The 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards have been presented. Held on September 5 and 6 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles as part of the 78th Emmy Awards, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies celebrated standout achievements across television’s creative and technical fields.
Among this year’s standout winners were The Traitors, The Muppet Show, The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Sabrina Carpenter also took home her first Emmy as an executive producer and performer on The Muppet Show, which won Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded).
- 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Winners
- Outstanding Host for a Game Show
- Outstanding Game Show
- Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
- Outstanding Narrator
- Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
- Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
- Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
- Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
- Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
- Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
- Outstanding Structured Reality Program
- Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
- Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
- Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series
- Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
- Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
- Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
- Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
- Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
- Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
- Outstanding Music Direction
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special
- Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Outstanding Animated Program
- Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- Outstanding Television Movie
- Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
- Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
- Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
- Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
- Outstanding Contemporary Makeup
- Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup
- Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup
- Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming
- Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming
- Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Comedy Programming
- Outstanding Stunt Performance
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Outstanding Main Title Design
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Legacy Award
The weekend also saw the Creative Arts Emmy Awards honor television history, with I Love Lucy receiving the Legacy Award. Other notable individual winners included Alan Cumming, Jimmy Kimmel, Mariska Hargitay, David Harbour, Linda Cardellini, Shailene Woodley and Rob Reiner.
Below is the full list of winners from the 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
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2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Winners
Outstanding Host for a Game Show
Jimmy Kimmel – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Outstanding Game Show
Jeopardy!
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
Alan Cumming – The Traitors
Outstanding Narrator
Octavia Spencer – Lost Women of Alaska: The Missing
Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Desi Lydic – The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
The Muppet Show — Sabrina Carpenter, Executive Producer/Performer
Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
Colbert Before Air
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
Inside The Pitt
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Mr. Scorsese
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
Tucci in Italy
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Love on the Spectrum
Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
Love on the Spectrum
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series
The Traitors
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special
The Muppet Show
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
Ocean With David Attenborough
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
The Traitors
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
Mariska Hargitay – My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
Ben Archard – The Traitors
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
The Muppet Show
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse – Give the Man a Prize
Outstanding Music Direction
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special
John Candy: I Like Me
Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
David Harbour – DTF St. Louis
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Linda Cardellini – DTF St. Louis
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Rob Reiner – The Bear
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Betty Gilpin – Widow’s Bay
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Ernest Harden Jr. – The Pitt
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Shailene Woodley – Paradise
Outstanding Animated Program
South Park
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Julie Andrews – Bridgerton
Outstanding Television Movie
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
Widow’s Bay
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
The Pitt
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
Bridgerton
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup
Palm Royale
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup
The Pitt
Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming
Palm Royale
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming
The Boys
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Comedy Programming
Spider-Noir
Outstanding Stunt Performance
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series
Pluribus – “We Is Us”
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series
Hacks
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series
Leanne
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
DTF St. Louis
Outstanding Main Title Design
Spider-Noir
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode
Spider-Noir
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie
Stranger Things
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
Spider-Noir
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
DTF St. Louis
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
Pluribus
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Widow’s Bay
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
BEEF
Legacy Award
I Love Lucy
