So, the Creative Arts Emmys were held tonight, where about a million technical prizes were awarded, but the big news is that Game of Thrones, the predicted winner of Drama Series at the main event next week, showed no signs of weakness at all, taking home most of the tech trophies. It's too bad the show is going to win for its weakest season, but I guess it's overdue, so I don't really have any problems with it. In other news, the guest actor winswere random as usual, and with the voting system having been completely upended this year, the acting winners across the board are going to be even more of a crapshoot than normal. I will say that Margo Martindale has absolutely no business winning for a glorified cameo on The Americans this year. And I love Martindale, but that is a JOKE, seemingly only dished out because voters are familiar with her name, after she won for Justified and was nominated in numerous categories since. And Transparent did well tonight too, but doing well with the techs doesn't always indicate support for the primetime awards- last year, Sherlock did amazing here and went on to win at the Emmys as well, while Orange is the new Black did equally well and was snubbed completely at the main event. So, Comedy Series is still up in the air but seems to be between Veep and Transparent this year...although you can't count out Modern Family either, no matter how many fewer nominations it garnered this year.
CREATIVE ARTS EMMY WINNERS
- Title Design: Manhattan
- Main Title Theme: Transparent
- Guest Actor, Drama: Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
- Original Musics & Lyrics: "Don't Need Make Up," Inside Amy Schumer
- Guest Actress, Drama: Margo Martindale, The Americans
- TV Movie: Bessie
- Guest Actress, Comedy: Joan Cusack, Shameless
- Guest Actor, Comedy: Bradley Whitford, Transparent
- Documentary/Non-Fiction Series: The Jinx
- Informational Series or Special: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown
- Documentary/Non-Fiction Special: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
- Variety Special: The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
- Variety Special Writing: Louis C.K.
- Choreography: Dancing With the Stars & So You Think You Can Dance (tie)
- Narrator: Peter Coyote for The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
- Character Voice-Over Performance: Hank Azaria, The SImpsons
- Animated Program: Over the Garden Wall
- Children's Program: Alan Alda and the Actor Within You: A Young Arts Masterclass
- Special Visual Effects: Game of Thrones
- Unstructured Reality Program: The Deadliest Catch
- Interactive Program: Last Week Tonight
- Reality Competition Host: Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
Even Margo Martindale can't believe she won this award
