The 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2020, until May 31, 2021, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.[2][3] The awards were presented across three ceremonies on September 11 and 12, 2021, at the Event Deck at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles, California, preceding the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 19. A total of 99 Creative Arts Emmys were presented across 92 categories. The ceremonies were produced by Bob Bain, directed by Rich Preuss, and broadcast in the United States by FXX on September 18.
| 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | |
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| Date | September 11–12, 2021 |
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| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Most awards | The Queen's Gambit (9) |
| Most nominations | The Mandalorian (19) |
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| Network | FXX |
| Produced by | Bob Bain[1] |
| Directed by | Rich Preuss[1] |
The Queen's Gambit won nine awards, leading all programs; The Mandalorian and Saturday Night Live followed with seven wins each. The Mandalorian also received the most nominations with 19, followed by WandaVision with 15 and Saturday Night Live with 14. Program awards went to Boys State, Carpool Karaoke: The Series, Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square, For All Mankind: Time Capsule, Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, Love, Death & Robots, Queer Eye, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Secrets of the Whales, Space Explorers: The ISS Experience, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, and 76 Days. Netflix led all networks with 34 wins and 104 nominations.
Winners and nominees
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Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[3][4][a] Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2020–2021 Emmy rules and procedures.[2] Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable.[b] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
Programs
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Choreography
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Costumes
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Makeup
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Special Visual Effects
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Technical Direction
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Nominations and wins by program
editFor the purposes of the lists below, any wins in juried categories are assumed to have a prior nomination.
| Wins | Show | Network |
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| 9 | The Queen's Gambit | Netflix |
| 7 | The Mandalorian | Disney+ |
| Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
| 6 | Love, Death & Robots | Netflix |
| 4 | The Crown | Netflix |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | VH1 | |
| 3 | Bo Burnham: Inside | Netflix |
| David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Netflix | |
| Pose | FX | |
| Ted Lasso | Apple TV+ | |
| WandaVision | Disney+ | |
| 2 | David Byrne's American Utopia | HBO |
| Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square | Netflix | |
| Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal | Adult Swim | |
| Life Below Zero | National Geographic | |
| Lovecraft Country | HBO | |
| The Social Dilemma | Netflix |
Nominations and wins by network
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| 104 | Netflix |
| 89 | HBO/HBO Max[c] |
| 50 | Disney+ |
| 34 | NBC |
| 23 | Apple TV+ |
| 18 | ABC |
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| 15 | Prime Video |
| 11 | FX |
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| 10 | VH1 |
| 9 | Fox |
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| 8 | Quibi |
| 7 | Bravo |
| 6 | Paramount+ |
| 5 | YouTube |
| 4 | CNN |
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| 3 | Adult Swim |
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| 2 | Comedy Central |
| Oculus |
Ceremony order and presenters
editThe following categories were presented at each ceremony:[7]
Ceremony information
editThe nominations for the 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards were announced on July 13, 2021, by Ron and Jasmine Cephas Jones via a virtual event.[11][12] On July 21, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also known as the Television Academy, revealed that the Creative Arts Emmys would be presented in two ceremonies on Saturday, September 11, and Sunday, September 12; the previous year's ceremonies had been spread out over five days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The two ceremonies were scheduled to be held at the Microsoft Theater.[13] On July 30, the event was split into three ceremonies scheduled for Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon, and Sunday evening.[14] The combined ceremonies aired in an edited two-hour broadcast on September 18 on FXX.[14][15]
On August 10, the ceremonies were moved to the indoor-outdoor Event Deck at L.A. Live due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. Additionally, the Television Academy announced that nominated teams would be limited to four tickets per nomination.[16] Despite the changes, producer Bob Bain sought to create an event that closely resembled pre-pandemic ceremonies "in terms of energy" while still making changes as needed. Unlike previous ceremonies, audiences were seated at tables, similar to the Golden Globe Awards or Critics' Choice Awards, while the shift from the traditional two ceremonies to three allowed the event to have better pacing, according to Bain. The event did not have a host; instead, each ceremony used a "show opener" to kick off the event, then relied on presenters to keep the ceremony moving.[17] To minimize COVID-19 risks, winners received their trophies on a separate stage from the presenters, and microphones were wiped down between speeches.[18] Attendees were also required to show proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test before the event.[17]
Category and rule changes
editSeveral changes that were implemented for these ceremonies include:[19][20][21]
- Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and Outstanding Short Form Variety Series were merged to form Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.
- Outstanding Derivative Interactive Program, Outstanding Original Interactive Program, and Outstanding Interactive Extension of a Linear Program were merged to form Outstanding Interactive Program.
- Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program and Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie were merged to form Outstanding Stunt Coordination, and a new category for Outstanding Stunt Performance was created.
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects and Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role were reorganized to form Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie and Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode.
- Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming became a juried award.
- Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling and Outstanding Period and/or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) became area awards.
- Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming was modified to allow nominations.
- Anthology series became eligible in the limited series categories, which were renamed accordingly.
- Any programs that were nominated for Academy Awards, as well as any non-documentary programs that were placed on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences viewing platform, were no longer eligible for Emmys.
- All children's programming was moved to the Daytime Emmy Awards, run by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
In addition, the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) were moved to the main ceremony in July,[22] followed by the awards for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and Outstanding Variety Special (Live) in August.[23][24]
Notes
edit- ^ The outlets listed for each program are the U.S. broadcasters or streaming services identified in the nominations, which for some international productions are different than the broadcaster(s) that originally commissioned the program.
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- Area awards are non-competitive; any nominee with at least 90% approval received an Emmy. If no nominee received 90% approval, the nominee with the highest approval received an Emmy; for area awards in picture editing and sound, there was an additional requirement that the highest-rated nominee must have at least 50% approval.[2]
- Juried awards generally do not have nominations; instead, all entrants were screened before members of the appropriate peer group, and one, more than one, or no entry was awarded an Emmy based on the jury's vote.[2]
- ^ a b Parent company WarnerMedia combined HBO and HBO Max as a single platform for the purposes of counting nominations.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "73rd Emmys Program" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "73rd Primetime Emmy Awards – 2020–2021 Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. June 17, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
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- "First Group of 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Winners Announced" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 11, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- "Second Group of 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Winners Announced" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 12, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- "Third Group of 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Winners Announced" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 12, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ "73rd Emmy Awards Complete Nominations List" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Hayes, Dade (September 19, 2021). "Netflix Ties Emmy Record With 44 Wins In Single Year, Capped By One-Two Series Punch". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (September 19, 2021). "Emmys: It Took a Pandemic, But Netflix Finally Topped HBO". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (September 11, 2021). "How To Watch The Creative Arts Emmys Online & On TV". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Creative Arts Emmys: Saturday". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 18, 2021. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Creative Arts Emmys: Sunday Afternoon". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 18, 2021. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Creative Arts Emmys: Sunday Evening". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 18, 2021. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "73rd Emmy Awards Nominations". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones to Announce Emmy Nominations". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. June 30, 2021. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (July 21, 2021). "Creative Arts Emmys Dates Set With Limited Live Audience; No Governors Balls Again". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ a b Hipes, Patrick; Andreeva, Nellie (July 30, 2021). "Creative Arts Emmys Categories Set For Three Separate Ceremonies; All Shows To Require Proof Of Vaccination". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ "Creative Arts Emmys Details Announced". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. July 21, 2021. Archived from the original on July 23, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (August 10, 2021). "Television Academy Moves the Emmys Outdoors at L.A. Live, While Further Limiting Invited Nominees". Variety. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ a b Schneider, Michael (September 8, 2021). "Creative Arts Emmys Producer Bob Bain on How This Year's Return to In-Person Ceremonies Will Work". Variety. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ Brockington, Ariana (September 11, 2021). "Creative Arts Emmys: COVID-19 Pandemic Protocols Proved a Running Theme". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "2020–2021 Emmy Rules Changes" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (December 4, 2020). "Television Academy Merges Variety Talk and Sketch Back Together, Among Other Emmy Changes For 2021". Variety. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Hill, Libby (December 7, 2021). "2021 Emmy Rule Changes: What Does It All Mean?". IndieWire. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick; Andreeva, Nellie (July 30, 2021). "Creative Arts Emmys Categories Set For Three Separate Ceremonies; All Shows To Require Proof Of Vaccination". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Emmy Update: Testing, Show Venue, And Category Update". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. August 19, 2021. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (August 19, 2021). "Emmys Ceremonies To Require Negative Covid Tests For Attendees As Well As Vax Proof". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.