HBO’s The Last of Us was the big winner during night one of the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, as it won eight times for such categories as outstanding guest actress (Storm Reid), guest actor (Nick Offerman), picture editing, main title design, prosthetic makeup, sound editing, sound mixing, and visual effects.
While The Last of Us led the way, FX’s The Bear, Netflix’s Wednesday, and HBO’s The White Lotus all impressed by securing a three-way tie for second place with four wins each.
The Bear won for outstanding comedy casting, picture editing, sound editing, and sound mixing. Wednesday took home the awards for outstanding contemporary costumes, contemporary makeup, main title music, and production design. Lastly, The White Lotus claimed outstanding drama casting, contemporary hairstyling, music supervision, and music composition for original score.
Netflix’s BEEF came in third with three Emmys, including outstanding casting for a limited or anthology series or movie, contemporary costumes, and picture editing. Right behind BEEF sat four shows with two wins each – Daisy Jones & The Six, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Ted Lasso, and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
The second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards kicks off tonight, January 7, and the main ceremony – the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards – will take place on January 15, 2024. If The Last of Us can win at least one Emmy during the main show, it will be the first live-action video game adaptation to do so. You can check the full list of Emmy nominations here.
You can check out the full list of winners of the first night of the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards below, and also be sure to check out our review of Season 1 of The Last of Us and see what beat The Last of Us as our best show of 2023.
The 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners: The Full List
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Sam Richardson as Edwin Akufo (Ted Lasso – ‘International Break’)
Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming – Jon Boogz, Choreographer (Blindspotting – ‘Routines: The History’ / ‘San Quentin Blues’)
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series – The White Lotus
Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – BEEF
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series – The Bear
Outstanding Period Costumes for a Series – The Great (‘Choose Your Weapon’)
Outstanding Fantasy / Sci-Fi Costumes – House of the Dragon (‘The Heirs of the Dragon’)
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series – Wednesday (‘Wednesday’s Child Is Full of Woe’)
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – BEEF (‘The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech In Pain’)
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup – The Last of Us (‘Infected’)
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – Wednesday (‘Woe What A Night’)
Outstanding Period and/or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (‘Susan’)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – Judith Light as Irene Smothers (Poker Face – ‘Time of the Monkey)
Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (‘Crown Jewels’)
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling – The White Lotus (‘Abductions’)
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited, or Anthology Series or Movie – The Boys
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program – Barry
Outstanding Stunt Performance – The Mandalorian (‘Chapter 24: The Return’)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour) – Only Murders in the Building (‘Sparring Partners’)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) – Wednesday (‘Wednesday’s Child Is Full of Woe’)
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) – Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie – The Last of Us
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode – Five Days at Memorial (‘Day Two’)
Outstanding Main Title Design – The Last of Us
Outstanding Motion Design – Ms. Marvel
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special – Prey
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation – The Bear (‘Review’)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) – The Last of Us (‘When You’re Lost in the Darkness’)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) – The Last of Us (‘When You’re Lost in the Darkness’)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation – The Bear (‘Review’)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – Daisy Jones & The Six (‘Track 10: Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Outstanding Music Supervision – The White Lotus (‘Bull Elephants’)
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics – Ted Lasso (‘So Long, Farewell / Song Title: A Beautiful Game’)
Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series – I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) – Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Composer (The White Lotus – ‘In the Sandbox’)
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music – Wednesday (Danny Elfman, Composer)
Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series – Jasmine Guy as Barbara Baldwin (Chronicles of Jessica Wu)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series – Night Court – (‘Pilot’)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series – The Bear (‘System’)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie – BEEF (‘Figures of Light’)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series – The Last of Us (‘Endure And Survive’)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (‘Four Minutes’)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) – Atlanta (‘Andrew Wyeth. Alfred’s World’)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series of Movie – Black Bird (‘Hand to Mouth’)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series – Storm Reid as Riley Abel (The Last of Us – ‘Left Behind’)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series – Nick Offerman as Bill (The Last of Us – ‘Long, Long Time’)
Outstanding Television Movie – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
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