Latest in Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Apple is getting a head start at the Emmys ahead of the launch of the scripted and documentary series slate of the new worldwide video programming division under Jamie Erlicht & Zack Van Amburg. The tech giant landed its first ever Primetime Emmy award today for Apple Music’s Carpool Karaoke, which was named…

“Bridge to engineering — what’s that, Scotty?” “Ach, it’s the Governors Award, Captain — comin’ right at us!” “Mister Spock?!” “It seems that Star Trek has been selected to receive that honor from the TV Academy next month, Captain.” The award to Star Trek recognizes “the visionary science-fiction television franchise…

UPDATED, 8:10 AM: The Television Academy and Executive Producer Bob Bain have announced the second group of presenters for the upcoming Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Set to present on Saturday, September 8 are Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood), Bryan Cranston, Justina Machado (One Day At A Time), Gerald McRaney (This Is U…

Over two nights of Creative Arts Emmy Awards, HBO as usual led the way with 19 wins, followed by Netflix with 16 and NBC with 9. NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Netflix’s Stranger Things and HBO’s Westworld led program wins with 5 each, followed by Netflix documentary 13th, Cartoon Network’s Samurai Jack and HBO’s The Night…

After the TV Academy members for decades had been reluctant to award genre series, except for Lost, with the best drama Emmy trophy, they crowned HBO’s fantasy series Game Of Thrones a drama series winner the last two years. With GoT on the sidelines this year because of the long hiatus between Seasons 6 and 7, two…

The second night of the two-part Creative Arts Emmy Awards tonight featured what might be a hint of things to come next week at the Primetime Emmys, with big shows like HBO’s Westworld, Veep, Big Little Lies and The Night Of and Netflix’s Stranger Things and The Crown racking up multiple wins at the Microsoft Theatre…

Here’s hoping President Donald Trump tweets about Melissa McCarthy being a no-show at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, when she won her second Emmy for her fifth time hosting Saturday Night Live, in which she wowed America and knotted Trump’s knickers with her Unhinged Spicey portrayal of White House Press…

Dave Chappelle won his first Emmy Award – Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – for making his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on the NBC late-night franchise’s first post-election edition. Chappelle won the statuette Sunday in a field that included two other SNL hosts: Tom Hanks and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Saturday Nigh…

“If tonight is the celebration of awarding, I guess next week are the ‘Not Nearly As Creative Arts Emmy Awards.’ So this is a select group,” Tom Hanks said by way of kicking off night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmys, and winning over the crowd immediately. Just to make sure he’d sealed the deal, Hanks called the nominees…

With the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards held while a second monster hurricane in two weeks is barreling towards the U.S., climate change, which has been tied to extreme weather, was on attendees’ minds. "I sincerely hope that this year becomes the turning point, in that we as a nation begin to address…

Glenn Weiss, director of the James Corden-hosted Tony Awards, accepted tonight’s Emmy for Best Special Class Program and noted that the live show aired the night after a man killed 49 people and wounded 58 others inside the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida. In his acceptance speech, Weiss said they struggled to…

RuPaul Charles switched networks and won again – picking up his second consecutive Emmy for Best Host of a Reality or Reality-Competition program, after being snubbed for years. Last year the RuPaul’s Drag Race win was a history making major win for LogoTV; this year his win goes in the tally of VH1, on which network…