71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

The 71st Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held over two nights on September 14 and September 15, 2019.^[1] The nominations were announced on July 16, 2019. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming, including guest acting roles.

Winners and nominees[]

Governors Award[]

• None^[2]

Programs[]

Outstanding Structured Reality Program	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Queer Eye (Netflix) Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) Shark Tank (ABC) Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (Netflix) Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC)	United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN) Born This Way (A&E) Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Life Below Zero (Nat Geo) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (VH1) Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix)
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking	Outstanding Informational Series or Special
RBG (CNN) The Sentence (HBO) Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (A&E) Hale County This Morning, This Evening (PBS) Three Identical Strangers (CNN)	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Netflix) Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E) My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix) Surviving R. Kelly (Lifetime)
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Our Planet (Netflix) 30 for 30 (ESPN) American Masters (PBS) Chef's Table (Netflix) Hostile Planet (Nat Geo)	Leaving Neverland (HBO) FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix) The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (HBO) Jane Fonda in Five Acts (HBO) Love, Gilda (CNN) Minding the Gap (Hulu)
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)	Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (ABC) The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC) The 61st Grammy Awards (CBS) The Oscars (ABC) RENT (Fox) 72nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS)	Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool (CBS) Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (Netflix) Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (Netflix) Springsteen on Broadway (Netflix) Wanda Sykes: Not Normal (Netflix)
Outstanding Animated Program	Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
The Simpsons (Episode: "Mad About the Toy") (Fox) Adventure Time (Episode: "Come Along With Me") (Cartoon Network) Big Mouth (Episode: "The Planned Parenthood Show") (Netflix) Bob's Burgers (Episode: "Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now") (Fox) BoJack Horseman (Episode: "Free Churro") (Netflix)	Love, Death & Robots (Episode: "The Witness") (Netflix) Robot Chicken (Episode: "Why Is It Wet?") (Adult Swim) SpongeBob SquarePants (Episode: "Plankton Paranoia") (Nickelodeon) Steven Universe (Episode: "Reunited") (Cartoon Network) Teen Titans Go! (Episode: "Nostalgia Is Not A Substitute For An Actual Story") (Cartoon Network)
Outstanding Children's Program	Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special (HBO) A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix) Carmen Sandiego (Netflix) Song of Parkland (HBO) Star Wars Resistance (Disney Channel)	Creating Saturday Night Live (NBC) Fosse/Verdon (Inside Look) (FX) Pose: Identity, Family, Community (Inside Look) (FX) RuPaul's Drag Race's: Out Of The Closet (VH1) RuPaul's Drag Race's: Portrait Of A Queen (VH1)
Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series	Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
State of the Union (Sundance TV) An Emmy for Megan (AnEmmyforMegan.com) Hack Into Broad City (Comedy Central) It's Bruno! (Netflix) Special (Netflix)	Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple Music) Billy on the Street (Funny or Die) Gay Of Thrones (Funny or Die) Honest Trailers (YouTube) The Randy Rainbow Show (YouTube)

Acting[]

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "All Alone") (Amazon Prime Video) Matt Damon as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Matt Damon") (NBC) Robert De Niro as Robert Mueller on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Sandra Oh") (NBC) Peter MacNicol as Jeff Kane on Veep (Episode: "Oslo") (HBO) John Mulaney as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: John Mulaney") (NBC) Adam Sandler as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Adam Sandler") (NBC) Rufus Sewell as Declan Howell on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "Look, She Made a Hat") (Prime Video)	Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy") (Prime Video) Sandra Oh as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Sandra Oh") (NBC) Maya Rudolph as Judge Gen on The Good Place (Episode: "Chidi Sees the Time-Knife") (NBC) Kristin Scott Thomas as Belinda on Fleabag (Episode: "Episode 3") (Prime Video) Fiona Shaw as Counsellor on Fleabag (Episode: "Episode 2") (Prime Video) Emma Thompson as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Emma Thompson") (NBC)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Postpartum") (Hulu) Michael Angarano as Nick Pearson on This Is Us (Episode: "Songbird Road: Part One") (NBC) Ron Cephas Jones as William on This Is Us (Episode: "A Philadelphia Story") (NBC) Michael McKean as Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul (Episode: "Winner") (AMC) Kumail Nanjiani as Samir Wassan on The Twilight Zone (Episode: "The Comedian") (CBS All Access) Glynn Turman as Nate Lahey, Sr. on How to Get Away with Murder (Episode: "It Was the Worst Day of My Life") (ABC)	Cherry Jones as Holly on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Holly") (Hulu) Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black (Episode: "Well This Took a Dark Turn") (Netflix) Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon on American Horror Story: Apocalypse (Episode: "Return to Murder House") (FX) Phylicia Rashad as Carol Clarke on This Is Us (Episode: "Our Little Island Girl") (NBC) Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness on How to Get Away with Murder (Episode: "Where Are Your Parents?") (ABC) Carice van Houten as Melisandre on Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Long Night") (HBO)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance	Outstanding Narrator
Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker and Seamus on Family Guy (Episode: "Con Heiress") (Fox) Hank Azaria as Moe, Carl, Duffman and Kirk on The Simpsons (Episode: "From Russia Without Love") (Fox) Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin and Tricia Takanawa on Family Guy (Episode: "Throw It Away") (Fox) Eric Jacobson as Bert, Grover and Oscar on When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special (HBO) Kevin Michael Richardson as Rosie on F Is for Family (Episode: "The Stinger") (Netflix)	Sir David Attenborough on Our Planet (Netflix) Angela Bassett on The Flood (Nat Geo Wild) Charles Dance on Savage Kingdom (Nat Geo Wild) Anthony Mendez on Wonders of Mexico (PBS) Liev Schreiber on The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti (HBO) Juliet Stevenson on Queens of Mystery (Acorn TV)
Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series	Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Chris O'Dowd as Tom on State of the Union (Sundance TV) Ed Begley Jr. as Dr. Rosenblatt on Ctrl Alt Delete (Vimeo) Jimmy Fallon as Beto O'Rourke on Beto Breaks the Internet (NBC) Ryan O'Connell as Ryan Hayes on Special (Netflix) Patton Oswalt as Patton on An Emmy for Megan (anemmyformegan.com)	Rosamund Pike as Louise on State of the Union (Sundance TV) Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler on Hack Into Broad City (Comedy Central) Jessica Hecht as Mom on Special (Netflix) Abbi Jacobson as Abbi Abrams on Hack Into Broad City (Comedy Central) Punam Patel as Kim Laghari on Special (Netflix)

Animation[]

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Juried)

Age of Sail – Céline Desrumaux (production designer) (YouTube) Age of Sail – Bruno Mangyoku (character designer) (YouTube) Age of Sail – Jasmin Lai (color) (YouTube) Carmen Sandiego – Elaine Lee (background painter) (Episode: "The Chasing Paper Caper") (Netflix) Love, Death & Robots – Alberto Mielgo (production designer) (Episode: "The Witness") (Netflix) Love, Death & Robots – Jun-ho Kim (background designer) (Episode: "Good Hunting") (Netflix) Love, Death & Robots – David Pate (character animator) (Episode: "The Witness") (Netflix) Love, Death & Robots – Owen Sullivan (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Sucker of Souls") (Netflix)

Casting[]

Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series	Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Fleabag (Prime Video) Barry (HBO) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) Russian Doll (Netflix) Veep (HBO)	Game of Thrones (HBO) Killing Eve (BBC America) Ozark (Netflix) Pose (FX) Succession (HBO)
Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special	Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
When They See Us (Netflix) Chernobyl (HBO) Escape at Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (FX) Sharp Objects (HBO)	Queer Eye (Netflix) Born This Way (A&E) RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1) Shark Tank (ABC) The Voice (NBC)

Choreography[]

Outstanding Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming	Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming (Juried)
Tessandra Chavez for World of Dance (NBC) Luther Brown for So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Travis Wall for So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Melvin "Timtim" Rogador for World of Dance (NBC) Suresh Mukund for World of Dance (NBC) Karen Forcano and Ricardo Vega for World of Dance (NBC)	Kathryn Burns for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Routines: "Don't Be a Lawyer" / "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal") (The CW)

Cinematography[]

Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
The Ranch – Donald A. Morgan (Episode: "Reckless") (Netflix) Rel – George Mooradian (Episode: "Halloween") (Fox) Will & Grace – Gary Baum (Episode: "Family, Trip") (NBC)	Russian Doll – Chris Teague (Episode: "Ariadne") (Netflix) Ballers – Anthony Hardwick (Episode: "Rough Ride") (HBO) Fleabag – Tony Miller (Episode: "Episode 1") (Prime Video) Homecoming – Tod Campbell (Episode: "Optics") (Prime Video) Insecure – Ava Berkofsky (Episode: "High-Like") (HBO) What We Do in the Shadows – D.J. Stipsen (Episode: "Manhattan Night Club") (FX)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Chernobyl – Jakob Ihre (Episode: "Please Remain Calm") (HBO) Deadwood: The Movie – Dave Klein (HBO) True Detective – Germain McMicking (Episode: "The Great War and Modern Memory") (HBO) When They See Us – Bradford Young (Episode: "Part One") (Netflix)	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – M. David Mullen (Episode: "Simone") (Prime Video) Game of Thrones – Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "The Iron Throne") (HBO) The Handmaid's Tale – Zoë White (Episode: "Holly") (Hulu) The Handmaid's Tale – Colin Watkinson (Episode: "The Word") (Hulu) Hanna – Dana Gonzales (Episode: "Forest") (Prime Video) The Man in the High Castle – Gonzalo Amat (Episode: "Jahr Null") (Prime Video) Ray Donovan – Robert McLachlan (Episode: "Staten Island: Part 1") (Showtime)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program	Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
Life Below Zero (Nat Geo) Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Queer Eye (Episode: "God Bless Gay") (Netflix) RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "Trump: The Rusical") (VH1) Survivor (CBS)	Free Solo – Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin and Mikey Schaefer (Nat Geo) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Morgan Fallon, Todd Liebler and Zach Zamboni (Episode: "Bhutan") (CNN) Our Planet – Doug Anderson and Gavin Thurston (Episode: "Coastal Seas") (Netflix) Our Planet – Alastair MacEwen and Matt Aeberhard (Episode: "Jungles") (Netflix) Our Planet – Jamie McPherson and Roger Horrocks (Episode: "One Planet") (Netflix)

Commercial[]

Outstanding Commercial
"Dream Crazy" (Nike) "A Great Day in Hollywood" (Netflix) "Behind the Mac – Make Something Wonderful" (MacBook) "Point of View" (Sandy Hook Promise) "Shot on iPhone XS – Don't Mess with Mother" (iPhone)

Costumes[]

Outstanding Period Costumes	Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "We're Going to the Catskills!") (Prime Video) Chernobyl (Episode: "Please Remain Calm") (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "Life is a Cabaret") (FX) GLOW (Episode: "Every Potato Has a Receipt") (Netflix) Pose (Episode: "Pilot") (FX)	Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Bells") (HBO) A Series of Unfortunate Events (Episode: "Penultimate Peril: Part 2") (Netflix) American Horror Story: Apocalypse (Episode: "Forbidden Fruit") (FX) Good Omens (Episode: "Hard Times") (Prime Video) The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Word") (Hulu)
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes	Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming
Russian Doll (Episode: "Superiority Complex") (Netflix) Black-ish (Episode: "Purple Rain") (ABC) Escape at Dannemora (Episode: "Episode 6") (Showtime) Grace and Frankie (Episode: "The Wedding") (Netflix) Schitt's Creek (Episode: "The Dress") (Pop TV) Sharp Objects (Episode: "Closer") (HBO)	RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "Trump: The Rusical") (VH1) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "The Premiere") (ABC) Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (Netflix) The Masked Singer (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Sandra Oh") (NBC)

Directing[]

Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin for Free Solo (Nat Geo) Chris Smith for FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix) Dan Reed for Leaving Neverland (HBO) Julie Cohen and Betsy West for RBG (CNN) Tim Wardle for Three Identical Strangers (CNN)	Springsteen on Broadway, directed by Thom Zimny (Netflix) Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool, directed by Ben Winston (CBS) Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, directed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Ed Burke (Netflix) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons, directed by James Burrows and Andy Fisher (ABC) The Oscars, directed by Glenn Weiss (ABC)
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
Hisham Abed for Queer Eye (Episode: "Black Girl Magic") (Netflix) Bertram van Munster for The Amazing Race (Episode: "Who Wants A Rolex?") (CBS) Patrick McManus for American Ninja Warrior (Episode: "Minneapolis City Qualifiers") (NBC) Nick Murray for RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?") (VH1) Ken Fuchs for Shark Tank (Episode: "Episode 1002") (ABC)

Hairstyling[]

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "We're Going to the Catskills!") (Prime Video) American Horror Story: Apocalypse (Episode: "Forbidden Fruit") (FX) Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Long Night") (HBO) GLOW (Episode: "The Good Twin") (Netflix) Pose (Episode: "Pilot") (FX)	RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "Trump: The Rusical") (VH1) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Halloween Night") (ABC) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Adam Sandler") (NBC) The Voice (Episode: "Live Top 13 Performances") (NBC) World of Dance (Episode: "Episode 306") (NBC)
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie
Fosse/Verdon (FX) Chernobyl (HBO) Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) Sharp Objects (Episode: "Closer") (HBO) True Detective (HBO)

Hosting[]

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program
RuPaul for RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1) James Corden for The World's Best (CBS) Ellen DeGeneres for Ellen's Game of Games (NBC) Marie Kondo for Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (Netflix) Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman for Making It (NBC)

Interactive Media[]

Outstanding Original Interactive Program	Outstanding Interactive Program
NASA InSight's Mars Landing (NASA TV) First Man VR (Windows Mixed Reality) HQ Trivia x Warner Bros.: A Live and Interactive Animation First (HQ Trivia) Traveling While Black (Oculus) You vs. Wild (Netflix)	NASA And SpaceX: The Interactive Demo-1 Launch (YouTube) Conan (TBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program	Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within an Unscripted Program
Bandersnatch (Black Mirror) (Netflix) Game of Thrones – Fight for the Living: Beyond the Wall Virtual Reality Experience (HBO) The Good Place – Interactive Fan Experience (NBC)	Free Solo 360 (Nat Geo) CONAN Without Borders Japan & Australia (TBS) The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019 (CBS) The Oscars – Digital Experience (ABC)
Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming (Juried)
Artificial – Bernie Su, Evan Mandery, Michael Y. Chow, Bonnie Buckner, Ken Kalopsis (executive producers) (Twitch) Wolves in the Walls: It’s All Over – Pete Billington, (director and creator), Jessica Yaffa Shamash, (creative producer and creator), Edward Saatchi, (executive producer) (Oculus Store)

Lighting Design / Direction[]

Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series	Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: John Mulaney") (NBC) America's Got Talent (Episode: "Semi Final #1 Performance Show") (NBC) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Semi-Finals") (ABC) So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) The Voice (Episode: "Live Finale, Part 1") (NBC)	RENT (Fox) The 61st Grammy Awards (CBS) Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) The Oscars (ABC) 72nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

Main Title Design[]

Outstanding Main Title Design
Game of Thrones (HBO) Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (Netflix) Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access) True Detective (HBO) Warrior (Cinemax)

Make-up[]

Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)	Outstanding Make-up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Long Night") (HBO) American Horror Story: Apocalypse (Episode: "Forbidden Fruit") (FX) GLOW (Episode: "The Good Twin") (Netflix) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "We're Going to the Catskills!") (Prime Video) Pose (Episode: "Pilot") (FX)	Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Adam Sandler") (NBC) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Halloween Night") (ABC) RENT (Fox) RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "Trump: The Rusical") (VH1) So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) The Voice (Episode: "Live Top 13 Performances") (NBC)
Outstanding Make-up for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)	Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special
Fosse/Verdon (FX) Chernobyl (HBO) Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) Sharp Objects (HBO) True Detective (HBO)	Star Trek: Discovery (Episode: "If Memory Serves") (CBS All Access) American Horror Story: Apocalypse (Episode: "Apocalypse Then") (FX) Chernobyl (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (FX) Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Long Night") (HBO)

Motion Design[]

Outstanding Motion Design (Juried)
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj – Michelle Higa Fox, (creative direction), Jorge L. Peschiera, (creative direction), Yussef Cole, (head of animation), Brandon Sugiyama, (lead animator), Paris London Glickman, (lead animator) (Netflix)

Music[]

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)	Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Ramin Djawadi for Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Long Night") (HBO) David Wingo for Barry (Episode: "What?") (HBO) Adam Taylor for The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Word") (Hulu) Jeff Beal for House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 73") (Netflix) Siddhartha Khosla for This Is Us (Episode: "Songbird Road: Part One") (NBC)	Hildur Guðnadóttir for Chernobyl (Episode: "Please Remain Calm") (HBO) Edward Shearmur for Escape at Dannemora (Episode: "Episode 5") (Showtime) David Arnold for Good Omens (Episode: "In the Beginning") (Prime Video) Keefus Ciancia and T Bone Burnett for True Detective (Episode: "The Final Country") (HBO) Kris Bowers for When They See Us (Episode: "Part Two") (Netflix)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)	Outstanding Music Direction
Brandon Roberts and Marco Beltrami for Free Solo (Nat Geo) Hannah Peel for Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (HBO) Benjamin Wallfisch for Hostile Planet (Episode: "Oceans") (Nat Geo) Miriam Cutler for Love, Gilda (CNN) Steven Price for Our Planet (Episode: "One Planet") (Netflix) Miriam Cutler for RBG (CNN)	Alex Lacamoire for Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "Life Is a Cabaret") (FX) Rickey Minor for Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul (CBS) Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Derek Dixie for Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (Netflix) Rickey Minor for The Oscars (ABC) Greg Phillinganes for Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones (Episode: "Part 1") (BET) Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis and Eli Brueggemann for Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Adam Sandler") (NBC)
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Nicholas Britell for Succession (HBO) Thomas Newman for Castle Rock (Hulu) Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen and Adam Schlesinger for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) David Arnold for Good Omens (Prime Video) Steven Price for Our Planet (Netflix)	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Episode: "I Have to Get Out") (Song: "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal") (The CW) 72nd Tony Awards (Song: "This One's For You") (CBS) Documentary Now! (Episode: "Original Cast Album: Co-op") (Song: "Holiday Party (I Did A Little Cocaine Tonight") (IFC) Flight of the Conchords: Live In London (Song: "Father & Son") (HBO) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: James McAvoy") (Song: "The Upper East Side") (NBC) Song of Parkland (Song: "Beautiful Things Can Grow") (HBO)
Outstanding Music Supervision
Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "We're Going to the Catskills!") (Prime Video) Thomas Golubić for Better Call Saul (Episode: "Something Stupid") (AMC) Steven Gizicki for Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "Life is a Cabaret") (FX) Jasper Leak for Quincy (Netflix) Brienne Rose for Russian Doll (Episode: "Nothing in This World Is Easy") (Netflix)

Picture Editing[]

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series	Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
Game of Thrones – Tim Porter (Episode: "The Long Night") (HBO) Game of Thrones – Katie Weiland (Episode: "The Iron Throne") (HBO) Game of Thrones – Crispin Green (Episode: "Winterfell") (HBO) The Handmaid's Tale – Wendy Hallam Martin (Episode: "The Word") (Hulu) Killing Eve – Dan Crinnion (Episode: "Desperate Times") (BBC America) Ozark – Cindy Mollo and Heather Goodwin Floyd (Episode: "One Way Out") (Netflix)	Fleabag – Gary Dollner (Episode: "Episode 1") (Prime Video) Barry – Kyle Reiter (Episode: "berkman > block") (HBO) Barry – Jeff Buchanan (Episode: "ronny/lily") (HBO) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Kate Sanford (Episode: "Simone") (Prime Video) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Tim Streeto (Episode: "We're Going to the Catskills!") (Prime Video) Russian Doll – Laura Weinberg (Episode: "Ariadne") (Netflix)
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie	Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
Chernobyl – Simon Smith (Episode: "Please Remain Calm") (HBO) Chernobyl – Jinx Godfrey (Episode: "Open Wide, O Earth") (HBO) Deadwood: The Movie – Martin Nicholson and Erick Fefferman (HBO) Fosse/Verdon – Tim Streeto (Episode: "Life Is a Cabaret") (FX) Sharp Objects – Véronique Barbe, Justin Lachance, Maxime Lahaie, Émile Vallée and Jai M. Vee (Episode: "Fix") (HBO) True Detective – Leo Trombetta (Episode: "If You Have Ghosts") (HBO)	One Day at a Time – Pat Barnett (Episode: "The Funeral") (Netflix) The Big Bang Theory – Peter Chakos (Episode: "The Stockholm Syndrome") (CBS) The Conners – Brian Schnuckel (Episode: "Keep On Truckin'") (ABC) Mom – Joe Bella (Episode: "Big Floor Pillows and a Ball of Fire") (CBS) Will & Grace – Peter Beyt (Episode: "Family, Trip") (NBC)
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming	Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Ryan Barger (Segment: "The Wax & The Furious") (HBO) Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool – Tom Jarvis (CBS) Drunk History – John Cason (Episode: "Are You Afraid of the Drunk?") (Comedy Central) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Anthony Miale (Segment: "The Journey Of ChiiJohn") (HBO) Who Is America? – Drew Kordik, Eric Notarnicola, Roger Nygard, Matt Davis and Jeremy Cohen (Episode: "Episode 102") (Showtime)	Free Solo – Bob Eisenhardt (Nat Geo) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Tom Patterson (Episode: "Lower East Side") (CNN) Leaving Neverland – Jules Cornell (HBO) RBG – Carla Gutierrez (CNN) Three Identical Strangers – Michael Harte (CNN)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program	Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program
Queer Eye – Editing Team[note 1] (Netflix) The Amazing Race – Editing Team[note 2] (Episode: "Who Wants a Rolex?") (CBS) RuPaul's Drag Race – Editing Team[note 3] (VH1) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars – Editing Team[note 4] (Episode: "Jersey Justice") (VH1) Survivor – Editing Team[note 5] (Episode: "Appearances Are Deceiving") (CBS)	United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell – Alessandro Soares (Episode: "Hmong Americans and the Secret War") (CNN) Born This Way – Editing Team[note 6] (A&E) Deadliest Catch – Rob Butler, Isaiah Camp, Nathen Araiza, Ben Bulatao and Greg Cornejo (Episode: "Battle of Kings") (Discovery Channel) Life Below Zero – Tony Diaz, Matt Mercer, Jennifer Nelson, Eric Michael Schrader and Michael Swingler (Episode: "Cost of Winter") (Nat Geo) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked – Kendra Pasker, Shayna Casey and Stavros Stavropoulos (VH1)

Production Design[]

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)	Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Holly") (Hulu) Escape at Dannemora (Showtime) Killing Eve (Episode: "The Hungry Caterpillar") (BBC America) Ozark (Episode: "Outer Darkness, The Gold Coast") (Netflix) The Umbrella Academy (Episode: "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals") (Netflix)	Chernobyl (HBO) A Series of Unfortunate Events (Episode: "Penultimate Peril: Part 1") (Netflix) Fosse/Verdon (FX) Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Bells") (HBO) The Man in the High Castle (Episode: "Now More Than Ever, We Care About You") (Prime Video) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episodes: "Simone", "We're Going to the Catskills!") (Prime Video)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less)	Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series
Russian Doll (Episode: "Nothing in the World Is Easy") (Netflix) Barry (Episode: "ronny/lily") (HBO) Veep (Episode: "Veep") (HBO) Will & Grace (Episode: "Jack's Big Gay Wedding") (NBC)	Saturday Night Live (Episodes: "Host: John Mulaney", "Host: Emma Stone") (NBC) At Home with Amy Sedaris (Episode: "Teenagers") (truTV) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: "Authoritarianism") (HBO) Queer Eye (Episode: "Jones Bar-B-Q") (Netflix) The Voice (Episode: "Live Cross Battles Part 1") (NBC)
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special
RENT (Fox) The 61st Grammy Awards (CBS) Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (Netflix) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) The Oscars (ABC)

Sound[]

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Long Night") (HBO) Better Call Saul (Episode: "Talk") (AMC) Gotham (Episode: "Legend of the Dark Knight: I Am Bane") (Fox) Star Trek: Discovery (Episode: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2") (CBS) Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (Episode: "Pilot") (Prime Video)	Barry (Episode: "ronny/lily") (HBO) Ballers (Episode: "This Is Not Our World") (HBO) Love, Death & Robots (Episode: "The Secret War") (Netflix) Russian Doll (Episode: "The Way Out") (Netflix) What We Do in the Shadows (Episode: "Werewolf Feud") (FX)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special	Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
Chernobyl (Episode: "1:23:45") (HBO) Catch-22 (Episode: "Episode 1") (Hulu) Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) True Detective (Episode: "The Great War and Modern Memory") (HBO) When They See Us (Episode: "Part Four") (Netflix)	Free Solo (Nat Geo) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Far West Texas") (CNN) FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix) Leaving Neverland (HBO) Our Planet (Episode: "Frozen Worlds") (Netflix)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie
Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Long Night") (HBO) Better Call Saul (Episode: "Talk") (AMC) The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Holly") (Hulu) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy") (Prime Video) Ozark (Episode: "The Badger") (Netflix)	Chernobyl (Episode: "1:23:45") (HBO) Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "All I Care About is Love") (FX) True Detective (Episode: "The Great War and Modern Memory") (HBO) When They See Us (Episode: "Part Four") (Netflix)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Barry (Episode: "ronny/lily") (HBO) The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 1: An Actor Avoids") (Netflix) Modern Family (Episode: "A Year of Birthdays") (ABC) Russian Doll (Episode: "The Way Out") (Netflix) Veep (Episode: "Veep") (HBO)	Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul (CBS) Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool (CBS) The 61st Grammy Awards (CBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: "Authoritarianism") (HBO) The Oscars (ABC)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
Free Solo (Nat Geo) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Kenya") (CNN) FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix) Leaving Neverland (HBO) Our Planet (Episode: "Frozen Worlds") (Netflix)

Special Visual Effects[]

Outstanding Special Visual Effects	Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Bells") (HBO) The Man in the High Castle (Episode: "Jahr Null") (Prime Video) The Orville (Episode: "Identity Part II") (Fox) Star Trek: Discovery (Episode: "Such Sweet Sorrow") (CBS) The Umbrella Academy (Episode: "The White Violin") (Netflix)	Chernobyl (Episode: "1.23.45") (HBO) Catch-22 (Episode: "Episode 4") (Hulu) Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) Escape at Dannemora (Episode: "Episode 4") (Showtime) Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (Episode: "Pilot") (Prime Video)

Stunt Coordination[]

Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program	Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie
GLOW (Netflix) Barry (HBO) Cobra Kai (YouTube Premium) Russian Doll (Netflix) The Tick (Prime Video)	Game of Thrones (HBO) The Blacklist (NBC) Blindspot (NBC) S.W.A.T. (CBS) SEAL Team (CBS)

Technical Direction[]

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series	Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: "Psychics") (HBO) The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Stockholm Syndrome") (CBS) Conan (Episode: "Episode 1232") (TBS) The Late Late Show with James Corden (Episode: "Post AFC Championship Show with Chris Pratt and Russell Wilson") (CBS) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Adam Sandler") (NBC) The Voice (Episode: "Live Finale, Part 2") (NBC)	The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019 (CBS) 72nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS) Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) The Oscars (ABC) RENT (Fox)

Writing[]

Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Kenya") (CNN) The Case Against Adnan Syed (Episode: "Forbidden Love") (HBO) Fyre Fraud (Hulu) Hostile Planet (Episode: "Grasslands") (Nat Geo) Our Planet (Episode: "Jungles") (Netflix) Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (Episode: "Episode 1") (Showtime)

Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, written by Hannah Gadsby (Netflix) Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh, written by Adam Sandler (Netflix) Amy Schumer: Growing, written by Amy Schumer (Netflix) Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool, written by Matt Roberts, James Corden, Rob Crabbe, Lawrence Dai, Dicky Eagan, Nate Fernald, Lauren Greenberg, John Kennedy, James Longman, Jared Moskowitz, Sean O'Connor, Tim Siedell, Benjamin Stout, Louis Waymouth, and Ben Winston (CBS) Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, written by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (Netflix) Wanda Sykes: Not Normal, written by Wanda Sykes (Netflix)

Changes[]

The Television Academy announced a few minor changes in the rules of some categories and the addition of a new category.^[3]

• The addition of a new category, Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Underscore) recognizing the unique creative process and evaluation criteria for documentary scoring, versus scoring for scripted series or specials.
• The category Outstanding Choreography has been restructured and divided in two, Outstanding Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming (for Variety Series, Variety Special, Structured Reality, Unstructured Reality and Competition Program) and Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming (for Comedy Series, Drama Series, Limited Series and Television Movie), both being juried awards.

Wins by network[]

Network	Program	Individual	Total
HBO	3	22	25
Netflix	4	19	23
Nat Geo	1	7	8
Prime Video	0	8	8
CNN	3	2	5
NBC	1	4	5
CBS	1	3	4
Fox	1	3	4
YouTube	1	3	4
FX	0	3	3
Hulu	0	3	3
SundanceTV	1	2	3
VH1	0	3	3
The CW	0	2	2
ABC	1	0	1
Apple Music	1	0	1
NASA TV	1	0	1
Oculus Store	1	0	1
Twitch	1	0	1

Programs with multiple awards[]

Program	Awards
Game of Thrones	10
Chernobyl	7
Free Solo	7
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	6
Love, Death & Robots	5
Queer Eye	4
Age of Sail	3
Fosse/Verdon	3
RuPaul's Drag Race	3
Russian Doll	3
Saturday Night Live	3
State of the Union	3
The Handmaid's Tale	3
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	2
Barry	2
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	2
Fleabag	2
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	2
Our Planet	2
RENT	2
United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell	2

Most nominations[]

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References[]

Notes[]

External links[]

• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website