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emmy® The Magazine of the Television Academy Volume XXXIX, Number 9
Emmy Bash Photo Splash Awards Special: The 69th Emmys 8 Welcome From the chairman 10 Ladies’ Night With stories of forthrightness and fortitude, women reclaim their time — and lay claim to Emmy gold.
22 The Breathing Room On an evening that carried high stakes, A-listers took a breath in emmy’s backstage photo studio before sitting briefly for brilliant portraits: Elisabeth Moss, Riz Ahmed, Nicole Kidman, Sterling K. Brown, Reese Witherspoon, Issa Rae and more. Photographs by Robert Ascroft
13 Straight from the Arts In heartfelt remarks, winners celebrate their art and call for activism.
76 Silver Streak In the new Golden Age of television, silver has its red-carpet day. Photographs by Invision
14 And the Emmy Goes To… A complete list of the primetime winners.
103 The Big Picture Maids to order: Stephen Colbert — and some curious handmaids — kick up their heels.
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On the cover: Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman photographed at the 69th Emmys in Los Angeles by Robert Ascroft.
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What a great night! The September 17 show, broadcast live on S, was highly entertaining — our host, Stephen Colbert, kept things and funny, and the acceptance speeches were at turns impas, poignant and playful. And the nominees, winners and guests emof our key priorities as an organization — and the theme of my remarks from the stage that evening — inclusion. We all know that much work remains to balance the presence of women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, persons with disabilities and other underrepresented groups — both behind and in front of the camera. But as this Emmy season demonstrated, strides are being made. At the Emmy nominations announcement on July 13, Donald Glover — the multi-talented star, writer, director and creator of the FX comedy Atlanta — received four noms, the most for any black performer and creator in a single year. On Emmy night, he won two — outstanding lead actor in a comedy series and outstanding directing for a comedy series. In another milestone, Riz Ahmed, of HBO’s The Night Of, became the first Muslim and South Asian actor to win a performing Emmy when he took the award for lead actor in a limited series or movie. And Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win an Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series when she and Aziz Ansari were honored for the moving “Thanksgiving” episode of Netflix’s Master of None. The storyline, in which a character played by Waithe tells her mother that she is gay, was inspired by Waithe’s experience with her own mother. “Thanksgiving” was one of several Emmy-winning programs that put women front and center while exploring important social issues. The theme carried through the evening as five Emmys went to Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale — based on Margaret Atwood’s novel, in which women are brutally subjugated by an oppressive regime — and another five to HBO’s Big Little Lies, which depicted domestic violence in an ostensibly idyllic marriage. Meanwhile, the previous weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys, A&E’s Born This Way — a reality series that stars seven young adults with Down syndrome — won Emmys for cinematography and for casting. Productions such as these — which meld creative excellence, powerful storytelling and relevant subject matter — represent television at its best. Honoring the best of television is what the Emmys are all about, and all three of this year’s shows — the Creative Arts Emmys on September 9 and 10, and the September 17 telecast — did it masterfully. You can see images from all of the shows in this issue of emmy, including the largest portfolio ever from our backstage portrait studio. Be sure to check it out, starting on page 22. As always, there are many people to thank post-Emmys, beginning with the sensational Stephen Colbert and his executive producer Chris Licht, as well as the executive producers of our telecast, Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment. We also thank our show committee and 2017 broadcast partner, CBS. For the Creative Arts we thank Bob Bain, who guided the shows with his committee, headed by chair Jonathan Murray and vice-chair Bob Bergen. And thanks to our returning broadcast partner, FXX, for bringing highlights from both Creative Arts shows to a wider audience. Thank you as well to the Academy staff and, most importantly, to the nearly 24,000 — and growing — talented professionals who comprise our membership. We can’t wait to see what you create this year!
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With stories of forthrightness and fortitude, women reclaim their time — and lay claim to Emmy gold.
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The stars of HBO’s Big Little Lies, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Zoe Kravitz — here, as presenters — felt plenty of Emmy love. Kidman and Dern took acting honors, and Kidman and Witherspoon were honored as executive producers when Lies was named outstanding limited series.
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Hulu claimed five wins during the September 17 telecast from L.A.’s Microsoft Theater, becoming the first streaming service to capture outstanding drama series, with The Handmaid’s Tale. The dystopian drama took eight Emmys total (including three at the previous week’s Creative Arts Awards), another record for Hulu. HBO’s Big Little Lies also took eight awards, including outstanding limited series. And the HBO comedy series Veep — a veteran Emmy winner — continued the night’s focus on strong female characters, delivering for Julia Louis-Dreyfus a record-breaking sixth lead-actress victory in the role of Selina Meyer. While HBO maintained its usual Emmy dominance with twenty-nine awards (including the Creative Arts), other content providers were not far behind. Digital streamer Netflix scored twenty statuettes, while NBC earned fifteen. Saturday Night Live and The Voice accounted for most of the broadcast network’s wins, but there were notable exceptions, such as Sterling K. Brown’s triumph as lead actor in a drama series for his portrayal of a successful family man struggling with the reappearance of his biological father in This Is Us. The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood, follows the story of Offred, a woman attempting to survive and escape a totalitarian regime. Elisabeth Moss, Ann Dowd and Alexis Bledel (who scored a guest-actress Emmy at the Creative Arts) were first-time winners for their portrayals of women caught in the nightmarish world created by Atwood, a consulting producer on the series, who attended the ceremony. Dowd, who had lost to her Handmaid’s Tale costar Bledel for her nominated guest-actress role in HBO’s The Leftovers, appeared stunned by her supporting-actress win for her portrayal of the sadistic Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid’s Tale. “I think it is a dream,” she said from the stage. “I’ve 10 EMMY
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here was no shortage of surprises at this year’s Emmys — including a few delivered by host Stephen Colbert in the opening minutes of the live CBS show (yes, some of those “handmaids” were men… and yes, that really was Sean Spicer briefly at the podium).
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Lena Waithe accepts the writing Emmy she shared with Aziz Ansari for Netflix’s Master of None.
the president. You remember a song. You remember a line from a movie. You remember a play. You remember a book. A painting. A poem. What we do is important. And for all of you out there in motion pictures and television, don’t stop what you are doing. The audience is counting on you.” Outstanding variety sketch series went to Saturday Night Live, its fiftyfirst win among 231 nominations — more than any other program. Creator– executive producer Lorne Michaels reminisced briefly on stage: “I remember the first time we won this award, after our first season in 1976. I remember thinking, this was it — there would never be another season as crazy and unpredictable and exhausting and exhilarating. It turns out I was wrong.” Kate McKinnon took home her second consecutive Emmy as supporting actress for her work on SNL, which included portrayals of Hillary Clinton and Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. “Being part of this season of Saturday Night Live was the most meaningful thing that I will ever do, so I should just probably stop now,” she said. After thanking family and colleagues, she added: “On a personal note, I want to say thank you to Hillary Clinton for your grace and grit.” John Oliver accepted two wins for HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: writing for a variety series and outstanding variety talk series. In accepting for variety series, he mentioned that last year the staff had celebrated their win by getting drunk and going on the rides the next day at Universal Studios. He 12 EMMY
advised the theme park: “If someone is throwing up on the Harry Potter roller coasters tomorrow, they work for us. Please send them home.” Diversity and inclusion were again a focus during the show. Though presenter Dave Chappelle quipped, “I’m truly amazed how many black people are here — I counted eleven on the monitor,” Donald Glover of FX’s Atlanta found a different spin. “I want to thank Trump for making black people number one on the most-oppressed list,” said the actor-director, who won for lead actor in a comedy series and outstanding directing in a comedy. “He’s the reason I’m probably up here.” Glover is the first African American to win in the directing for a comedy series category. Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win the Emmy for comedyseries writing when she and Aziz Ansari were honored for the “Thanksgiving” episode of Netflix’s Master of None. The story, based on Waithe’s personal history of coming out to her family, is told through a series of Thanksgiving dinners at the home of Aziz’s character, Dev; Waithe plays Denise, his childhood friend. Accepting her Emmy, Waithe revved up the crowd with an internet meme (“Let me reclaim my time,” as stated Congresswoman Maxine Waters) and concluded her many acknowledgments with a message to “my LGBTQIA family: I see each and every one of you,” she said. “The things that make us different, those are our superpowers. Every day, when you walk out the door, put on your imaginary cape and go out there and conquer the world — because the world would not be as beautiful if you weren’t in it.” Waithe also thanked viewers and the industry for “embracing a little Indian boy from South Carolina [Ansari] and a little queer black girl from the South Side of Chicago.” Also addressing the transformative power of entertainment was Riz Ahmed, named lead actor in a limited series for HBO’s The Night Of, in which he played a man accused of murder. After paying tribute to one of the show’s executive producers, the late James Gandolfini, he reflected, “It is always strange reaping the rewards of a story that’s based on real-world suffering. But if this show has shone a light on some of the prejudice in our societies — Islamophobia, some of the injustice to our justice system — then maybe that is something. And I will shout out to South Asian Youth Action for helping me prepare for this, and the Innocence Project.” Disturbing social issues also came to the fore in Big Little Lies, based on Liane Moriarty’s book about women in a tony beach town and the domestic abuse that disrupts their world. The limited series started its winning streak for the night with a supporting-actress victory for Laura Dern, her first after six nominations. “I’ve been acting since I was eleven years old, and I think I’ve worked with maybe twelve women, so I want to say thanks to the Academy. Thank you to Nicole [Kidman] and Reese [Witherspoon]’s moms for giving us not only extraordinary women but really well-read women, because that’s how I’m getting parts.” For her role as an upper-crust wife whose perfect life is not what it seems, Kidman was named outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie, edging out her costar Witherspoon, also an executive producer of the project. “Reese, I share this with you,” Kidman said to Witherspoon from the stage as she accepted her first Emmy. “I have a huge artistic family that supported me through all my ups and downs. I’m a mother and a wife. I have two little girls, Sunny and Faith.” After thanking her husband, country music star Keith Urban, she added, “I want my little girls to have this on their shelf. I want them to say every time Mama didn’t put us to bed, ‘I got this; I got something.’” On a more serious note, she pointed to the show’s important theme. “We shone a light on domestic abuse. It is a complicated, insidious disease. It exists far more than we allow ourselves to know, in shame and secrecy. This shines a light on it even more.” The show’s success also sent another message. Accepting the award for outstanding limited series, Witherspoon said simply: “It’s been an incredible year for women on television.” —Liane Bonin Starr
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been acting for a long time, and that this should happen now — I thank you.” Dowd wasn’t the only cast member to be shaken by The Handmaid’s Tale sweep. Moss, whose nine career nominations include six for Mad Men, scored her first Emmy wins as lead actress and as a producer on the show. After dropping an initial f-bomb, she challenged the network censors again while thanking her mother, Linda, sitting in the first row: “You were my best friend since the day I was born. You taught me you can be kind and a fucking badass.” Bruce Miller, showrunner–executive producer of The Handmaid’s Tale, claimed the first of his two Emmys of the evening for writing the pilot. At the evening’s end, he accepted the award for best drama with good-natured thanks to those who “supported us when we wanted to do horrible things to Rory Gilmore [Alexis Bledel],” but ended his speech on a more urgent note. “Go home, get to work,” he told the audience. “We have a lot of things to fight for.” Alec Baldwin was named outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his portrayal of President Trump on Saturday Night Live, and when accepting his award, he couldn’t resist a poke at the man twice nominated for NBC’s The Apprentice: “I suppose I should say, ‘At long last, Mr. President, here is your Emmy.’” The actor then turned from politics to art: “I always remember what someone told me — that when you die, you don’t remember a bill that Congress passed or a decision the Supreme Court made, or an address made by
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ame of Thrones may have been ineligible for this year’s Emmys due to its summer run, but the network home of dragons, wolves and family entanglements still came out ahead at the Creative Arts Emmys. After the September 9 and 10 ceremonies at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater, HBO had nineteen awards, but there was still reason to celebrate for many competitors, ranging from Netflix’s Stranger Things to NBC’s Saturday Night Live and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
Activism was a frequent subject during both evenings. The Handmaid’s Tale, which garnered thirteen nominations overall, won three awards during the Creative Arts, for outstanding art direction, cinematography for a single camera series and guest actress in a drama series. Accepting the guestactress award for her role as Ofglen, one of the oppressed young women in the drama, first-time nominee Alexis Bledel thanked Hulu for partnering with the petition platform Change.org. “It is heartening to think we can be heard, issue by issue, if we sign up, speak up and stay awake,” she said. Nominated for nine Emmys, 13th, an Oscar-nominated documentary from Netflix about the constitutional embedding of racial injustice in the criminal justice system, took home four. Accepting for outstanding original music and lyrics, musician Common said, “Just two weeks ago [director Ava DuVernay’s] work led me to go into the prisons in California and talk to individuals, and I met some of the most humane people ever…. We take this award in honor of all the 2.3 million who are incarcerated.” DuVernay, accepting the Emmy for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special for 13th, picked up on the theme of taking action. “Now more than ever, when all kinds of people are being actively and aggressively demoralized and devalued, it’s important that people of justice and dignity stand up and make our voices heard…. Our voices are stronger than those that try to silence us.” W. Kamau Bell ran to the stage to accept the award for outstanding unstructured reality program, for CNN’s United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. “Thank you for media and TV and movies that prove the necessity of diversity and inclusion to make America a better place,” he said. A&E’s Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath — nominated in two categories — won outstanding informational series or special for its series treatment of the complexities of leaving Scientology. “I want to thank my mom, Vicki, who for years wished she could be in this audience and see her daughter win an Emmy,” Remini said. “You are officially forgiven for getting us into a cult…. I want to dedicate this to our brave contributors who, despite ongoing risk and repercussions, selflessly spoke out and told their stories.” A&E’s Born This Way, which last year was named outstanding unstructured reality program, had three episodes nominated for picture editing but won for cinematography for a reality program and in a new category, reality casting. “Being part of the team that brought the story of a group of young adults with Down syndrome to television has been probably the greatest experience of my professional life,” said Sasha Alpert in accepting the casting award. HBO’s Big Little Lies, the story of three mothers grappling with harrowing challenges beneath a seemingly perfect surface, won three awards, including the first for music supervision, a category introduced this year. After thanking her colleagues, music supervisor Susan Jacobs joked, “Thanks to the video for helping me learn how to walk in heels. You can learn that on YouTube. I did,” she added before gliding off stage. FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan won awards for outstanding makeup and hairstyling for a miniseries or movie. Six-time Emmy winner Eryn Krueger
Mekash thanked stars Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, “who withstood big eyebrows and overdrawn lips for months,” in addition to show creator Ryan Murphy and others. For Rickey Minor — winner for outstanding music direction, for the ABC special Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America — it was a first-time experience, despite a multitude of nominations. “I said I was gonna be cool if I ever won at any point,” he confessed. “I never won anything anywhere. But what I’ve won is the love of this gift of music, and music saved my life.” After thanking his colleagues, Minor added, “My mom was here last year, hoping to see me win. This is my seventh nomination, so here it is.” Nominated for five awards, James Corden won two: for outstanding variety music or comedy special, for Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017, and for outstanding special-class program for the 70th Tony Awards. “I told my wife to stay home,” he admitted in accepting the award for the karaoke-themed variety special, the show’s second consecutive win in the category. “It feels a mistake now. I said, ‘Babe, it’s going to be a washout. We don’t stand a chance.’” The juried award for outstanding choreography produced two winners: Mandy Moore, for ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, and Travis Wall, for Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance (a show for which Moore received a second nomination). Moore joked that she wasn’t the actress of the same name (who stars on NBC’s This Is Us) but would like to meet her someday, while Wall promised his fiancé he would soon set a date for their wedding. Getting back to business, he added: “So You Think You Can Dance has changed my life, and if you’ve watched it, I’m sure it’s changed yours.” For her part, Jane Lynch accepted her award for actress in a short-form comedy or drama series — for the digital series Dropping the Soap — on a light note: “As you’re enjoying that delicious fare at the Governors Ball, I’m going to be starting the prep for my colonoscopy tomorrow. So I wish you the best. Eat a little something for me.” —L.B.S. A list of winners begins on page 14. For additional coverage of the 69th Emmys, including a replay of Backstage Live!, go to Emmys.com.
CREDIT ROLL The 69th Emmy Awards Executive producers: Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss Director: Glenn Weiss Supervising producer: Rob Paine Producer: Chris Licht Primetime awards show committee chair: James Pearse Connelly Committee vice-chair: Gail Mancuso Committee chair, digital: Danila Koverman The Creative Arts Awards Executive producer: Bob Bain Director: Michael Dempsey Producer: Paul Flattery Coordinating producer: Carole Propp Supervising producer: Benn Fleishman Creative Arts show committee chair: Jonathan Murray Committee vice-chair: Bob Bergen
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A COMPLETE LIST OF THIS YEAR’S PRIMETIME EMMY WINNERS Presented September 17:
ACTING OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Donald Glover as Earn Marks; Atlanta; FX OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer; Veep; HBO OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson; This Is Us; NBC OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Elisabeth Moss as Offred; The Handmaid’s Tale; Hulu OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Riz Ahmed as Nasir “Naz” Khan; The Night Of; HBO OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Nicole Kidman as Celeste Wright; Big Little Lies; HBO OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump; Saturday Night Live; NBC OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Kate McKinnon as various characters; Saturday Night Live; NBC OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES John Lithgow as Winston Churchill; The Crown; Netflix OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia; The Handmaid’s Tale; Hulu OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Alexander Skarsgård as Perry Wright; Big Little Lies; HBO
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Laura Dern as Renata Klein; Big Little Lies; HBO
DIRECTING OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES Donald Glover, directed by; Atlanta, “B.A.N.”; FX OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Reed Morano, directed by; The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred (pilot)”; Hulu OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL Jean-Marc Vallée, directed by; Big Little Lies; HBO OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES Don Roy King, directed by; Saturday Night Live, “Host: Jimmy Fallon”; NBC
PROGRAMMING OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, executive producers; Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Georgia Pritchett, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Steve Hely, Ted Cohen, David Hyman, coexecutive producers; Rachel Axler, Billy Kimball, supervising producers; Dale Stern, producer; Erik Kenward, Dan Mintz, consulting producers; Veep; HBO OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, executive producers; Sheila Hockin, Eric Tuchman, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, coexecutive producers; Kira Snyder, supervising producer; Elisabeth Moss, producer; Joseph Boccia, produced by; Leila Gerstein, consulting producer; The Handmaid’s Tale; Hulu OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES David E. Kelley, Jean-Marc Vallée, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross, executive producers; Barbara A. Hall, produced by; Big Little Lies; HBO OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM John De Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Jay Bienstock, Lee Metzger, Chad Hines,
executive producers; Kyra Thompson, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker, coexecutive producers; Anthea Bhargava, Keith Dinielli, May Johnson, Clyde Lieberman, Teddy Valenti, supervising producers; Ashley BaumannSylvester, Barton Kimball, Brittany Martin Porter, Kyley Tucker, senior producers; Amanda Silva Borden, Carson Daly, Dan Paschen, producers; The Voice; NBC OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, executive producers; Laurie Borg, producer; Black Mirror: San Junipero; Netflix OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES Lorne Michaels, executive producer; Ken Aymong, supervising producer; Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, producers; Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, produced by; Saturday Night Live; NBC OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES John Oliver, executive producer–host; Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, executive producers; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; HBO
WRITING OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe, written by; Master of None, “Thanksgiving”; Netflix OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Bruce Miller, teleplay by; The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred (pilot)”; Hulu OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL Charlie Brooker, written by; Black Mirror: San Junipero; Netflix OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner, written by; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; HBO Presented September 9 & 10:
ACTING OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Dave Chappelle, host; Saturday Night Live; NBC
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OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Gerald McRaney as Dr. Nathan Katowski; This Is Us; NBC OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Melissa McCarthy, host; Saturday Night Live; NBC OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Alexis Bledel as Ofglen; The Handmaid’s Tale; Hulu OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES Kim Estes as Amanda; Dicks; Vimeo OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES Jane Lynch as Olivia Vanderstein; Dropping the Soap; Amazon
ANIMATION OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM Loren Bouchard, Jim Dauterive, Dan Fybel, Rich Rinaldi, executive producers; Greg Thompson, Jon Schroeder, Nora Smith, Scott Jacobson, coexecutive producers; Steven Davis, Kelvin Yu, supervising producer–writers; Lizzie Molyneux, Wendy Molyneux, Holly Schlesinger, supervising producers; Janelle Momary-Neely, produced by; Joel Kuwahara, Scott Greenberg, animation executive producers; Bernard Derriman, supervising director; Chris Song, director; Bob’s Burgers, “Bob, Actually”; Fox OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM Pendleton Ward, executive producer–story by– written by; Adam Muto, executive producer– story by; Fred Seibert , Rob Sorcher, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, executive producers; Kelly Crews, supervising producer; Graham Falk, written by; Kent Osborne, Jack Pendarvis, Ashly Burch, story by; Elizabeth Ito, supervising director; Lindsey Pollard, Cheolhui Han, animation directors; Michel Lyman, Ken Bruce, Maureen Mlynarczyk, timers; Adventure Time, “Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resources”; Cartoon Network
Craig Kellman, character designer; Samurai Jack, “XCII”; Adult Swim Lou Romano, background designer; Samurai Jack, “XCV”; Adult Swim Justin Nichols, character animator; Wander Over Yonder, “The End of the Galaxy”; Disney XD OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICEOVER PERFORMANCE Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire; Family Guy, “The Boys in the Band”; Fox
CASTING OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES Dorian Frankel, C.S.A., Sibby Kirchgessner, C.S.A., casting by; Veep; HBO OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Carmen Cuba, C.S.A., casting by; Tara Feldstein Bennett, C.S.A., Chase Paris, C.S.A., location casting; Stranger Things; Netflix
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (ONE HOUR) Colin Watkinson, director of photography; The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred (pilot)”; Hulu OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM Cinematography Team; Planet Earth II, “Islands”; BBC America OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM Bruce Ready, director of photography; Born This Way, “Rough Waters”; A&E
COMMERCIAL OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL John X Hannes, ad agency; Smuggler, production company; Calling JohnMalkovich.com, Squarespace
COSTUMES
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL David Rubin, casting by; Big Little Lies; HBO
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.)
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM Sasha Alpert, C.S.A., Megan Sleeper, casting by; Born This Way; A&E
Alix Friedberg, costume designer; Risa Garcia, assistant costume designer; Patricia McLaughlin, costume supervisor; Big Little Lies, “You Get What You Need”; HBO
CHOREOGRAPHY OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (Juried Award: all entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate branch members with the possibility of one, more than one or no award.) Mandy Moore, choreographer; Dancing with the Stars, routines: “On Top of the World/Carol of the Bells”; ABC Travis Wall, choreographer; So You Think You Can Dance, routines: “The Mirror/Send in the Clowns/ She Used to Be Mine”; Fox
CINEMATOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING PERIOD/FANTASY COSTUMES FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.) Michele Clapton, costume designer; Alex Fordham, Emma O’Loughlin, assistant costume designers; Kate O’Farrell, costume supervisor; The Crown, “Wolferton Splash”; Netflix OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Fred Elmes, A.S.C., director of photography; The Night Of, “Ordinary Death”; HBO
Zaldy Goco, costume designer (RuPaul); Perry Meek, costume designer (Lady Gaga); RuPaul’s Drag Race, “Oh. My. Gaga!”; VH1
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION (Juried Award: all entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate branch members with the possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES Donald A. Morgan, A.S.C., director of photography; The Ranch, “Easy Come, Easy Go”; Netflix
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM Ezra Edelman, directed by; O.J.: Made in America, “Part 3”; ESPN
Bryan Andrews, storyboard artist; Samurai Jack, “XCIII”; Adult Swim Scott Wills, production designer; Samurai Jack, “XCIII”; Adult Swim
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) David Miller, A.S.C., director of photography; Veep, “Qatar”; HBO
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL Glenn Weiss, directed by; The Oscars; ABC
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DIRECTING
EDITING OUTSTANDING MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES Peter Chakos, editor; The Big Bang Theory, “The Holiday Summation”; CBS OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES Jennifer Lilly, edited by; Master of None, “The Thief”; Netflix OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Dean Zimmerman, A.C.E., editor; Stranger Things, “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”; Netflix OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., editor; Nick Houy, additional editor; The Night Of, “The Beach”; HBO OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM Bret Granato, A.C.E., Maya Mumma, A.C.E., Ben Sozanski, A.C.E., editors; O.J.: Made in America, “Part 4”; ESPN OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED OR COMPETITION REALITY PROGRAM Jamie Martin, lead editor; John Lim, Michael Roha, editors; RuPaul’s Drag Race, “Oh. My. Gaga!”; VH1 OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM Ian Richardson, Tony Diaz, Eric Michael Schrader, Matt Mercer, editors; Life Below Zero, “River of Rage”; National Geographic OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING (Area Award: possibility of one, more than one or no award.) Anthony Miale, editor; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “F*ck 2016 (segment)”; HBO
GOVERNORS AWARD ITVS
HAIRSTYLING OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Chris Clark, department head hairstylist; Ralph Michael Abalos, key hairstylist; Wendy Southard, hairstylist; Helena Cepeda, additional hairstylist; Feud: Bette and Joan; FX
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OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL Miia Kovero, hair designer; Terry Baliel, head hairstylist; Roxanne Griffin, Lawrence Davis, Jill Crosby, Joy Zapata, hairstylists; Hairspray Live!; NBC OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLECAMERA SERIES Joy Zapata, department head hairstylist; Pavy Olivarez, key hairstylist; Bruce Samia, Donna Anderson, additional hairstylists; Westworld, “Contrapasso”; HBO
HOST OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM RuPaul Charles, host; RuPaul’s Drag Race; VH1
INTERACTIVE MEDIA OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGRAM Partially Important Productions; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; HBO OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL INTERACTIVE PROGRAM Felix & Paul Studios; The People’s House – Inside the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama; Samsung / Oculus OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA WITHIN A SCRIPTED PROGRAM HBO, Kilter Films, Bad Robot; Westworld; HBO (DiscoverWestworld.com)
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL Robert Barnhart, lighting designer; David Grill, Pete Radice, Jason Rudolph, lighting directors; Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga; Fox
MAKEUP OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE (NON-PROSTHETIC) Eryn Krueger Mekash, makeup designer; Robin Beauchesne, assistant makeup department head; Shutchai Tym Buacharern, Kim Ayers, Becky Cotton, David Williams, makeup artists; Feud: Bette and Joan; FX OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON-PROSTHETIC) Louie Zakarian, department head makeup artist; Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, key makeup artists; Daniela Zivkovic, Rachel Pagani, Andrew Sotomayor, makeup artists; Saturday Night Live, “Host: Alec Baldwin”; NBC OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC) Christien Tinsley, department head makeup artist; Myriam Arougheti, key makeup artist; Gerald Quist, Lydia Milars, Ed French, makeup artists; Westworld, “The Original”; HBO OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.)
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA WITHIN AN UNSCRIPTED PROGRAM Meghan de Boer, executive producer; Rich Preuss, coexecutive producer; Teeny Stillings, Augie Max Vargas, producers; Shelby Sundling Lathrop, supervising producer; The Oscars: All Access; ABC (oscar.com)
Eryn Krueger Mekash, makeup designer; Mike Mekash, special makeup effects assistant department head; David Leroy Anderson, prosthetic designer; James MacKinnon, Jason Hamer, Melanie Eichner, Cristina Himiob, Maiko Chiba, special makeup effects artists; American Horror Story: Roanoke; FX
OUTSTANDING INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING (Juried Award: all entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate branch members with the possibility of one or no award.)
OUTSTANDING MOTION DESIGN (Juried Award: all entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate branch members with the possibility of one or no award.)
Patrick Osborne, director; David Eisenmann, producer; Karen Dufilho, executive producer; Google Spotlight Stories; Evil Eye Pictures; Pearl
LIGHTING DIRECTION OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES Simon Miles, lighting designer; Matthew Cotter, Suzanne Sotelo, lighting directors; Matt McAdam, media server programmer; Dancing with the Stars; “Cirque du Soleil Night”; ABC
MOTION DESIGN
Orion Tait, executive creative director; Thomas Schmid, Daniel Oeffinger, creative directors; William Trebutien, lead animator; Beyond Magic; ABC Angus Wall, Leanne Dare, co-creative directors; Lynn Cho, designer; Dan Meehan, Ekin Akalin, animators; 13th; Netflix
MUSIC OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE) Jeff Beal, music by; House of Cards, “Chapter 63”; Netflix OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE) Jeff Russo, music by; Fargo, “Aporia”; FX OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION Rickey Minor, music direction by; Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories that Changed America; ABC OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION Susan Jacobs, music supervisor; Big Little Lies, “You Get What You Need”; HBO
Jim Gloster, production designer; Andrew Leitch, art director; Kimberly Wannop, set decorator; Veep, “Omaha”; HBO
Angus Wall, Jason Sterman, executive producers; Spencer Averick, producer; Ava DuVernay, Howard Barish, produced by; 13th; Netflix
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION, EVENT OR AWARD SPECIAL (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.)
OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill, Yun Lingner, Phil Gurin, executive producers; Max Swedlow, Brandon Wallace, coexecutive producers; Becky Blitz, supervising producer; Sami Aziz, Heather Dreiling, Michael Kramer, Shaun Polakow, Laura Roush, Kate Ryu, senior producers; Dominique Worden, producer; Shark Tank; ABC
Derek McLane, production designer; Joe Celli, art director; Jason Howard, set decorator; Hairspray Live!; NBC OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION, REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION SERIES (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.)
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC Michael Stein, Kyle Dixon, theme by; Stranger Things; Netflix
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph Detullio, production designers; Saturday Night Live, “Host: Alec Baldwin”; NBC
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS Common, music and lyrics by; Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins, music by; 13th, song title: “Letter to the Free”; Netflix
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING (Juried Award: all entrants are screened by a jury of appropriate branch members with the possibility of one or no award.)
NARRATOR OUTSTANDING NARRATOR Meryl Streep, narrator; Five Came Back, “The Price of Victory”; Netflix
PRODUCTION DESIGN OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE) (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.) Julie Berghoff, production designer; Evan Webber, art director; Sophie Neudorfer, set decorator; The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred (pilot)”; Hulu OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE) (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.) Martin Childs, production designer; Mark Raggett, art director; Celia Bobak, set decorator; The Crown, “Smoke and Mirrors”; Netflix OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR OR LESS) (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.) 20 EMMY
PROGRAMMING
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, a film by; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn, produced by; Tim Pastore, Matt Renner, executive producers; LA 92; National Geographic OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.) Brown Johnson, executive producer; Ken Scarborough, coexecutive producer; Benjamin Lehmann, supervising producer; Karyn Leibovich, Stephanie Longardo, Mindy Fila, producers; Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas; HBO OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.) Michael Gunton, executive producer; Tom Hugh-Jones, series producer; Elizabeth White, produced by; Planet Earth II; BBC America OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.)
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM Jimmy Fox, Gregory J. Lipstone, Layla Smith, W. Kamau Bell, Donny Jackson, executive producers; Justin Yungfleisch, Steven Dickert, coexecutive producers; David E.J. Berger, supervising producer; Amy Entelis, Lizzie Fox, executive producers; United States of America with W. Kamau Bell; CNN OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM (Area Award: possibility of one or more than one award.) Ricky Kirshner, Glenn Weiss, executive producers; Allen Kelman, supervising producer; James Corden, producer-host; Ben Winston, producer; 70th Annual Tony Awards; CBS OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES Dan Appel, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Melissa Bernstein, executive producers; Rob Knox, producer; Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training; AMC (amc.com) OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES Meghan Kirsch, executive producer; Nacho Gil, coexecutive producer; Hannah Gregg, supervising producer; Michele Beno, producer; Viceland at the Women’s March; FX OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM VARIETY SERIES Jennifer Flanz, Steve Bodow, executive producers; Ramin Hedayati, supervising producer; Jocelyn Conn, produced by; Trevor Noah, host; The Daily Show – Between the Scenes; Comedy Central (TheDailyShow.com) OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL Ben Winston, Rob Crabbe, executive producers; Amy Ozols, coexecutive producer; Josie Cliff, Sheila Rogers, Michael Kaplan, James Longman, Jeff Kopp, supervising producers; James Corden, producer-host; Diana Miller, producer; Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017; CBS
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL SERIES OR SPECIAL Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Leah Remini, Alex Weresow, Devon Graham Hammonds, executive producers; Erin Gamble, Rachelle Mendez, coexecutive producers; Jeana Dill, supervising producer; Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath; A&E
SOUND OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL Nicholas Renbeck, sound supervisor; Marissa Littlefield, supervising ADR editor; Steve Visscher, supervising Foley editor; Ruth Hernandez, ADR editor; Sara Stern, Luciano Vignola, Odin Benitez, dialogue editors; Wyatt Sprague, Roland Yajs, sound effects editors; Ruy Garcia, Warren Shaw, sound designers; Heather Gross, Foley editor; Dan Evans Farkas, Grant Conway, music editors; Marko Costanzo, Foley artist; The Night Of, “Subtle Beast”; HBO OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) Jon Michaels, Cameron Frankley, co-supervising sound editors; Harrison Meyle, dialogue editor; Dan Kenyon, Will Digby, sound effects editors; Melissa Muik, music editor; The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years; Hulu OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES Bradley North, sound supervisor; Craig Henighan, Jordan Wilby, Jonathan Golodner, Tiffany S. Griffith, sound editors; Sam Munoz, Foley editor; David Klotz, music editor; Noel Vought, Ginger Geary, Foley artists; Stranger Things, “Chapter Eight: The Upside Down”; Netflix OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR) Keith Rogers, Scott Weber, re-recording mixers; Roger V. Stevenson, C.A.S., production mixer; Kyle O’Neal, ADR mixer; Westworld, “The Bicameral Mind”; HBO OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION (Area Award: possibility of one, more than one or no award.) Andy D’Addario, Gary Gegan, re-recording mixers; Marco Fiumara, production mixer; Clark Germain, scoring mixer; Mozart in the Jungle, “Now I Will Sing”; Amazon
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Michael Barry, Nicholas Renbeck, re-recording mixers; Felix Andrew, Larry Hoff, production mixers; The Night Of, “The Beach”; HBO OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) (Area Award: possibility of one, more than one or no award.) Chris Jenkins, Cameron Frankley, re-recording mixers; Nathan Evans, production mixer; Sam Okell, music mixer; The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years; Hulu OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL (Area Award: possibility of one, more than one or no award.) Josh Morton, post audio mixer; Thomas Holmes, production mixer; Mikael Stewart, FOH production mixer; Eric Schilling, John Harris, broadcast music mixers; Ron Reaves, FOH mixer; Tom Pesa, Michael Parker, stage foldback mixers; Eric Johnston, playback music mixer; Pablo Munguia, Pro Tools mixer; Bob Lamasney, sweetening mixer; 59th Grammy Awards; CBS Al Centrella, production mixer; Susan Pelino, re-recording mixer; Jay Vicari, music mixer; Dave Natale, Erik Von Ranson, FOH mixers; Simon Welch, monitor mixer; 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony; HBO
STUNT COORDINATION OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A COMEDY SERIES OR VARIETY PROGRAM Eddie Perez, stunt coordinator; Shameless; Showtime OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE James Lew, stunt coordinator; Marvel’s Luke Cage; Netflix
TECHNICAL DIRECTION OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL Charles Ciup, technical director; Billy Steinberg, Chris Hill, video control; Bert Atkinson, Randy Gomez, Nathanial Havholm, Ron Lehman, Bettina Levesque, Dave Levisohn, Tore Livia, Mike Malone, Adam Margolis, Rob Palmer, Brian Reason, Damien Tuffereau, Andrew Waruszewski, camera; Hairspray Live!; NBC
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES (Area Award: possibility of one, more than one or no award.) Steven Cimino, technical director; Susan Noll, Frank Grisanti, video control; John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Len Wechsler, Eric Eisenstein, Dave Driscoll, Jeff Latonero, Ann Bergstrom, Randy Bittle, camera; Saturday Night Live, “Host: Jimmy Fallon”; NBC
TITLE DESIGN OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN Michelle Dougherty, creative director; Peter Frankfurt, executive creative director; Arisu Kashiwagi, designer; Eric Demeusy, compositor-designer; Stranger Things; Netflix
VISUAL EFFECTS OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS Jay Worth, VFX supervisor; Elizabeth Castro, VFX coordinator; Joe Wehmeyer, on-set VFX supervisor; Eric Levin-Hatz, VFX compositor; Bobo Skipper, ILP VFX supervisor; Gustav Ahrén, modeling lead; Paul Ghezzo, CG supervisor – COSA VFX; Mitchell S. Drain, VFX supervisor — shade VFX; Michael Lantieri, special effects coordinator; Westworld, “The Bicameral Mind”; HBO OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Thomas Mahoney, visual effects supervisor; Matthew Wheelon Hunt, visual effects producer; Alex Gitler, compositing supervisor; Sina San, senior matte painter–art director; Michael Capton, CG supervisor–lead CG artist; Jon Anastasiades, senior lead compositor; Ryan Bauer, Mark Anthony J. Nazal, sequence lead compositors; Randy Little, on-set supervisor; Gotham, “Heavydirtysoul”; Fox
WRITING OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, written by; 13th; Netflix OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, Melinda Taub, writers; Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner; TBS
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT ASCROFT
Breathing Room The
“TAKE A BREATH.”
So said photographer Robert Ascroft many times on Emmy day, as winners, presenters and other A-listers posed in his backstage photo studio. “There’s so much going on that day for the talent,” he explained when the rush was over. “But these images have longevity. I really want them to be great. So I tell them, ‘Take a breath, let it out and give me those four or five frames that will last forever.’” While a photo session often takes hours, Robert had to capture many of his Emmy portraits in less than a minute. As winners proceed from the stage of L.A.’s Microsoft Theater, one of their first stops is the emmy studio. More subjects are right behind, and those posing for him have many interviews and shoots ahead — and parties to get to, of course. So speed is of the essence — not just in creating the images, but in converting the set to accommodate individuals or large groups. “Having my A-team really helped,” Robert said of his crew of five. “I’ve been working with them for years — they know exactly what I’m looking for.” What Robert was looking for on September 17 was “intimate, beautiful portraits” that stood out among the thousands of images taken that day. “Everybody is shot many times,” he acknowledged. “I wanted a unique photo spread for the Academy.” To that end, he designed a versatile set. On one side: a living room featuring navy walls set off by light gray molding and French doors and furnished with a stylish light-blue sofa, red chair and faux fireplace topped by “the heaviest mirror on the planet.” (Two trips to Home Depot ensured no earthquake would bring it down.) “I was going for an upscale apartment feel,” he said. “And I love to be able to include reflection in a shot,” he added of the mirror, whose gold frame “was a nod to Emmy gold, without being over-the-top.” On the other side of the set, a canvas backdrop of gray-blue: “Cooler tones in the background make the warmth of the skin pop.” As day turned to night, Emmy insiders poured into Robert’s studio, oohing and aahing at the set and often recognizing their photographer. “Many of these people, I’ve photographed them over the years. It’s nice to have that reconnection.” Though Robert was shooting the emmy studio for the first time, he is widely known for his work in celebrity portraits, fashion, beauty and advertising, for print, the web, billboards and television. His client list includes ad agencies, movie studios, magazines, record companies, Broadway theaters and fashion designers. And now the Emmys: resulting in the record-setting, fifty-four-page photo feature that starts here. Take a breath and enjoy. 22 EMMY
DONALD GLOVER, Atlanta
RIZ AHMED, The Night Of
YARA SHAHIDI, black-ish
ELISABETH MOSS, actress-producer, and BRUCE MILLER, executive producer (both seated, holding two Emmys), with MARGARET ATWOOD, author–consulting producer (red jacket), and members of the cast and creative team of The Handmaid’s Tale
JULIANNE HOUGH, Dancing with the Stars
KATE McKINNON, Saturday Night Live
ALEC BALDWIN, Saturday Night Live
From Black Mirror: San Junipero: (standing, from left) GAVIN STENHOUSE, actor; LAURIE BORG, producer; BILLY GRIFFIN, JR., actor; (seated) DENISE BURSE, actress; OWEN HARRIS, director; CHARLIE BROOKER, writer–executive producer; ANNABEL JONES, executive producer; and GUGU MBATHA-RAW and MACKENZIE DAVIS, actresses
ZAZIE BEETZ, Atlanta
JUDITH LIGHT, Transparent
GERALD McRANEY, This Is Us
AZIZ ANSARI and LENA WAITHE, Master of None
The team from American Ninja Warrior (from left): MATT ISEMAN, host; ARTHUR SMITH, executive producer; KRISTINE LEAHY, host; ANTHONY STORM, BRIAN RICHARDSON and KENT WEED, executive producers; AKBAR GBAJABIAMILA, host; KRISTEN STABILE, coexecutive producer
ERIN LIM, E! The Rundown
ALEXANDER SKARSGÃ…RD, Big Little Lies
NICOLE KIDMAN, Big Little Lies
From Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: (seated, from left) DAN GUREWITCH, writer; JOHN OLIVER, host–executive producer; LIZ STANTON, executive producer; JULI WEINER and GEOFFREY HAGGERTY, writers; (standing) JILL TWISS, JEFF MAURER, SCOTT SHERMAN, WILLIAM TRACY, KEVIN AVERY and JOSH GONDELMAN, writers
STERLING K. BROWN, This Is Us
TESSA THOMPSON, Westworld
DON ROY KING, director, Saturday Night Live
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RUBY MODINE, Shameless
From Big Little Lies: (seated, from left) DAVID E. KELLEY, executive producer– writer; LAURA DERN, actress; LIANE MORIARTY, author–producer; REESE WITHERSPOON, actress–executive producer; NICOLE KIDMAN, actress– executive producer; GREGG FIENBERG, executive producer; (standing) JEFFREY NORDLING and ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD, actors; ZOE KRAVITZ, actress; JEAN-MARC VALLÉE, executive producer–director; BRUNA PAPANDREA, NATHAN ROSS and PER SAARI, executive producers
BRIAN TYREE HENRY, Atlanta
ELISABETH MOSS, The Handmaid’s Tale
ISSA RAE, Insecure
JARED HARRIS, The Crown
JACKIE HOFFMAN, Feud: Bette and Joan
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, actress–executive producer (seated, left of center), and DAVID MANDEL, executive producer (standing, third from right), with members of the cast and creative team of Veep
FINN WOLFHARD, CALEB McLAUGHLIN, NOAH SCHNAPP and GATEN MATARAZZO, Stranger Things
ANN DOWD, The Handmaid’s Tale
Members of the producing team of The Voice
DEON COLE, black-ish
SUZANNE CRYER, Silicon Valley
ALEXIS BLEDEL, The Handmaid’s Tale
MATTHEW MODINE, Stranger Things
JOE FARRELL, vice-president of television/longform, Funny or Die, and MIKE FARAH, CEO, Funny or Die
MILES BROWN, black-ish
LAURA DERN, Big Little Lies
JEFF WACHTEL FKLHI FRQWHQW RÇ—FHU NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, and president, Universal Cable Productions; with KATE FENSKE (left) and ELISE HENDERSON, senior vice-presidents, development, UCP
From the producing team of Genius: MELISSA RUCKER, CLINT KISKER, RACHEL SHANE and GIGI PRITZKER of Madison Wells Media–OddLot Entertainment
LAMORNE MORRIS, New Girl
SHANNON PURSER, Stranger Things
MARK FEUERSTEIN, 9JKL
From Saturday Night Live: (seated from left) LINDSAY SHOOKUS, producer; STEVE HIGGINS, produced by; LORNE MICHAELS, executive producer; ERIN DOYLE, producer; (standing) performers MIKEY DAY, BECK BENNETT, KYLE MOONEY and AIDY BRYANT
GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
MARCUS SCRIBNER, black-ish
BRUCE MILLER, executive producer, The Handmaid’s Tale
THE ARRIVALS... Anna Chlumsky
Tracee Ellis Ross
Kristine Leahy
Silver Strea
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Sarah Paulson
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Laverne Cox
n this new Golden Age of television, shouldn’t silver have its day? That seemed to be the thinking of many of the women — and men — who rocked the red carpet at the 69th Emmys. Whether it was silver with black, silver with feathers (another hot trend) or silver solo, their sterling choices cast a welcome sparkle against the black step-and-repeat. This year’s carpet came with special protection from the elements — which in L.A. in September means searing heat. Tented on all sides, it made for an air-conditioned cruise past the photographers. Ironically, Emmy day was unseasonably mild. Still, many ladies dressed for — and brought — the heat. Necklines plunged, slits ascended. Trains trailed dramatically, while tea-length hems played peek-a-boo with pleasing ankles.
Priyanka Chopra
But what would the Emmys be without a palette of metallics? Bronze, copper and accents of gold all had their moments in the Emmy lenses. So did those forever-favored shades of black and white, seen with elegant beading, body-con cutouts — even in jumpsuits that seemed tailor-made for the jostling crowds at the Microsoft Theater. And not to be neglected were the reds that rivaled the carpet, oh-so-pretty pinks and brilliant blues and greens. But for some women, only the spectrum will do. Zoë Kravitz and Tessa Thompson were both carpet-stunners in their dazzling rainbow gowns. Check them out — and all the looks from the September 17 telecast as well as the September 9 and 10 Creative Arts Emmys on the following pages. Eclipse glasses not required!
THE ARRIVALS... Jessica Biel
Anika Noni Rose
Susan Kelechi Watson
Sonequa Martin-Green
Nicole Kidman
Edie Falco
THE ARRIVALS... Leslie Jones
Emmy Rossum
Keri Russell
Alessandra Mastronardi
SoďŹ a Vergara
Ajiona Alexus
THE ARRIVALS... Reese Witherspoon
Ellie Kemper
Felicity Huffman
Shailene Woodley
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Samantha Bee
THE ARRIVALS... Rico Rodriguez
Padma Lakshmi
Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer and Joe Keery
Zach GaliďŹ anakis
Chris Sullivan and Rachel Reichard Evan Rachel Wood
Debra Messing Anna Faris
Yvonne Strahovski, Tim Loden and Sterling K. Brown
Ariel Winter
John Turturro
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein
Ewan McGregor and RuPaul Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, Michelle Visage
Uzo Aduba
O-T Fagbenle and Margaret Atwood
Kiernan Shipka Matt Ross
Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin
Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson
Michael Kelly and Jerey Tambor
Susan Sarandon
THE ARRIVALS... Brian Tyree Henry and Ron Cephas Jones
Jane Fonda
Alexander SkarsgĂĽrd Chrissy Metz
Claire Foy
Mandy Moore
Natalie Morales
Millie Bobby Brown
Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone Liev Schreiber and Samuel Kai Schreiber
Reggie Watts
Reed Morano
Sarah Hyland Regina King
Julie Bowen Alana Mayo and Lena Waithe
Louie Anderson and Alec Baldwin
Geoffrey Rush
David Thewlis
Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley
Hayma Washington
Tina Fey
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THE ARRIVALS... Samira Wiley and Oprah Winfrey
Amanda Brugel
David Harbour
Rashida Jones Jessica Lange
Louis C.K.
Madeline Brewer
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman
Tituss Burgess
Vanessa Bayer
Yeardley Smith
Tracee Ellis Ross and Issa Rae
Cicely Tyson
Robin Wright and Dylan Penn
Vanessa Kirby
Carrie Coon
Jeremy Piven Bill Camp and Elizabeth Marvel
Stanley Tucci
Jaimie Alexander
Chrishell Stause and Justin Hartley
Anna Chlumsky and Ellie Kemper
Jerey Wright
Gina Rodriguez
Joseph Fiennes and Maria Dolores Dieguez
Joel Kinnaman and Cleo Wattenstrom
Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan
O N STAG E... Sterling K. Brown
Oprah Winfrey and Elisabeth Moss
Dave Chappelle and Melissa McCarthy
Rachel Bloom Sean Spicer
Jim Parsons and Iain Armitage
Donald Glover
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton
Seth MacFarlane and Emmy Rossum
Laura Dern
Tatiana Maslany and Jerey Dean Morgan
Priyanka Chopra, Anthony Anderson and John Oliver
Alec Baldwin is escorted o-stage.
LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union
Christopher Jackson sings during the in-memoriam tribute.
Issa Rae and Riz Ahmed Craig Robinson and Adam Scott
Seth Meyers and James Corden BD Wong and Matt Bomer
John Lithgow
Television Academy interns German Flores, Jasmyne Foo, Sidne Phillips and DeAndre Allen-Toole
Stephen Colbert in Westworld spoof
poon, Laura Dern and ZoĂŤ Kravitz Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, Reese Withers
Ann Dowd and Jeremy Piven
Norman Lear, Carol Burnett and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
IN THE HOUSE... Iain Armitage does a card trick for Shailene Woodley.
Marsai Martin, Miles Brown and Oprah Winfrey
Kyle Hawley and Noah Hawley Jessica Lange and Robert De Niro
Claire Foy and John Lithgow
Elisabeth Moss
Sofia Vergara snaps a selfie with Eric Stonestreet, Lindsay Schweitzer, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita and Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara.
Sarah Paulson and Ted Sarandos
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kevin Spacey i ssandra Mastronard Aziz Ansari and Ale
Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus
Evan Rachel Wood, Lisa Joy and Thandie Newton Julius Tennon, Viola Davis and Milo Ventimiglia
Gaten Matarazzo, Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard
BEHIND THE SCENES. . Donald Glover
Jaimie Alexander
sa Thompson Dowd
Gina Rodriguez and Shemar Moo
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
Colbert and Seth Meyers
Lena Waithe Kate McKinnon
Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser Dave Chappelle and Jerey Wright
Kumail Nanjiani and Rachel Bloom Dennis Quaid and Carol Burnett
THE GOVERNORS BALL ... Jenifer Lewis
Jared Harris and Allegra Riggio
Wanda Sykes and Liz Stanton Rickey Minor and Rachel Montez Minor
Allison Janney
Scott Mayo performs with Philip Bailey.
Lakeith Stanfield
Jeffrey Tambor and David Mandel
and Jackie Hoffman Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson
Ruby Modine and Matthew Modine
Justina Machado and Rita Moreno
Priyanka Chopra
Chrissy Metz and Billy Eichner
Jean-Marc Vallée
Keri Russell and J.J. Abrams
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall
Zach Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon
The evening’s theme: Golden Grandeur
Charlie Brooker
Halston Sage and Zac Posen
Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney
Aziz Ansari and Kiernan Shipka
n and Michael Kaplan James Corden in a conga line with James Longma
Sterling K. Brown
Bob Odenkirk and Fred Armisen
Judith Light and Kathryn Hahn
Jane Krakowski
Lena Waithe and Donald Glover
Kim Estes and Kelsey Scott
Debra Messing and Molly Madden
T H E C R E A T I V E A R T S A W A R D S , S E P T E M B E R 9. . . Rachel Bloom
The team from The Colbert Report Jessica Walter
Wall, Mandy Choreographers Fred Tallaksen, Travis
Leah Remini
Jenna Dewan Tatum LL Cool J
John Roberts
Ava DuVernay with the team from 13th W. Kamau Bell and Justin Yungeisch
Zosia Mamet and Evan Jonigkeit
Hayley Erbert and Derek Hough
Moore and Derek Hough
Tom Hugh-Jones, Elizabeth White and Mike Gunton from Planet Earth II
Glenn Weiss
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Meghan Kirsch, Nacho Gil and Hannah Gregg Lawrence Davis and Jill Crosby
Jessie Gra of American Ninja Warrior
13th director of photography Kira Kelly at the thank-you cam Common and Robert Glasper
Zaldy Goco and Perry Meek, costume designers, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Joe Celli, Derek McLane and Jason Howard
T H E C R E A T I V E A R T S A W A R D S , S E P T E M B E R 9. . .
Nancy Cartwright
off Lloyd Ahlquist and Peter Shuk
Bruce Ready
Bill Nye
John Singleton
Gil Goldschein
Gordon Ramsay
Fisher Stevens
Aisha Tyler
Susan Pelino
Brooks Laich and Julianne Hough
Sharna Burgess Kathryn Burns
Miia Kovero
Christina Evangeline and Kenan Thompson
Hector Pocasangre and Nathan Reed
Sally Jo Fifer, CEO of Governors Award recipient ITVS
Mandy Moore and Travis Wall
Josie Cliff, James Longman and Michael Kaplan The team from The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Judd Apatow
Rickey Minor American Epic’s Duke Erickson, Allison McGourty and Bernard MacMahon
Patrika Darbo
The team from Archer
Rachel Pagani
Rich Blomquist and Kristen Schaal
T H E CR E AT I V E A RTS AWA R DS, S E P T E M B E R 10... Mindy Sterling and Kim Estes
Jim Gloster, Andrew Leitch and Kimberly Wannop HitRecord’s Dr. Gory, Matt Conley, Rebecca Votta, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rayond Wei and Edward Charleson-Gallacher
Cast members from School of Rock at the Governors Ball
Colin Watkinson and Jo Watkinson
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Kether Donohue and Chris Geere
Donald A. Morgan at the thank-you cam
Martin Childs and Michele Clapton
Rodney Taylor, A.S.C., with Maya and Chloe Taylor
The team from Squarespace: : Brian Carmody, Allison Kunzman, Kristine Ling and John McKelvey
Mandy Moore performs
Ty Burrell
Sharon Horgan Wendi McLendon-Covey Jake Tribus and Travis Wall perform
Angela Bassett Sibley Scoles
Niecy Nash
Cicely Tyson
Laverne Cox and BD Wong James Wolk and Elizabeth Jae Wolk Alex Hudgens
Winners for makeup for Feud: Bette and Joan: David Williams, Kim Ayers, Becky Cotton, Robin Beauchesne, Shutchai Tym Buacharern and Eryn Krueger Mekash
Lauren Lapkus
T H E CR E AT I V E A RTS AWA R DS, S E P T E M B E R 10... Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter
Janet Gegan (wife of winner Gary Gegan), Clark Germain and Andy D’Addario
Maz Jobrani and Jermaine Fowler Tom Hanks
The winning makeup team from American Horror Story: Roanoke Eddie Perez and Katherine Cronyn
Kathryn Hahn Joan Beal and Jeff Beal
Charissa Barton and Alan Tudyk Winners for Gotham’s visual effects: Thomas Mahoney, Randy Little, Sina San, Matthew Wheelon Hunt, Mark Anthony J. Nazal, Michael Capton, Ryan Bauer, Alex Gitler and Jon Anastasiades
Michael Bolton sings an operatic ode to the voting rules and the accountants.
James Lew
Winners for main title design, Stranger Things: Eric Demeusy, Michelle Dougherty, Peter Frankfurt and Arisu Kashiwagi
School of Rock cast members Jama Williamson, Lance Lim, Ricardo Hurtado, Breanna Yde, Tony Cavalero, Jade Pettyjohn and Aidan Miner
Matthew Rhys Derek Hough performs
Reid Scott
Arisu Kashiwagi and Tamae Kashiwagi
Gerald McRaney and Delta Burke
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Risa Garcia, Alex Friedberg and Patricia McLaughlin
Alexis Bledel
Allyson Fanger and Marta Kauman
John Michael Higgins
Stephen Tobolowsky
Ben Schwartz
THE BIG PICTURE
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It didn’t take long, says Mandy Moore, till “my brain started going wild, as it always does.” What got her synapses firing was a call from executive producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, asking her to choreograph the opening number for the 69th Emmys. Not only would it star Emmys host Stephen Colbert and feature talent from many top shows, the dance would include twelve “handmaids” dressed in red capes and white bonnets like those of the tormented women of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale (which would be named outstanding drama series at the end of the evening). “They wanted it to feel very showy, like a big production number,” Moore says of the routine, set to “Everything Is Better on TV,” an original song written for the show. “And they wanted it to finish with a kick line.” But before that big finish was a big reveal: six of the handmaids were men. As the number moved seamlessly from its cold open (shot two weeks before the show at CBS in Studio City) to the live portion at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater, the dancers shed their capes to reveal glittering red costumes showing plenty of leg (and in some cases, underarm hair and a beard).
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After three days of rehearsals, Moore sat in the audience on September 17, watching her creation unfold. “From my seat, it looked great,” she says. “Everyone seemed to get the jokes.” And as expected from a number starring Colbert, those jokes were not only hilarious but often political, as in: The nightly news might fill you with fears and phobias Calm yourself by watching this dystopia Look on the bright side, handmaids, at least your health care’s free Our future’s always brighter on TV! Besides her choreography, Moore had another reason to celebrate: the previous weekend, at the Creative Arts Emmys, she’d won her first Emmy Award, on her sixth nomination, for her work on Dancing with the Stars (her other nominations have been for So You Think You Can Dance). “To be recognized and nominated at all, it’s a little out-of-body,” she says. “Then they call your name, and this is actually happening! You have so many people to thank. It’s not a party of one — a lot of people have been involved in my success.” Including some comely handmaids — and men.
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