The 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2016, until May 31, 2017, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented across two ceremonies on September 9 and September 10, 2017, and was broadcast by FXX on September 16. The nominations were announced on July 13, 2017. The ceremony is in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming, including guest acting roles.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
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Programs + Shark Tank (ABC) Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) Fixer Upper (HGTV) Lip Sync Battle (Spike) Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC) United Shades of America (CNN) Born This Way (A&E) Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Gaycation (Viceland) Intervention (A&E) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (VH1) Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017 (CBS) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (TBS) Louie C.K. 2017 (Netflix) Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust (Netflix) Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going to Clean Up This Shit? (Showtime) Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (Nat Geo) Vice (HBO) Planet Earth II (BBC America) 30 for 30 (ESPN) American Masters (PBS) Chef's Table (Netflix) The Keepers (Netflix) 13th (Netflix) Amanda Knox (Netflix) The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (Hulu) A House Divided (HBO) L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later (A&E) Bob's Burgers: "Bob Actually" (Fox) Archer: "Archer Dreamland: No Good Deed" (FX) Elena and the Secret of Avalor (Disney Channel) The Simpsons: "The Town" (Fox) South Park: "Member Berries" (Comedy Central) Adventure Time: "Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resources" (Cartoon Network) Disney Mickey Mouse: "Split Decisions" (Disney Channel) Marvel's Rocket & Groot: "Space Walk" (Disney XD App) Steven Universe: "Mr. Greg" (Cartoon Network) Teen Titans Go!: "Orangins" (Cartoon Network) Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (HBO) Girl Meets World (Disney Channel) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 90th Celebration (NBC) School of Rock (Nickelodeon) Star Wars Rebels (Disney XD) 70th Tony Awards (CBS) Hairspray Live! (NBC) The Oscars (ABC) Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga (Fox) Viceland at the Women's March (Viceland) Creating Saturday Night Live (NBC) Jay Leno's Garage (NBC.com) Feud: Bette and Joan: Inside Look (FX.com) National Endowment for the Arts: United States Of Arts (arts.gov) LA 92 (Nat Geo) Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (HBO) O.J.: Made in America (ESPN) Oklahoma City (American Experience) (PBS) The White Helmets (Netflix) Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (AMC) Brown Girls (Open TV) Fear the Walking Dead: Passage (AMC.com) Broad City (ComedyCentral.com) Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (ABC.com) The Daily Show — Between the Scenes (thedailyshow.com) Behind The Voice (YouTube) Epic Rap Battles of History (YouTube) Honest Trailers (YouTube) The Star Wars Show (YouTube)
Acting + Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Dave Chappelle" as himself (NBC) Riz Ahmed – Girls: "All I Ever Wanted" as Paul-Louis (HBO) Tom Hanks – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Tom Hanks" as himself (NBC) Hugh Laurie – Veep: "Blurb" as Tom James (HBO) Lin-Manuel Miranda – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Lin-Manuel Miranda" as himself (NBC) Matthew Rhys – Girls: "American Bitch" as Chuck Palmer (HBO) Melissa McCarthy – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Melissa McCarthy" as herself (NBC) Becky Ann Baker – Girls: "Gummies" as Loreen Doring (HBO) Angela Bassett – Master of None: "Thanksgiving" as Catherine (Netflix) Carrie Fisher – Catastrophe: "Episode 6" as Mia (Amazon)(posthumous) Wanda Sykes – Black-ish: "Lemons" as Daphne Lido (ABC) Kristen Wiig – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Kristen Wiig" as herself (NBC) Gerald McRaney – This Is Us: "The Big Day" as Dr. Nathan Katowski (NBC) Hank Azaria – Ray Donovan: "Norman Saves the World" as Ed Cochran (Showtime) Brian Tyree Henry – This Is Us: "Memphis" as Ricky (NBC) Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline: "Part 32" as Danny Rayburn (Netflix) Denis O'Hare – This Is Us: "Last Christmas" as Jessie (NBC) BD Wong – Mr. Robot: "eps2.3_logic-b0mb.hc" as Whiterose (USA) Alexis Bledel – The Handmaid's Tale: "Late" as Emily / Ofglen (Hulu) Laverne Cox – Orange Is the New Black: "Doctor Psycho" as Sophia Burset (Netflix) Ann Dowd – The Leftovers: "The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother)" as Patti Levin (HBO) Shannon Purser – Stranger Things: "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly" as Barb Holland (Netflix) Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder: "Go Cry Somewhere Else" as Ophelia Harkness (ABC) Alison Wright – The Americans: "The Soviet Division" as Martha Hanson (FX) Seth MacFarlane – Family Guy: "The Boys in the Band" as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire (Fox) Dee Bradley Baker – American Dad!: "Fight and Flight" as Klaus (TBS) Nancy Cartwright – The Simpsons: "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" as Bart Simpson (Fox) Mo Collins – F Is for Family: "Pray Away" as Ginny, Jimmy Fitzsimmons, Lex, Ben, and Cutie Pie (Netflix) Kevin Kline – Bob's Burgers: "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left" as Mr. Calvin Fischoeder (Fox) Kristen Schaal – BoJack Horseman: "That's Too Much, Man!" as Sarah Lynn (Netflix) Meryl Streep – Five Came Back: "The Price of Victory" (Netflix) Laurence Fishburne – Year Million: "Homo Sapien 2.0" (Nat Geo) Ewan McGregor – Wild Scotland (Nat Geo WILD) Sam Neill – Wild New Zealand (Nat Geo WILD) Liev Schreiber – Muhammad Ali: Only One (HBO) Liev Schreiber – UConn: The March to Madness: "Episode 1" (HBO) Kim Estes – Dicks as Amanda (Vimeo) Ty Burrell – Boondoggle as Ty (ABCd/ABC.com) John Michael Higgins – Tween Fest as Todd Crawford (Go90/FunnyOrDie) Jason Ritter – Tales of Titans as Greg (Go90/FunnyOrDie) Ben Schwartz – The Earliest Show as Josh Bath (FunnyOrDie) Alan Tudyk – Con Man as Wray Nerely (Comic-Con HQ) Jane Lynch – Dropping the Soap as Olivia Vanderstein (Amazon) Lauren Lapkus – The Earliest Show as Samantha Newman (FunnyOrDie) Kelsey Scott – Fear the Walking Dead: Passage as Sierra (AMC.com) Mindy Sterling – Con Man as Bobbie (Comic-Con HQ) Mindy Sterling – secs & EXECS as Shirla (tellofilms.com)
Animation + Samurai Jack – Bryan Andrews (storyboard artist) (Episode: "XCIII") (Adult Swim) ''Samurai Jack – Scott Wills (production design) (Episode: "XCIII") (Adult Swim) Samurai Jack – Craig Kellman (character design) (Episode: "XCII") (Adult Swim) Samurai Jack – Lou Romano (background design) (Episode: "XCV") (Adult Swim) Wander Over Yonder'' – Justin Nichols (character animation) (Episode: "The End of the Galaxy") (Disney XD)
Casting + Veep - Dorian Frankel and Sibby Kirchgessner (HBO) Atlanta - Alexa L. Fogel, Tara Feldstein Bennett and Chase Paris (FX) Master of None - Cody Beke and Teresa Razzauti (Netflix) Silicon Valley - Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman, and Leslie Woo (HBO) Transparent - Eyde Belasco (Amazon) Stranger Things - Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein Bennett and Chase Paris (Netflix) The Crown - Nina Gold and Robert Sterne (Netflix) The Handmaid's Tale - Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott and Robin D. Cook (Hulu) This Is Us - Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey (NBC) Westworld - John Papsidera (HBO) Big Little Lies - David Rubin (HBO) Fargo - Rachel Tenner, Jackie Lind, and Stephanie Gorin (FX) Feud: Bette and Joan - Robert J. Ulrich and Eric Dawson (FX) The Night Of - Avy Kaufman and Sabrina Hyman (HBO) The Wizard of Lies - Ellen Chenoweth (HBO) Born This Way - Sasha Alpert and Megan Sleeper (A&E) Project Runway - Sasha Alpert, Alissa Haight Carlton and Jen DeMartino (Lifetime) RuPaul's Drag Race - Goloka Bolte and Ethan Petersen (VH1) Survivor - Lynne Spiegel Spillman (CBS) The Voice - Michelle McNulty, Holly Dale and Courtney Burns (NBC)
Choreography + Mandy Moore for Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "On Top Of The World" / "Carol Of The Bells") (ABC) Travis Wall for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "The Mirror / "Send In The Clowns" / "She Used To Be Mine") (Fox) Derek Hough for Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "Kairos") (ABC) Fred Tallaksen for The Real O'Neals (Routines: "Born This Way" / "West Side Story" / "Boyfriend") (ABC) Mandy Moore for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Unsteady" / "This Is Not The End") (Fox)
Cinematography + The Ranch: "Easy Come, Easy Go" – Donald A. Morgan (Netflix) 2 Broke Girls: "And the Planes, Fingers and Automobiles" – Christian La Fountaine (CBS) K.C. Undercover: "The Legend of Bad" / "Bad Cleo Brown" – Joseph Wilmond Calloway (Disney Channel) Superior Donuts: "Crime Time" – Gary Baum (CBS) Veep: "Qatar" – David Miller (HBO) Ballers: "Game Day" – Rodney Taylor (HBO) Divorce: "Pilot" – Reed Morano (HBO) Mozart in the Jungle: "Now I Will Sing" – Tobias Datum (Amazon) Silicon Valley: "Success Failure" – Tim Suhrstedt (HBO) Transparent: "If I Were a Bell" – Jim Frohna (Amazon) The Night Of: "Ordinary Death" – Fred Elmes (HBO) Big Little Lies: "You Get What You Need" – Yves Bélanger (HBO) Black Mirror: "Nosedive" – Seamus McGarvey (Netflix) Fargo: "The Law of Vacant Places" – Dana Gonzales (FX) The Young Pope: "Episode 1" – Luca Bigazzi (HBO) The Handmaid's Tale: "Offred" – Colin Watkinson (Hulu) The Crown: "Smoke and Mirrors" – Adriano Goldman (Netflix) The Man in the High Castle: "Fallout" – James Hawkinson (Amazon) Mr. Robot: "eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc" / "eps2.0_unm4sk-pt2.tc" – Tod Campbell (USA) Sense8: "Obligate Mutualisms" – John Toll (Netflix) Stranger Things: "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" – Tim Ives (Netflix) Westworld: "The Original" – Paul Cameron (HBO) Born This Way: "Rough Waters" (A&E) The Amazing Race: "Bucket List Type Stuff" (CBS) Deadliest Catch: "Uncharted Territory" (Discovery Channel) Life Below Zero: "Loaded" (Nat Geo) Survivor: "The Stakes Have Been Raised" (CBS) Planet Earth II: "Islands" – Mark MacEwen, Max Hug Williams, Jonathan Jones, Mateo Willis, Richard Wollocombe, Pete McCowen, Warwick Sloss, Paul Stewart, Derek Frankowski, John Shier, and Tom Fitz (BBC America) 13th – Hans Charles and Kira Kelly (Netflix) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: "Rome" – Todd Liebler and Zach Zamboni (CNN) Chef's Table: "Virgilio Martinez" – Will Basanta (Netflix) O.J.: Made in America: "Part 4" – Nick Higgins (ESPN) Planet Earth II: "Cities" – John Aitchison, Rob Whitworth, Kevin Flay, Mark MacEwen, Gordon Buchanan, Gavin Thurston, Mateo Willis, Michael Kelem, Mark Smith, and Sandesh Kadur (BBC America)
Commercial + "Calling JohnMalkovich.com" (Squarespace) "Love Cam" (Ad Council Love Has No Labels) "We Are America" (Ad Council Love Has No Labels) "Why I March" (Women's March On Washington) "Year in Search 2016" (Google)
Costumes + Big Little Lies (Episode: "You Get What You Need") (HBO) Empire (Episode: "Light In Darkness") (Fox) Grace and Frankie (Episode: "The Art Show") (Netflix) House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 61") (Netflix) Transparent (Episode: "To Sardines and Back") (Amazon) The Crown (Episode: "Wolferton Splash") (Netflix) Feud: Bette and Joan (Episode: "And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)") (FX) Genius (Episode: "Einstein: Chapter Seven") (Nat Geo) The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Offred") (Hulu) Westworld (Episode: "The Original") (HBO)