pirrie)
• Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) – Severance (Bob Chefalas, Jacob Ribicoff, David J. Schwartz, George A. Lara)
• Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation – The Studio (Lindsey Alvarez, Fred Howard, Buck Robinson, Ron Mellegers)
• Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series – Desi Lydic, The Daily Show
• Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) – Severance (Theodore Shapiro)
• Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) – The Penguin (Mick Giacchion)
• Original Main Title Theme Music – The White Lotus (Cristobal Tapia de Veer)
• Music Supervision – The Studio (Gabe Hilfer)
• Original Music and Lyrics – The Boys (Christopher Lennertz, “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas”)
• Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) – The Studio (Adam Newport-Berra)
• Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) – Severance (Jessica Lee Gagné)
• Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – Adolescence (Matthew Lewis)
• Guest Actor in a Drama Series – Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
• Television Movie – Rebel Ridge

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