71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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The 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2018, until May 31, 2019, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented across two ceremonies on September 14 and 15, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. FXX broadcast an abbreviated telecast of the ceremonies on September 21, leading into the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2018–2019 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
Governors Award
- None
Programs
Performing
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Luke Kirby – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "All Alone" as Lenny Bruce (Prime Video)‡ Matt Damon – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Matt Damon" as host (NBC) Robert De Niro – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Sandra Oh" as Robert Mueller (NBC) Peter MacNicol – Veep: "Oslo" as Jeff Kane (HBO) John Mulaney – Saturday Night Live: "Host: John Mulaney" as host (NBC) Adam Sandler – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Adam Sandler" as host (NBC) Rufus Sewell – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "Look, She Made a Hat" as Declan Howell (Prime Video) | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Jane Lynch – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy" as Sophie Lennon (Prime Video)‡ Sandra Oh – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Sandra Oh" as host (NBC) Maya Rudolph – The Good Place: "Chidi Sees the Time-Knife" as Judge Gen (NBC) Kristin Scott Thomas – Fleabag: "Episode 3" as Belinda (Prime Video) Fiona Shaw – Fleabag: "Episode 2" as Counsellor (Prime Video) Emma Thompson – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Emma Thompson" as host (NBC) |
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Bradley Whitford – The Handmaid's Tale: "Postpartum" as Commander Joseph Lawrence (Hulu)‡ Michael Angarano – This Is Us: "Songbird Road: Part One" as Nick Pearson (NBC) Ron Cephas Jones – This Is Us: "A Philadelphia Story" as William (NBC) Michael McKean – Better Call Saul: "Winner" as Chuck McGill (AMC) Kumail Nanjiani – The Twilight Zone: "The Comedian" as Samir Wassan (CBS All Access) Glynn Turman – How to Get Away with Murder: "It Was the Worst Day of My Life" as Nate Lahey, Sr. (ABC) | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Cherry Jones – The Handmaid's Tale: "Holly" as Holly (Hulu)‡ Laverne Cox – Orange Is the New Black: "Well This Took a Dark Turn" as Sophia Burset (Netflix) Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Apocalypse: "Return to Murder House" as Constance Langdon (FX) Phylicia Rashad – This Is Us: "Our Little Island Girl" as Carol Clarke (NBC) Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder: "Where Are Your Parents?" as Ophelia Harkness (ABC) Carice van Houten – Game of Thrones: "The Long Night" as Melisandre (HBO) |
| Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Chris O'Dowd – State of the Union as Tom (Sundance TV)‡ Ed Begley Jr. – Ctrl Alt Delete as Dr. Rosenblatt (Vimeo) Jimmy Fallon – Beto Breaks the Internet as Beto O'Rourke (NBC) Ryan O'Connell – Special as Ryan Hayes (Netflix) Patton Oswalt – An Emmy for Megan as Patton (anemmyformegan.com) | Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Rosamund Pike – State of the Union as Louise (Sundance TV)‡ Ilana Glazer – Hack Into Broad City as Ilana Wexler (Comedy Central) Jessica Hecht – Special as Mom (Netflix) Abbi Jacobson – Hack Into Broad City as Abbi Abrams (Comedy Central) Punam Patel – Special as Kim Laghari (Netflix) |
| Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Seth MacFarlane – Family Guy: "Con Heiress" as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker, and Seamus (Fox)‡ Hank Azaria – The Simpsons: "From Russia Without Love" as Moe, Carl, Duffman, and Kirk (Fox) Alex Borstein – Family Guy: "Throw It Away" as Lois Griffin and Tricia Takanawa (Fox) Eric Jacobson – When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special as Bert, Grover, and Oscar (HBO) Kevin Michael Richardson – F Is for Family: "The Stinger" as Rosie (Netflix) | Outstanding Narrator Sir David Attenborough – Our Planet (Netflix)‡ Angela Bassett – The Flood (Nat Geo Wild) Charles Dance – Savage Kingdom (Nat Geo Wild) Anthony Mendez – Wonders of Mexico (PBS) Liev Schreiber – The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti (HBO) Juliet Stevenson – Queens of Mystery (Acorn TV) |
| Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)‡ James Corden – The World's Best (CBS) Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen's Game of Games (NBC) Marie Kondo – Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (Netflix) Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman – Making It (NBC) |
Animation
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Juried) Age of Sail – Céline Desrumaux (YouTube)‡ Age of Sail – Bruno Mangyoku (YouTube)‡ Age of Sail – Jasmin Lai (YouTube)‡ Carmen Sandiego: "The Chasing Paper Caper" – Elaine Lee (Netflix)‡ Love, Death & Robots: "Good Hunting" – Jun-ho Kim (Netflix)‡ Love, Death & Robots: "Sucker of Souls" – Owen Sullivan (Netflix)‡ Love, Death & Robots: "The Witness" – Alberto Mielgo (Netflix)‡ Love, Death & Robots: "The Witness" – David Pate (Netflix)‡ |
Art Direction
Casting
| Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Fleabag - Olivia Scott-Webb (Prime Video)‡ Barry - Sharon Bialy and Sherry Thomas (HBO) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Cindy Tolan (Prime Video) Russian Doll - Christine Kromer (Netflix) Veep - Dorian Frankel and Sibby Kirchgessner (HBO) | Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series Game of Thrones - Nina Gold, Robert Sterne and Carla Stronge (HBO)‡ Killing Eve - Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole (BBC America) Ozark - Alexa L. Fogel, Tara Feldstein Bennett and Chase Paris (Netflix) Pose - Alexa L. Fogel (FX) Succession - Francine Maisler, Douglas Aibel and Henry Russell Bergstein (HBO) |
| Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special When They See Us - Aisha Coley, Billy Hopkins and Ashley Ingram (Netflix)‡ Chernobyl - Nina Gold and Robert Sterne (HBO) Escape at Dannemora - Rachel Tenner (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon - Bernard Telsey and Tiffany Little Canfield (FX) Sharp Objects - David Rubin (HBO) | Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program Queer Eye - Gretchen Palek, Danielle Gervais, Quinn Fegan, Ally Capriotti Grant and Pamela Vallarelli (Netflix)‡ Born This Way - Sasha Alpert, Megan Sleeper and Caitlyn Audet (A&E) RuPaul's Drag Race - Goloka Bolte and Ethan Petersen (VH1) Shark Tank - Mindy Zemrak and Jen Rosen (ABC) The Voice - Michelle McNulty, Holly Dale and Courtney Burns (NBC) |
Choreography
| Outstanding Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming (Juried) World of Dance – Tessandra Chavez (NBC)‡ So You Think You Can Dance – Luther Brown (Fox) So You Think You Can Dance – Travis Wall (Fox) World of Dance – Karen Forcano and Ricardo Vega (NBC) World of Dance – Suresh Mukund (NBC) World of Dance – Melvin "Timtim" Rogador (NBC) | Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming (Juried) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: "Don't Be a Lawyer" / "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" – Kathryn Burns (The CW)‡ |
Cinematography
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series The Ranch: "Reckless" – Donald A. Morgan (Netflix)‡ Rel: "Halloween" – George Mooradian (Fox) Will & Grace: "Family, Trip" – Gary Baum (NBC) | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) Russian Doll: "Ariadne" – Chris Teague (Netflix)‡ Ballers: "Rough Ride" – Anthony Hardwick (HBO) Fleabag: "Episode 1" – Tony Miller (Prime Video) Homecoming: "Optics" – Tod Campbell (Prime Video) Insecure: "High-Like" – Ava Berkofsky (HBO) What We Do in the Shadows: "Manhattan Night Club" – D.J. Stipsen (FX) |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Chernobyl: "Please Remain Calm" – Jakob Ihre (HBO)‡ Deadwood: The Movie – Dave Klein (HBO) True Detective: "The Great War and Modern Memory" – Germain McMicking (HBO) When They See Us: "Part One" – Bradford Young (Netflix) | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "Simone" – M. David Mullen (Prime Video)‡ Game of Thrones: "The Iron Throne" – Jonathan Freeman (HBO) The Handmaid's Tale: "Holly" – Zoë White (Hulu) The Handmaid's Tale: "The Word" – Colin Watkinson (Hulu) Hanna: "Forest" – Dana Gonzales (Prime Video) The Man in the High Castle: "Jahr Null" – Gonzalo Amat (Prime Video) Ray Donovan: "Staten Island: Part 1" – Robert McLachlan (Showtime) |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program Life Below Zero (Nat Geo)‡ Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Queer Eye: "God Bless Gay" (Netflix) RuPaul's Drag Race: "Trump: The Rusical" (VH1) Survivor (CBS) | Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming Free Solo – Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin, and Mikey Schaefer (Nat Geo)‡ Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: "Bhutan" – Morgan Fallon, Todd Liebler, and Zach Zamboni (CNN) Our Planet: "Coastal Seas" – Doug Anderson and Gavin Thurston (Netflix) Our Planet: "Jungles" – Alastair MacEwen and Matt Aeberhard (Netflix) Our Planet: "One Planet" – Jamie McPherson and Roger Horrocks (Netflix) |
Commercial
| Outstanding Commercial "Dream Crazy" (Nike)‡ "Behind the Mac – Make Something Wonderful" (MacBook) "A Great Day in Hollywood" (Netflix) "Point of View" (Sandy Hook Promise) "Shot on iPhone XS – Don't Mess with Mother" (iPhone) |
Costumes
| Outstanding Period Costumes (Area) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "We're Going to the Catskills!" (Prime Video)‡ Chernobyl: "Please Remain Calm" (HBO) Fosse/Verdon: "Life Is a Cabaret" (FX) GLOW: "Every Potato Has a Receipt" (Netflix) Pose: "Pilot" (FX) | Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes (Area) Game of Thrones: "The Bells" (HBO)‡ American Horror Story: Apocalypse: "Forbidden Fruit" (FX) Good Omens: "Hard Times" (Prime Video) The Handmaid's Tale: "The Word" (Hulu) A Series of Unfortunate Events: "Penultimate Peril: Part 2" (Netflix) |
| Outstanding Contemporary Costumes (Area) Russian Doll: "Superiority Complex" (Netflix)‡ Black-ish: "Purple Rain" (ABC) Escape at Dannemora: "Episode 6" (Showtime) Grace and Frankie: "The Wedding" (Netflix) Schitt's Creek: "The Dress" (Pop TV) Sharp Objects (Episode: "Closer") (HBO) | Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming (Area) RuPaul's Drag Race: "Trump: The Rusical" (VH1)‡ Dancing with the Stars: "The Premiere" (ABC) Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (Netflix) The Masked Singer: "Finale" (Fox) Saturday Night Live: "Host: Sandra Oh" (NBC) |
Directing
Hairstyling
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "We're Going to the Catskills!" (Prime Video)‡ American Horror Story: Apocalypse: "Forbidden Fruit" (FX) Game of Thrones: "The Long Night" (HBO) GLOW: "The Good Twin" (Netflix) Pose: "Pilot" (FX) | Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special RuPaul's Drag Race: "Trump: The Rusical" (VH1)‡ Dancing with the Stars: "Halloween Night" (ABC) Saturday Night Live: "Host: Adam Sandler" (NBC) The Voice: "Live Top 13 Performances" (NBC) World of Dance: "Episode 306" (NBC) |
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Fosse/Verdon (FX)‡ Chernobyl (HBO) Deadwood: The Movie (HBO) Sharp Objects: "Closer" (HBO) True Detective (HBO) |
Lighting Design / Direction
| Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Saturday Night Live: "Host: John Mulaney" (NBC)‡ America's Got Talent: "Semi Final #1 Performance Show" (NBC) Dancing with the Stars: "Semi-Finals" (ABC) So You Think You Can Dance: "Finale" (Fox) The Voice: "Live Finale, Part 1" (NBC) | Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special RENT (Fox)‡ The 61st Grammy Awards (CBS) Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) The Oscars (ABC) 72nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS) |
Main Title and Motion 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) | Outstanding Motion Design (Juried) Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj – Michelle Higa Fox, Jorge L. Peschiera, Yussef Cole, Brandon Sugiyama, and Paris London Glickman (Netflix)‡ |
Make-up
Music
Picture Editing
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Game of Thrones: "The Long Night" – Tim Porter (HBO)‡ Game of Thrones: "The Iron Throne" – Katie Weiland (HBO) Game of Thrones: "Winterfell" – Crispin Green (HBO) The Handmaid's Tale: "The Word" – Wendy Hallam Martin (Hulu) Killing Eve: "Desperate Times" – Dan Crinnion (BBC America) Ozark: "One Way Out" – Cindy Mollo and Heather Goodwin Floyd (Netflix) | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Fleabag: "Episode 1" – Gary Dollner (Prime Video)‡ Barry: "berkman > block" – Kyle Reiter (HBO) Barry: "ronny/lily" – Jeff Buchanan (HBO) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "Simone" – Kate Sanford (Prime Video) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "We're Going to the Catskills!" – Tim Streeto (Prime Video) Russian Doll: "Ariadne" – Laura Weinberg (Netflix) |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie Chernobyl: "Please Remain Calm" – Simon Smith (HBO)‡ Chernobyl: "Open Wide, O Earth" – Jinx Godfrey (HBO) Deadwood: The Movie – Martin Nicholson and Erick Fefferman (HBO) Fosse/Verdon: "Life Is a Cabaret" – Tim Streeto (FX) Sharp Objects: "Fix" – Véronique Barbe, Justin Lachance, Maxime Lahaie, Émile Vallée, and Jai M. Vee (HBO) True Detective: "If You Have Ghosts" – Leo Trombetta (HBO) | Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series One Day at a Time: "The Funeral" – Pat Barnett (Netflix)‡ The Big Bang Theory: "The Stockholm Syndrome" – Peter Chakos (CBS) The Conners: "Keep On Truckin'" – Brian Schnuckel (ABC) Mom: "Big Floor Pillows and a Ball of Fire" – Joe Bella (CBS) Will & Grace: "Family, Trip" – Peter Beyt (NBC) |
| Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming (Area) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: "The Wax & the Furious" – Ryan Barger (HBO)‡ Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool – Tom Jarvis (CBS) Drunk History: "Are You Afraid of the Drunk?" – John Cason (Comedy Central) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: "The Journey Of ChiiJohn" – Anthony Miale (HBO) Who Is America?: "Episode 102" – Vera Drew, Eric Notarnicola, Roger Nygard, Matt Davis and Jeremy Cohen (Showtime) | Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming Free Solo – Bob Eisenhardt (Nat Geo)‡ Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: "Lower East Side" – Tom Patterson (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 Queer Eye – Joseph Deshano, Matthew Miller, Ryan Taylor, Carlos Gamarra, Iain Tibbles, and Tony Zajkowski (Netflix)‡ The Amazing Race: "Who Wants a Rolex?" – Kellen Cruden, Christina Fontana, Jay Gammill, Katherine Griffin, Josh Lowry, Steve Mellon, and Jason Pedroza (CBS) RuPaul's Drag Race – Jamie Martin, Michael Lynn Deis, Julie Tseselsky Kirschner, John Lim, Ryan Mallick, Michael Roha, and Corey Ziemniak (VH1) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: "Jersey Justice" – Molly Shock, Eileen Finkelstein, Michael Lynn Deis, Myron Santos, Steve Brown, Ray Van Ness, and Michael Hellwig (VH1) Survivor: "Appearances Are Deceiving" – Fred Hawthorne, Andrew Bolhuis, Joubin Mortazavi, Plowden Schumacher, David Armstrong, Evan Mediuch, and Jacob Teixeira (CBS) | Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell: "Hmong Americans and the Secret War" – Alessandro Soares (CNN)‡ Born This Way – Jarrod Burt, Jacob Lane, Annie Ray, Steve Miloszewski, Malinda Guerra, David Henry, Stephanie Lyra, Dana Martell, David McIntosh, Svein Mikkelsen, Patrick Post, Ryan Rambach, Peggy Tachdjian, Lisa Trulli, Kjer Westbye, and Dan Zimmerman (A&E) Deadliest Catch: "Battle of Kings" – Rob Butler, Isaiah Camp, Nathen Araiza, Ben Bulatao and Greg Cornejo (Discovery Channel) Life Below Zero: "Cost of Winter" – Tony Diaz, Matt Mercer, Jennifer Nelson, Eric Michael Schrader and Michael Swingler (Nat Geo) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked – Kendra Pasker, Shayna Casey, and Stavros Stavropoulos (VH1) |
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Special Visual Effects
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects Game of Thrones: "The Bells" – Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Adam Chazen, Sam Conway, Mohsen Mousavi, Martin Hill, Ted Rae, Patrick Tiberius Gehlen, and Thomas Schelesny (HBO)‡ The Man in the High Castle: "Jahr Null" – Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain, Bill Parker, Saber Jlassi, Chris Parks, Brian Hobert, and Danielle Malambri (Prime Video) The Orville: "Identity Part II" – Luke McDonald, Tommy Tran, Kevin Lingenfelser, Nhat Phong Tran, Brooke Noska, Melissa Delong, Brandon Fayette, Matt Von Brock, and Joseph Vincent Pike (Fox) Star Trek: Discovery: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" – Jason Michael Zimmerman, Ante Dekovic, Ivan Kondrup Jensen, Mahmoud Rahnama, Alexander Wood, Aleksandra Kochoska, Charles Collyer, Fausto Tejeda, and Darcy Callaghan (CBS All Access) The Umbrella Academy: "The White Violin" – Everett Burrell, R. Christopher White, Jeff Campbell, Sebastien Bergeron, Sean Schur, Steve Dellerson, Libby Hazell, Carrie Richardson, and Misato Shinohara (Netflix) | Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role Chernobyl: "1:23:45" – Lindsay McFarlane, Max Dennison, Claudius Christian Rauch, Clare Cheetham, Laura Bethencourt Montes, Steven Godfrey, Luke Letkey, Christian Waite, and William Foulser (HBO)‡ Catch-22: "Episode 4" – Matt Kasmir, Brian Connor, Dan Charbit, Matthew Wheelon Hunt, Alun Cummings, Gavin Harrison, Giovanni Casadei, Remi Martin, and Peter Farkas (Hulu) Deadwood: The Movie – Eric Hayden, David Altenau, Alex Torres, Joseph Vincent Pike, Ian Northrop, Christopher Flynn, David Blumenfeld, Matthew Rappaport, and David Rand (HBO) Escape at Dannemora: "Episode 6" – Steven Kirshoff, Joe Heffernan, John Bair, Djuna Wahlrab, Matthew Griffin, Shannen Walsh, Joseph Brigati, Vance Miller, and Min Hwa Jung (Showtime) Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: "Pilot" – Erik Henry, Matt Robken, Jamie Klein, Pau Costa Moeller, Bobo Skipper, Deak Ferrand, Crawford Reilly, Francois Lambert, and Joseph Kasparian (Prime Video) |
Stunt Coordination
| Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program GLOW – Shauna Duggins (Netflix)‡ Barry – Wade Allen (HBO) Cobra Kai – Hiro Koda and Jahnel Curfman (YouTube Premium) Russian Doll – Christopher Place (Netflix) The Tick – Chris Cenatiempo (Prime Video) | Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie Game of Thrones – Rowley Irlam (HBO)‡ The Blacklist – Cort L. Hessler III (NBC) Blindspot – Christopher Place (NBC) S.W.A.T. – Charlie Brewer (CBS) SEAL Team – Peewee Piemonte and Julie Michaels (CBS) |
Technical Direction
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series (Area) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: "Psychics" – Dave Saretsky, August Yuson, John Harrison, Dante Pagano, Jake Hoover, and Phil Salanto (HBO)‡ The Big Bang Theory: "The Stockholm Syndrome" – John D. O'Brien, John Pierre Dechene, Richard G. Price, James L. Hitchcock, Brian Wayne Armstrong, and John E. Goforth (CBS) Conan: "Episode 1232" – Iqbal S. Hans, John Palacio Jr., Seth Saint Vincent, Nicholas Kober, Ken Dahlquist, James Palczewski, and Ted Ashton (TBS) The Late Late Show with James Corden: "Post AFC Championship Show with Chris Pratt and Russell Wilson" – Oleg Sekulovski, Taylor Campanian, Joel Binger, Scott Daniels, Peter Hutchinson, Michael Jarocki, Adam Margolis, Mark McIntire, Jimmy Verlande, and John Perry (CBS) Saturday Night Live: "Host: Adam Sandler" – Steven Cimino, Frank Grisanti, Susan Noll, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Len Wechsler, Dave Driscoll, and Eric A. Eisenstein (NBC) The Voice: "Live Finale, Part 2" – Allan Wells, Terrance Ho, Diane Biederbeck, Danny Bonilla, Manny Bonilla, Robert Burnette, Suzanne Ebner, Guido Frenzel, Nick Gomez, Alex Hernandez, Marc Hunter, Scott Hylton, Katherine Iacofano, Scott Kaye, Steve Martyniuk, Jofre Rosero, and Steve Simmons (NBC) | Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019 – Oleg Sekulovski, Taylor Campanian, Joel Binger, Jim Velarde, Edward Nelson, Mark McIntire, Adam Margolis, Jorge Ferris, Mike Jarocki, Peter Hutchison, Charlie Wupperman, Joshua Gitersonke, Ian McGlocklin, Doug Longwill, Joshua Greenrock, Trace Dantzig, William O'Donnell, Max Kerby, and Scott Acosta (CBS)‡ The Kennedy Center Honors – Eric Becker, J.M. Hurley, Susan Noll, Rob Balton, David Eastwood, Patrick Gleason, Danny Bonilla, Charlie Huntley, Helene Haviland, Steven R. Martyniuk, Jay Kulick, Freddy Frederick, Jimmy O'Donnell, Lyn Noland, Mark Whitman, and Easter Xua (CBS) The Oscars – Kenneth Shapiro, Eric Becker, John Pritchett, Terrence Ho, Guy Jones, Keith Winikoff, Ralph Bolton, David Carline, Bob Del Russo, David Eastwood, Suzanne Ebner, Freddy Frederick, Shaun Harkins, Garrett Hurt, Jay Kulick, Tore Livia, Allen Merriweather, Lyn Noland, George Prince, Dan Webb, Rob Palmer, David Plakos, Easter Xua, Rob Balton, and Danny Bonilla (ABC) RENT – Eric Becker, Charles Ciup, Emelie Scaminaci, Chris Hill, Bert Atkinson, Nat Havholm, Ron Lehman, David Levisohn, Tore Livia, Adam Margolis, Rob Palmer, Brian Reason, Dylan Sanford, Damien Tuffereau, and Andrew Waruszewski (Fox) 72nd Annual Tony Awards – Eric Becker, Mike Anderson, J.M. Hurley, Ka-Lai Wong, Rob Balton, Bob Del Russo, Charlie Huntley, Jay Kulick, John Kosmaczewski, Tore Livia, James Scurti, Lyn Noland, Jimmy O'Donnell, Jim Tufaro, Mark Whitman, and David Smith (CBS) |
Writing
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Hannah Gadsby: Nanette – Hannah Gadsby (Netflix)‡ Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh – Adam Sandler (Netflix) Amy Schumer: Growing – Amy Schumer (Netflix) Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool – Matt Roberts, James Corden, Rob Crabbe, Lawrence Dai, Dicky Eagan, Nate Fernald, Lauren Greenberg, John Kennedy, Ian Karmel, James Longman, Jared Moskowitz, Sean O'Connor, Tim Siedell, Benjamin Stout, Louis Waymouth, and Ben Winston (CBS) Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (Netflix) Wanda Sykes: Not Normal – Wanda Sykes (Netflix) | Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: "Kenya" – Anthony Bourdain (CNN)‡ The Case Against Adnan Syed: "Forbidden Love" – Amy J. Berg (HBO) Fyre Fraud – Julia Willoughby Nason and Jenner Furst (Hulu) Hostile Planet: "Grasslands" – Bruce Kennedy (Nat Geo) Our Planet: "Jungles" – Huw Cordey, Keith Scholey, Alastair Fothergill, and David Attenborough (Netflix) Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men: "Episode 1" – Paul Greenhouse, Sacha Jenkins, and Peter J. Scalettar (Showtime) |
Changes
The Television Academy announced a few minor changes in the rules of some categories and the addition of a new category.
- 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
Sources:
| Nominations | Network |
|---|---|
| 90 | HBO |
| 88 | Netflix |
| 44 | NBC |
| 37 | CBS |
| 29 | Amazon Prime Video |
| 23 | ABC |
| FX | |
| 18 | Fox |
| 17 | CNN |
| 14 | Hulu |
| 13 | Nat Geo |
| VH1 | |
| 8 | Showtime |
| 5 | A&E |
| Comedy Central | |
| 4 | AMC |
| PBS | |
| 3 | BBC America |
| Cartoon Network | |
| The CW | |
| Discovery Channel | |
| Sundance TV | |
| TBS | |
| YouTube | |
| 2 | anemmyformegan.com |
| Funny or Die | |
| Nat Geo Wild |