As you might have gathered from the categories, Creative Arts Emmy Awards focus primarily on technical disciplines.
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“The industry is growing and we now have more than enough wonderful creativity to enjoy a second creative arts show where we can celebrate the excellence and achievement of this year’s work”.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler shared the best guest actress in a comedy series win for their co-hosting stint on Saturday Night Live, a first in the history of Emmys.
– Casting for a comedy series: “Veep”, HBO.
The Emmy is a first for Poehler after she received 17 nominations over the years for acting and writing.
Reg E. Cathey, last year’s Best Drama Guest Actor victor for “House of Cards” and nominated again.
For the first time, the awards are being handed out over two nights. The show was nominated for four other categories, including Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Max von Sydow as the Three-Eyed Raven), Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (“Home”), Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series (“The Door”) and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series (also for “The Door”).
Rhea Seehorn, co-star of Best Drama Series nominee “Better Call Saul”.
Composer Alan Menken has the opportunity Saturday to become the 13th person to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in competition as a nominee with Glenn Slater for outstanding original music and lyrics for the canceled ABC medieval musical comedy “Galavant”. With so many awards to give out for “Television’s Biggest Night” and only a few hours of TV time dedicated to it nest Sunday, a separate Creative Arts Emmys, held the week before, and televised in condensed fashion the night before the “Primetime Emmys” was the solution to make sure that everyone gets their turn at the podium.
The awards, which are being held over two nights for the first time ever, saw USA network HBO win 11 gongs, including the nine wins for GoT.
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