{"id":1046609,"date":"2026-09-06T09:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T09:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1046609\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T09:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T09:08:21","slug":"2026-creative-arts-emmys-full-winners-list-with-bad-bunny-traitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1046609\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Creative Arts Emmys: Full winners list with Bad Bunny, Traitors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny won the night at the first Creative Arts Emmys<\/a> ceremony on Saturday, taking seven trophies at the Peacock Theater, including Best Variety Special (Live) and six technical awards.<\/p>\n

The Traitors<\/a> was right behind with six, among them a repeat host win for Alan Cumming and Best Directing for a Reality Program. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert took five in its final season, The Muppet Show four, and Love on the Spectrum three.<\/p>\n

Mariska Hargitay<\/a> won two for My Mom Jayne, for Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Best Directing. And Antiques Roadshow won its first Emmy ever after 24 nominations, for Best Structured Reality Program.<\/p>\n

\"'Spider-Noir'\"<\/a> \"Chainsaw<\/a> <\/p>\n

Saturday Night Live went in tied for the most Night 1 nominations and left with one, for makeup.<\/p>\n

Top Emmy Winners: Night 1<\/p>\n\nProgram<\/strong><\/td>\nWins<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSuper Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nThe Traitors<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nThe Muppet Show<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLove on the Spectrum<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMy Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOcean With David Attenborough<\/a><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Below is the complete list of Night 1 winners.<\/p>\n

BEST DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES<\/strong>
The American Revolution
[winner] \u2014 Mr. Scorsese<\/strong>
Rafa
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
The Yogurt Shop Murders<\/p>\n

BEST DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL<\/strong>
John Candy: I Like Me
Marty, Life Is Short
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
[winner] \u2014 My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay<\/strong>
Ocean With David Attenborough<\/p>\n

BEST HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL<\/strong>
The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy
[winner] \u2014 Tucci in Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Librarians<\/strong>
The Tale of Silyan<\/p>\n

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 Antiques Roadshow<\/strong>
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Love Is Blind
Queer Eye
Shark Tank<\/p>\n

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
[winner] \u2014 Love on the Spectrum<\/strong>
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
Summer House
Welcome to Wrexham<\/p>\n

BEST GAME SHOW<\/strong>
Celebrity Family Feud
[winner] \u2014 Jeopardy!<\/strong>
The Price Is Right
Wheel of Fortune
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire<\/p>\n

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny<\/strong>
83rd Annual Golden Globes
68th Annual Grammy Awards
The Oscars
78th Annual Tony Awards<\/p>\n

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)<\/strong>
Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable\u2026
[winner] \u2014 The Muppet Show<\/strong>
Nikki Glaser: Good Girl
Taylor Swift|The Eras Tour|The Final Show
Wicked: One Wonderful Night<\/p>\n

BEST SHORT FORM COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES<\/strong>
Bad Thoughts
[winner] \u2014 Colbert Before Air<\/strong>
The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains
The Randy Rainbow Show
SubwayTakes With Kareem Rahma<\/p>\n

BEST SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES<\/strong>
Hacks: Bit by Bit
[winner] \u2014<\/strong> Inside the Pitt<\/strong>
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette \u2014 A Love Untold
Shrinking \u2014 In It Together
This Is a Gardening Show<\/p>\n

BEST EMERGING MEDIA PROGRAM<\/strong>
Blumhouse Enhanced Cinema
[winner] \u2014 Uncanny Alley: A New Day<\/strong>
The World of Fallout<\/p>\n

BEST INNOVATION IN EMERGING MEDIA PROGRAMMING<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 Crafting Crimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM<\/strong>
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
[winner] \u2014 Alan Cumming, The Traitors<\/strong>
Kristen Kish, Top Chef
Ariana Madix, Love Island USA
Jeff Probst, Survivor<\/p>\n

BEST GAME SHOW HOST<\/strong>
Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud
Ken Jennings, Jeopardy!
Colin Jost, Pop Culture Jeopardy!
[winner] \u2014 Jimmy Kimmel, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire<\/strong>
Martin Short, Match Game<\/p>\n

BEST NARRATOR<\/strong>
David Attenborough, A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
David Attenborough, Ocean With David Attenborough
Jodie Foster, Breakdown: 1975
Werner Herzog, Ghost Elephants
[winner] \u2014 Octavia Spencer, Lost Women of Alaska<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST PERFORMER IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES<\/strong>
Kim Estes, “Big Law”
[winner] \u2014 Desi Lydic, “The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains”<\/strong>
Randy Rainbow, “The Randy Rainbow Show”<\/p>\n

BEST CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
The Amazing Race
[winner] \u2014 Love on the Spectrum<\/strong>
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef<\/p>\n

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny<\/strong>
2025 MTV Video Music Awards
The Oscars
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Wicked: One Wonderful Night<\/p>\n

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM<\/strong>
My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay
[winner] \u2014 Ocean With David Attenborough<\/strong>
The Tale of Silyan
Tucci in Italy
The Yogurt Shop Murders<\/p>\n

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
The Amazing Race
Love on the Spectrum
Survivor
[winner] \u2014 The Traitors<\/strong>
Welcome to Wrexham<\/p>\n

BEST COMMERCIAL<\/strong>
“Backstory” \u2014 Levi’s
“Backyard Legends” \u2014 adidas World Cup
“A Critter Carol” \u2014 Apple
[winner] \u2014 “I’m Not Remarkable” \u2014 Apple<\/strong>
“Why Do It” \u2014 Nike
“Your Way Out” \u2014 Coinbase<\/p>\n

BEST COSTUMES FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Masked Singer
[winner] \u2014<\/strong> The Traitors<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY\/NONFICTION PROGRAM<\/strong>
Marty, Life Is Short
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Mr. Scorsese
[winner] \u2014 My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay<\/strong>
Sean Combs: The Reckoning<\/p>\n

BEST DIRECTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
The Amazing Race
Love on the Spectrum
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
[winner] \u2014 The Traitors<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES<\/strong>
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
[winner] \u2014 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/strong>
Saturday Night Live<\/p>\n

BEST DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny<\/strong>
Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable\u2026
Taylor Swift|The Eras Tour|The Final Show
78th Annual Tony Awards
Wanda Sykes: Legacy<\/p>\n

BEST HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION, OR REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
Dancing With the Stars
[winner] \u2014 RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/strong>
Saturday Night Live
Wicked: One Wonderful Night<\/p>\n

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN\/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A SERIES<\/strong>
Dancing With the Stars
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
[winner] \u2014 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/strong>
Saturday Night Live
The Voice<\/p>\n

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN\/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A SPECIAL<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny<\/strong>
68th Annual Grammy Awards
The Oscars
78th Annual Tony Awards
Wicked: One Wonderful Night<\/p>\n

BEST MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
Dancing With the Stars
The Oscars
[winner] \u2014 Saturday Night Live<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY\/NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)<\/strong>
High Horse: The Black Cowboy
[winner] \u2014 John Candy: I Like Me<\/strong>
Kingdom
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Ocean With David Attenborough
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age<\/p>\n

BEST MUSIC DIRECTION<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny<\/strong>
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The Oscars
Saturday Night Live
Wicked: One Wonderful Night<\/p>\n

BEST PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM<\/strong>
John Candy: I Like Me
Marty, Life Is Short
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Mr. Scorsese
[winner] \u2014 Sean Combs: The Reckoning<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM<\/strong>
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
[winner] \u2014 The Traitors<\/strong>
The Voice<\/p>\n

BEST PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Deadliest Catch
[winner] \u2014 Love on the Spectrum<\/strong>
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
Welcome to Wrexham<\/p>\n

BEST PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Muppet Show<\/strong>
Nikki Glaser: Good Girl
Ramy Youssef: In Love
Taylor Swift|The Eras Tour|The Final Show
Wanda Sykes: Legacy<\/p>\n

BEST PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING (SEGMENT)<\/strong>
The Daily Show, “RFK Hospital: An Original Series Inspired by the Medical Advice of RFK Jr.”
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, “Moon Mammoths Game Documentary”
[winner] \u2014 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/strong>, “The Late Show closes out its storied run at the Ed Sullivan Theater with help from Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello”
Saturday Night Live, “Home Alone”
Saturday Night Live, “MAHAspital (The New Pitt)”<\/p>\n

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES<\/strong>
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Saturday Night Live
[winner] \u2014 The Traitors<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL<\/strong>
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
68th Annual Grammy Awards
[winner]<\/strong> \u2014 The Muppet Show<\/strong>
The Oscars
78th Annual Tony Awards<\/p>\n

BEST SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
John Candy: I Like Me
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
[winner] \u2014 Ocean With David Attenborough<\/strong>
World War II With Tom Hanks<\/p>\n

BEST SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 Billy Joel: And So It Goes<\/strong>
John Candy: I Like Me
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Ocean With David Attenborough
Tucci in Italy<\/p>\n

BEST SOUND MIXING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM<\/strong>
The Amazing Race
Deadliest Catch
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Voice
[winner] \u2014 Welcome to Wrexham<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny<\/strong>
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The Muppet Show
The Oscars
Taylor Swift|The Eras Tour|The Final Show<\/p>\n

BEST TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND CAMERAWORK FOR A SERIES<\/strong>
The Daily Show
Dancing With the Stars
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
[winner] \u2014 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/strong>
Saturday Night Live<\/p>\n

BEST TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND CAMERAWORK FOR A SPECIAL<\/strong>
[winner] \u2014 The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny<\/strong>
The Oscars
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2025
Taylor Swift|The Eras Tour|The Final Show
Wicked: One Wonderful Night<\/p>\n

BEST WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM<\/strong>
The American Revolution
[winner] \u2014 The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize<\/strong>
The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy<\/p>\n

BEST WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES<\/strong>
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
[winner] \u2014 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL<\/strong>
Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace
[winner] \u2014 The Muppet Show<\/strong>
Nikki Glaser: Good Girl
The Oscars
Wanda Sykes: Legacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny won the night at the first Creative…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1046610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[368240,185,113511,23450,30046,171,18585,27103,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1046609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-2026-emmys","tag-celebrities","tag-creative-arts-emmys","tag-david-attenborough","tag-emmys","tag-entertainment","tag-mariska-hargitay","tag-the-traitors","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117223314759531748","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}