The Television Academy today announced which awards categories would be presented during the 70th Emmy Awards and each of the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies.
The 70th Emmy Awards will telecast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, September 17, (8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT) on NBC. Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost and Michael Che will co-host, and the telecast will be produced by Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live; The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon).
Awards presented during the 70th Emmy telecast will include Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series, Limited Series, Reality Competition, and Variety Talk and Sketch Series along with several Outstanding Acting, Directing and Writing awards.
The Creative Arts ceremonies, recognizing remarkable creative and technical achievements in television, will take place over two consecutive nights — Saturday, September 8, at 5:00 PM PDT and Sunday, September 9, at 4:00 PM PDT — at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and will be produced by Bob Bain and his company, Bob Bain Productions.
Creative Arts Saturday will present technical and creative achievement categories for Animation and scripted programming including Comedy, Drama and Limited Series while Creative Arts Sunday will present categories related to Documentary, Reality and Variety programming.
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will air on Saturday, September 15, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on FXX.
Below are three complete lists of awards to be presented at the 70th Emmy Awards and the two 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies, respectively.
The lists below are alphabetical and do not represent the order in which the awards will be presented.
Saturday, September 8, 2018 Creative Arts Awards Categories
Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Outstanding Animated Program
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Outstanding Children's Program
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Commercial
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes
Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within A Scripted Program
Outstanding Fantasy-Sci-Fi Costumes
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation
Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Outstanding Music Supervision
Outstanding Original Interactive Program
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Outstanding Period Costumes
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less)
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)
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Special Visual Effects
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Television Movie
Sunday, September 9, 2018 Creative Arts Awards Categories
Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within An Unscripted Program
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Outstanding Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Outstanding Informational Series or Special
Outstanding Innovation In Interactive Programming
Outstanding Interactive Program
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
Outstanding Motion Design
Outstanding Music Direction
Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
Outstanding Narrator
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program
Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
Outstanding Production Design For Variety, Reality or Reality-Competition Series
Outstanding Production Design For Variety Special
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
Monday, September 17, 2017 Telecast Awards Categories
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Limited Series
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
For the press release, click here. For a downloadable list of awards to be presented at the 70th Emmy Awards and the two 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies, click here.
Contact:
Stephanie Goodell
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