2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Night 2: A good night for Game of Thrones, Chernobyl; Fleabag has some surprises

Game of Thrones, season 8 title sequence (via Giphy)

Despite Game of Thrones'... underwhelming... final season, the Television Academy is still voting for it, at least on the technical side. It wasn't a sweep, but it performed incredibly well, picking up 10 Emmys. I want to say "The Long Night" is now the most awarded episodes of television with five Emmys. Of the other seven shows nominated for Drama Series, only Succession managed a win.

The love for final seasons, didn't extend to The Big Bang Theory, which didn't find wins in a couple categories it once won with regularity. Veep won nothing, too.

State of the Union swept the short form categories, and Chernobyl won an impressive seven awards, leaving Escape at Dannemora and Sharp Objects empty-handed. The Handmaid's Tale still managed four wins with its limited submission options and will be competing next week.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won an impressive six awards, but still didn't land some big ones. Elsewhere in comedy, Fleabag showed it might have some real legs heading into next week. Barry didn't make an appearances outside of sound. Russian Doll won a couple, so there was a winning diversity among the top comedy nominees. One Day at a Time won for editing

Saturday Night Live didn't pick up any additional awards.


[*stop babbling Amadeus3000*]

And now, tonight's winners!

PROGRAM

After a few years away, Sesame Street returns with a win for a special that featured Amanda Seyfried.

Short Form Comedy or Drama Series: State of the Union (Nick Hornby, Stephen Frears, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman, executive producers)
Children's Program: When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special (Brown Johnson, Benjamin Lehmann, and Ken Scarborough, executive producers; Mindy Fila, Karyn Leibovich, and Stephanie Longardo, producers)

State of the Union (via Giphy)

PERFORMANCE

One show won both categories within their genre, so three shows sweep all of what is possible in the performance awards... something that has never happened. With tonight's win, Bradley Whitford becomes the first person to win a guest Emmy for both comedy and drama series, and Saturday Night Live was shut out of guest performances for the first time in a few years. State of the Union swept the short-form categories, a nice feat since Chris O'Dowd (and the show) was not originally going to be on the ballot. Phylicia Rashad has now lost four times. *sad face*

Guest Actor, Comedy Series: Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "All Alone"
Guest Actress, Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy"
Guest Actor, Drama Series: Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale, "Postpartum"
Guest Actress, Drama Series: Cherry Jones, The Handmaid's Tale, "Holly"
Actor, Short Form: Chris O'Dowd, State of the Union
Actress, Short Form: Rosamund Pike, State of the Union

CASTING

Since the voting for casting was opened for producers and directors, the luster/prestige of the category has diminished. Since then, this award is a good -- but not perfect -- predictor of what will win in the program categories at the main ceremony. So Fleabag winning is a major boost. (For the past four years, comedy casting and comedy series have been the same.) Despite Chernobyl winning several tonight, When They See Us won here, a category that has predicted the program winner 14 out of 17 years.

Comedy Series: Fleabag (Olivia Scott-Webb, casting by)
Drama Series: Game of Thrones (Nina Gold and Robert Sterne, casting by; Carla Stronge, location casting)
Limited Series, Movie or Special: When They See Us (Aisha Coley, casting by; Billy Hopkins and Ashley Ingram, location casting)

CHOREOGRAPHY

This new award is also juried; it was announced a couple weeks ago. "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" won the music & lyrics Emmy last night.

Scripted Programming: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, "Don't Be a Lawyer"; "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" (Kathryn Burns, choreographer)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Russian Doll wins in a category that is always changing, and The Ranch returns to win here. Without The Crown, Mrs. Maisel picks up a win.

Multi-Camera Series: The Ranch, "Reckless" (Donald A. Morgan, director of photography)
Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour): Russian Doll, "Ariadne" (Chris Teague, director of photography)
Single-Camera Series (One Hour): The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "Simone" (M. David Mullen, director of photography)
Limited Series or Movie: Chernobyl, "Please Remain Calm" (Jakob Ihre, director of photography)

COMMERCIAL

Commercial: "Dream Crazy," Nike (Park Pictures, production company; Wieden+Kennedy, ad agency)

COSTUMES

Russian Doll becomes the first regular series to win in contemporary in a few years -- limited series have often won here. Game of Thrones (rightfully) won here in a category is often has. Like cinematography, this is the first win for Mrs. Maisel, benefiting from The Crown being absent.

Contemporary: Russian Doll, "Superiority Complex" (Jennifer Rogien, costume designer; Charlotte Svenson, assistant costume designer; Melissa Stanton, costume supervisor)
Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Game of Thrones, "The Bells" (Michele Clapton, costume designer; Emma O'Loughlin, assistant costume designer; Kate O'Farrell, costume supervisor)
Period: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "We’re Going to the Catskills!" (Donna Zakowska, costume designer; Marina Reti, assistant costume designer; Tim McKelvey, costume supervisor)

One Day at a Time (via Giphy)

EDITING

One Day at a Time is now an Emmy-winning series! This is a category that The Big Bang Theory once did well in. I'm putting Fleabag's win on a split vote between Barry and Mrs. Maisel. The win speaks well for Fleabag because it is more prestigious than others in the run for comedy series. However, the category has no correlation with picking category winners.

Single-Camera Drama Series: Game of Thrones, "The Long Night" (Tim Porter, editor)
Multi-Camera Comedy Series: One Day at a Time, "The Funeral" (Pat Barnett, editor)
Single-Camera Comedy Series: Fleabag, "Episode 1" (Gary Dollner, editor)
Limited Series or Movie: Chernobyl, "Please Remain Calm" (Simon Smith, editor)

Fosse/Verdon (via Giphy)

HAIRSTYLING

Ryan Murphy shows have won here for the past five years, but none of his shows garnered a nod so in walked Fosse/Verdon. After two years, Westworld was absent, leaving the category open for Mrs. Maisel.

Single-Camera Series: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "We’re Going to the Catskills!" (Jerry DeCarlo, department head hairstylist; Jon Jordan, key hairstylist; Peg Schierholz, personal hairstylist; Christine Cantrell and Sabana Majeed, hairstylists)

Limited Series or Movie: Fosse/Verdon (Christopher Fulton, department head hairstylist; Christen Edwards, key hairstylist; Nicole Bridgeford, personal hairstylist; Christine Cantrell and Stanley Tines, hairstylists; Charlene Belmond, additional hairstylist)

INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Within a Scripted Program: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix; House of Tomorrow)
Original Interactive Program: NASA InSight’s Mars Landing (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

MAIN TITLE AND MOTION DESIGN

Ugh. Game of Thrones becomes the first show to ever win this award twice in its 40+ year history.

Main Title Design: Game of Thrones (Angus Wall, creative director; Kirk H. Shintani, art director; Shahana Khan, lead compositor; Ian Ruhfass, 3D lead; Rustam Hasanov, lead conceptual designer)

MAKEUP

Game of Thrones wins in a category is has won in the past and is always competitive in. And again, Fosse/Verdon wins in a category often won by Ryan Murphy shows.

Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic): Game of Thrones, "The Long Night" (Jane Walker, department head makeup artist; Kay Bilk, Marianna Kyriacou, Nicola Matthews, and Pamela Smyth, makeup artists)
Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic): Fosse/Verdon (Debbie Zoller, department head makeup artist; Blair Aycock, co-department head makeup artist; Dave Presto, key makeup artist; Sherri Berman Laurence and Nicky Pattison Illum, makeup artists; Jackie Risotto, personal makeup artist)
Prosthetic Makeup: Star Trek: Discovery, "If Memory Serves" (Glenn Hetrick and James Mackinnon, special makeup effects department head; Hugo Villasenor, Rocky Faulkner, Chris Bridges, and Nicola Bendrey, special makeup effects artists; Mike O'Brien and Neville Page, prosthetic designers)

MUSIC

In supervision, Mrs. Maisel repeats, and Succession wins(!!!!). Nicholas Britell finally has a major award! Ramin Djawadi repeats for his second Emmy.

Composition for a Series: Game of Thrones, "The Long Night" (Ramin Djawadi, music by)
Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: Chernobyl, "Please Remain Calm" (Hildur Guðnadóttir, music by)
Main Title Theme Music: Succession, Nicholas Britell
Music Supervision: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, "We're Going to the Catskills!" (Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Daniel Palladino, music supervisors)

Chernobyl (via Giphy)

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Chernobyl wins in an upset. This is an Emmy that Game of Thrones has frequently won. The half-hour award has gone to a different series every year since it was created. This year was no different as last year's winner GLOW wasn't nominated. The Handmaid's Tale three-peats.

Program (Half-Hour): Russian Doll, "Nothing in This World Is Easy" (Michael Bricker, production designer; John Cox, art director; Jessica Petruccelli, set decorator)
Contemporary (One Hour or More): The Handmaid's Tale, "Holly" (Elisabeth Williams, production designer; Martha Sparrow, art director; Robert Hepburn, set decorator)
Period or Fantasy (One Hour or More): Chernobyl (Luke Hull, production designer; Karen Wakefield, art director; Claire Levinson-Gendler, set decorator)

SOUND EDITING

Barry showed its strength in the sound categories. Game of Thrones and Chernobyl also won to little surprise. With these two branches now the same in their category organization, I'm curious if these repeat winners happen often.

Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour): Game of Thrones, "The Long Night" (Onnalee Blank and Mathew Waters, re-recording mixers; Simon Kerr, Danny Crowley, and Ronan Hill, production mixers)
Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation: Barry, "ronny/lily" (Matthew E. Taylor and Sean Heissinger, co-supervising sound editor; Rickley W. Dumm and Mark Allen, sound effects editor; John Creed and Harrison Meyle, dialogue editor; Michael Brake, music editor; Clayton Weber, foley editor; Alyson Dee Moore and Chris Moriana, foley artist)
Limited Series or Movie: Chernobyl, "1:23:45" (Stefan Henrix, supervising sound editor; Joe Beal, sound designer; Michael Maroussas, dialogue editor; Harry Barnes, ADR supervisor; Andy Wade, music editor; Philip Clements, foley editor; Anna Wright , foley artist)

SOUND MIXING

Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour): Game of Thrones, "The Long Night" (Onnalee Blank and Mathew Waters, re-recording mixers; Simon Kerr, Danny Crowley, and Ronan Hill, production mixers)
Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation: Barry, "ronny/lily" (Elmo Ponsdomenech, re-recording mixer; Jason "Frenchie" Gaya, re-recording mixer; Aaron Hasson, ADR mixer; Benjamin Patrick, production mixer)
Limited Series or Movie: Chernobyl, "1:23:45" (Stuart Hilliker, re-recording mixer; Vincent Piponnier, production mixer)

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

Special Visual Effects: Game of Thrones, "The Bells" (Joe Bauer, lead visual effects supervisor; Steve Kullback, lead visual effects producer; Adam Chazen, visual effects associate producer; Sam Conway, special effects supervisor; Mohsen Mousavi and Martin Hill, visual effects supervisors; Ted Rae, visual effects plate supervisor; Patrick Tiberius Gehlen, Previs lead; Thomas Schelesny, visual effects and animation supervisor)
In a Supporting Role: Chernobyl, "1:23:45" (Lindsay McFarlane, overall VFX producer; Max Dennison, overall VFX supervisor for DNEG; Claudius Christian Rauch, SFX supervisor; Clare Cheet ham, VFX producer for DNEG; Laura Bethencourt Montes, VFX line producer for DNEG; Steven Godfrey, CG supervisor for DNEG; Luke Letkey, 2D supervisor for DNEG; Christian Waite, FX supervisor for DNEG; William Foulser, environments supervisor for DNEG)

GLOW (via Giphy)

STUNT COORDINATION

Both GLOW and Game of Thrones repeat.

Comedy Series or Variety Program: GLOW (Shauna Duggins, stunt coordinator)
Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie: Game of Thrones (Rowley Irlam, stunt coordinator)