Emmys 2017
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2018 Creative Arts Emmy Winners: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ ‘SNL,’ Anthony Bourdain Among Most Honored Series for Night 2

The second night of the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards has ended. The Creative Arts Emmys, which take place over two nights, hand out awards for the various technical achievements in television such as production design, editing, costumes and sound, in addition to guest acting categories and various documentary, reality and variety series. Night two was all about the reality, variety and documentary series, and there was a wide plethora of series honored.

The top winners for the night were Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and Saturday Night Live with six. SNL won an Emmy on Saturday night as well for guest host Tiffany Haddish.

Here’s the full list of Emmy winners from night two of the 2018 Creative Arts Emmys:

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)

The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC)
60th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (HBO)
The Oscars (ABC)

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

Dave Chappelle: Equanimity (Netflix)

Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversary Special (CBS)
Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018 (CBS)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated) (TBS)
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (Netflix)

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

Queer Eye (Netflix)

Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Fixer Upper (HGTV)
Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC)

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

Born This Way (A&E)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
Intervention (A&E)
Naked and Afraid (Discovery Channel)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (VH1)

Outstanding Interactive Program

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

Wild Wild Country (Netflix)

American Masters (PBS)
Blue Planet II (BBC America)
The Defiant Ones (HBO)
The Fourth Estate (Showtime)

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling (HBO)

Icarus (Netflix)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (Netflix)
Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like (PBS)
Spielberg (HBO)

Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

Strong Island (Netflix)

City of Ghosts (A&E)
Jane (National Geographic)
What Haunts Us (Starz)

Outstanding Informational Series or Special

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN)

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (National Geographic)
Vice (HBO)

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within an Unscripted Program

CONAN Without Borders (TBS)

The Oscars (ABC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Watch What Happens Live! With Andy Cohen (Bravo)

Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series

Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown (cnn.com)

The Americans: The Final Season (FX)
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story: America’s Obsessions (FX)
Jay Leno’s Garage (nbc.com)
Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen (bravotv.com)

Outstanding Short Form Variety Series

Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple Music)

Between the Scenes – The Daily Show (thedailyshow.com)
Creating Saturday Night Live (nbc.com)
Gay of Thrones (FunnyOrDie)
Honest Trailers (YouTube)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – Cover Room (nbc.com)

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

RuPaul Charles for RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)

W. Kamau Bell for United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN)
Ellen DeGeneres in Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC)
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for Project Runway (Lifetime)
Jane Lynch for Hollywood Game Night (NBC)

Outstanding Narrator

Sir David Attenborough for Blue Planet II (BBC America)

Charles Dance for Savage Kingdom (Nat Geo WILD)
Morgan Freeman for March Of The Penguins 2: The Next Step (Hulu)
Carl Reiner for If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast (HBO)
Liev Schreiber for 24/7 (HBO)

Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program

Brett Morgen for Jane (Nat Geo)

Bryan Fogel for Icarus (Netflix)
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick for The Vietnam War (Episode: “Episode 8: The History Of The World (April 1969-May 1970)”) (PBS)
Chapman Way and Maclain Way for Wild Wild Country (Episode: “Part 3”) (Netflix)
Judd Apatow for The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (HBO)

Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program

Nick Murray for RuPaul’s Drag Race (Episode: “10s Across the Board”) (VH1)

Bertram van Munster for The Amazing Race (Episode: “It’s Just A Million Dollars, No Pressure”) (CBS)
Patrick McManus for American Ninja Warrior (Episode: “Daytona Beach Qualifiers”) (NBC)
Ken Fuchs for Shark Tank (Episode: “Episode 903”) (ABC)
Alan Carter for The Voice (Episode: “Live Top 11 Performances”) (NBC)

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Donald Glover”), Directed by Don Roy King (NBC)

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (Episode: “Episode 2061”), Directed by Andre Allen (TBS)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: “Episode 421”), Directed by Paul Pennolino (HBO)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (Episode: “Episode 0416”), Directed by Tim Mancinelli (CBS)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Episode: “Episode 438”), Directed by Jim Hoskinson (CBS)
Portlandia (Episode: “Riot Spray”), Directed by Carrie Brownstein (IFC)

Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: “Southern Italy”) (CNN)

The Defiant Ones (Episode: “Episode 1”) (HBO)
Icarus (Netflix)
Jane (Nat Geo)
Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like (PBS)
The Vietnam War (Episode: “Episode 8: The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)”) (PBS)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program

Queer Eye (Netflix)

Born This Way (A&E)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Choreography

Mandy Moore for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: “Brand New” / “To Make You Feel My Love”) (Fox)

Chloe Arnold for The Late Late Show with James Corden (Routines: “The Greatest Showman”/”Crosswalk the Musical On Broadway”) (CBS)
Travis Wall for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: “Change is Everything” / “Strange Fruit”) (Fox)
Al Blackstone for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: “The Man That Got Away” / “L-O-V-E”) (Fox)
Christopher Scott for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: “Prism” / “Say You Won’t Let Go”) (Fox)

Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program

Jane – Ellen Kuras and Hugo van Lawick (Nat Geo)

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Morgan Fallon, Jerry Risius and Tarik Hameedi (Episode: “Lagos”) (CNN)
Blue Planet II – Gavin Thurston (Episode: “The Deep”) (BBC America)
Blue Planet II – Ted Giffords and Roger Munns (Episode: “One Ocean”) (BBC America)
Chef’s Table – Adam Bricker (Episode: “Corrado Assenza”) (Netflix)

Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program

Life Below Zero (Nat Geo)

The Amazing Race (Episode: “It’s Just a Million Dollars, No Pressure”) (CBS)
Born This Way (Episode: “Homecoming”) (A&E)
Deadliest Catch (Episode: “Battle Lines”) (Discovery Channel)
Queer Eye (Episode: “To Gay or Not Too Gay”) (Netflix)

Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming

RuPaul’s Drag Race (Episode: “10s Across the Board”) (VH1)

Dancing with the Stars (Episode: “Disney Night”) (ABC)
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Natalie Portman”) (NBC)
Tracey Ullman’s Show (Episode: “Episode 1”) (HBO)

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special

RuPaul’s Drag Race (Episode: “10s Across the Board”) (VH1)

Dancing with the Stars (Episode: “Night at the Movies”) (ABC)
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host : Tiffany Haddish”) (NBC)
The Voice (Episode: “Live Finale, Part 1”) (NBC)

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series

Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host : Kevin Hart”) (NBC)

America’s Got Talent (Episode: “The Finals”) (NBC)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: “Halloween Night”) (ABC)
So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: “Finale”) (Fox)
The Voice (Episode: “Live Finale (Part 1)”) (NBC)

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)

60th Grammy Awards (CBS)
The Oscars (ABC)
Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake (NBC)
71st Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)

Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host : Tina Fey”) (NBC)

Dancing with the Stars (Episode: “Halloween Night”) (ABC)
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Episode: “10s Across The Board”) (VH1)
The Voice (Episode: “Live Finale, Part 1”) (NBC)

Outstanding Motion Design (Juried Award)

Broad City – Mike Perry (animation direction), Isam Prado (supervising animation), Eric Perez (animation), Maya Edelman (animation), Barbara Benas (animation) (Episode: “Mushrooms”) (Comedy Central)
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste – Mike Houston (design and graphics direction), Daniel de Graaf (art direction), Naoko Saito (motion graphics and visual effects), Ryan Frost (motion graphics and visual effects), Chris King (motion graphics and visual effects) (Starz)

Outstanding Music Direction

Tony Bennett: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song (PBS)

Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live At The Apollo (CBS)
Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy Salute (CBS)
The Oscars (ABC)
Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake (NBC)

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host : Chance the Rapper”) (Song: “Come Back Barack”) (NBC)

Big Mouth (Episode: “Am I Gay?”) (Song: “Totally Gay”) (Netflix)
A Christmas Story Live! (Song: “In the Market for a Miracle”) (FOX)
The Good Fight (Episode: “Day 450”) (Song: “High Crimes and Misdemeanors”) (CBS)
If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (Song: “Just Getting Started”) (HBO)
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life (Song: “The Buddy Song”) (Netflix)

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Hunter Gross (Episode: “Lagos”) (CNN)

The Defiant Ones – Lasse Järvi and Doug Pray (HBO)
Jane – Joe Beshenkovsky, Will Znidaricand Brett Morgen (Nat Geo)
Wild Wild Country – Neil Meiklejohn (Episode: “Part 3”) (Netflix)
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling – Joe Beshenkovsky (HBO)

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program

Queer Eye (Netflix)

The Amazing Race (Episode: “It’s Just A Million Dollars, No Pressure”) (CBS)
American Ninja Warrior (Episode: “Daytona Beach Qualifiers”) (NBC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Episode: “10s Across The Board”) (VH1)
The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program

United Shades of America (Episode: “Sikhs in America”) (CNN)

Born This Way (A&E)
Deadliest Catch  (Episode: “Battle Lines”) (Discovery Channel)
Life Below Zero (Episode: “The 11th Hour”) (Nat Geo)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (Episode: “Untucked”, “10s Across The Board”) (VH1)

Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Ryan Barger (Segment: “Border Patrol”) (HBO)

Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018 – Brad Conlin and Tom Jarvis (CBS)
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
 – Jeff U’ren (Netflix)
Drunk History – John Cason (Episode: “Heroines”) (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated) – Jesse Coane, Charles Divak, Daphne Gomez-Mena, Andrew Mendelson, Tennille Uithof and Ryan Barger (TBS)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Anthony Miale (Segment: “Wax President Harding”) (HBO)

Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Reality-Competition Series

Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host : Bill Hader”) (NBC)

Bill Nye Saves The World (Episode: “Extinction: Why All Our Friends Are Dying”) (Netflix)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: “Night At The Movies”, “Halloween Night”, “Season Finale”) (ABC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: “Episode 418”) (HBO)
The Voice (Episode: “The Blind Auditions Season Premiere”) (NBC)

Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)

The Carol Burnett Show: 50th Anniversary Special (CBS)
75th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC)
60th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
The Oscars (ABC)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: “Seattle”) (CNN)

Blue Planet II (Episode: “Coral Reefs”) (BBC America)
The Defiant Ones (Episode: “Episode 1”) (HBO)
Jane (Nat Geo)
The Vietnam War (Episode: “Episode 6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)”) (PBS)
Wild Wild Country (Episode: “Part 1”) (Netflix)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: “Lagos”) (CNN)

The Defiant Ones (HBO)
Jane (Nat Geo)
The Vietnam War (Episode: “Episode 6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)”) (PBS)
Wild Wild Country (Episode: “Part 1”) (Netflix)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)

60th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: “Episode 421”) (HBO)
The Oscars (ABC)
The Voice (Episode: “Live Finale (Part 2)”) (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie or Special

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)

2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (HBO)
Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018 (CBS)
The Oscars (ABC)
Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series

Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Donald Glover”) (NBC)

The Big Bang Theory (Episode: “The Bow Tie Asymmetry”) (CBS)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: “Finale”) (ABC)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Episode: “Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn: Billy Joel and Tracy Morgan”) (ABC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: “Episode 421”) (HBO)
The Voice (Episode: “Live Finale, Part 2”) (NBC)