76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

The 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2023, until May 31, 2024, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented on September 7 and 8, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California. A total of 106 Creative Arts Emmys were presented across 99 categories. The ceremonies were broadcast in the United States by FXX on September 14.

Shōgun won fourteen awards, leading all programs; The Bear followed with seven awards. Shōgun also received the most nominations with 17 nominations followed by Only Murders in the Building and Saturday Night Live with 15 nominations each. Overall program awards went to Beckham, Blue Eye Samurai, Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic, Fallout: Vault 33, ', Jeopardy!, Jim Henson Idea Man, My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney, Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question, The Oscars, Quiz Lady, Shark Tank, Shōgun – The Making of Shōgun, ', Welcome to Wrexham, and What If...? – An Immersive Story. Among networks and platforms FX earned the most awards with 27 wins; Netflix received the most nominations with 83.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2023–2024 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.

Programs

Performing

Animation

Art Direction

Casting

Choreography

Cinematography

Commercial

Costumes

Directing

Hairstyling

Lighting Design / Lighting Direction

Main Title and Motion Design

Makeup

Music

Picture Editing

Sound Editing

Sound Mixing

Special Visual Effects

Stunts

Technical Direction

Writing

Nominations and wins by program

For the purposes of the lists below, any wins in juried categories are assumed to have a prior nomination.

Nominations and wins by network

Ceremony order and presenters

The following categories were presented at each ceremony:

Ceremony information

The 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards were executive produced by Bob Bain and directed by Richard Preuss. Nominations for the awards were unveiled on July 17. The winners were announced during two separate ceremonies at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles held over two consecutive nights on September 7 and 8. The first night of awards focused on variety, non-fiction, and reality programming, while the second night focused on comedy, drama, and limited series programs. The combined ceremonies aired in an edited two-hour broadcast on September 14 on FXX. It was the second set of Primetime Creative Emmy Awards ceremonies held in 2024 due to the 75th ceremonies, originally slated to be held on September 9 and 10, 2023, taking place four months later on January 7 and 8, 2024, as a result of the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.

Category changes

Notable changes for the Creative Arts categories this year included:

• Outstanding Short Form Animated Program was consolidated with Outstanding Animated Program with two tracks created: One for short form programs (between 2–20 minutes), and another for all other programming (over 20 minutes).
• Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series were merged to form Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
• In the guest performance categories, a guest performer was now defined as appearing in less than 50% of all eligible series episodes. To prevent cameos from being submitted for consideration, the Television Academy stated, "The minimum stand-alone and contiguous-screen time (performer has an ongoing engagement in the scene, on or off camera) for eligibility is 5% of the total running time of the submitted episode."
• For Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, and Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special, "line producer" became an Emmy-eligible credit.
• In the costume design categories, "Head of Workroom (aka Cutter/Fitter)" is now an Emmy-Eligible title. According to the rules stipulated by the Television Academy, "Their eligibility will be determined by the designer. Contribution to the project will be weighed on a percentage basis as is done for all other positions. Verification will be made by call sheet, deal memo and designer input. Those eligible must be individuals, rather than a costume house or facility. However, the head of a facility workroom may be considered."
• Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program and Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program, which were previously juried awards, were changed to have panels who pre-screened the submissions for nomination. The full peer group voted in the final round to determine the winners.

In addition, several categories were moved between the main and Creative Arts broadcasts. Outstanding Variety Special (Live) returned to the Creative Arts ceremonies, while Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special replaced Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in the main broadcast.

Notes

References

External links

• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website