The 61st Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12, 2009 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. This was in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and was presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. The ceremony was hosted by American comedian Kathy Griffin and was broadcast by E!.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:Emmys.com list of 2009 Nominees & Winners
Programs + Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony (NBC) 81st Annual Academy Awards (ABC) Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein (Great Performances) (PBS) George Carlin: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (PBS) The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | The Alzheimer's Project: "The Memory Loss Tapes" (HBO) Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery (HBO) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | American Masters (PBS) American Experience (PBS) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel) Biography (Bio) Deadliest Catch (Discovery) This American Life (Showtime) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | 102 Minutes That Changed America (History) The Alzheimer's Project: Momentum in Science (HBO) Farrah's Story (NBC) Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (ABC) Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | South Park (for "Margaritaville") (Comedy Central) American Dad! (for "Sixteen-Hundred Candles") (FOX) Robot Chicken (for "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II") (Cartoon Network) The Simpsons (for "Gone Maggie Gone") (FOX) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Phineas and Ferb (for "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein") (Disney) SpongeBob SquarePants (for "Dear Vikings") (Nickelodeon) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney) Hannah Montana (Disney) iCarly (Nickelodeon) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? with Maria Shriver (HBO) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee — Coming Home: When Parents Return from War (Nickelodeon)|- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Writer's Draft (FOX) Jay Leno's Garage (jaylenosgarage.com) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (drhorrible.com)''' 30 Rock's Kenneth the Web Page (NBC.com) Battlestar Galactica: The Face Of The Enemy (SyFy.com) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Super Bowl Halftime Show (NBC) The Daily Show: The Daily Show Correspondents On Jon Stewart • TheDailyShow.com'' (ComedyCentral.com)
Acting + Justin Timberlake – Saturday Night Live as various characters (NBC) Alan Alda – 30 Rock as Milton Greene (NBC) Beau Bridges – Desperate Housewives as Nat David (ABC) Jon Hamm – 30 Rock as Dr. Drew Baird (NBC) Steve Martin – 30 Rock as Gavin Volure (NBC) Tina Fey – Saturday Night Live as Sarah Palin (NBC) Jennifer Aniston – 30 Rock as Claire Harper (NBC) Christine Baranski – The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter (CBS) Gena Rowlands – Monk as Marge Nassell (USA) Elaine Stritch – 30 Rock as Colleen Donaghy (NBC) Betty White – My Name Is Earl as Grizelda Weezmer ("Crazy Witch Lady") (NBC) Michael J. Fox – Rescue Me as Dwight (FX) Ed Asner – CSI: NY as Abraham Klein (CBS) Ernest Borgnine – ER as Paul Manning (NBC) Ted Danson – Damages as Arthur Frobisher (FX) Jimmy Smits – Dexter as Miguel Prado (Showtime) Ellen Burstyn – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Bernie Stabler (NBC) Brenda Blethyn – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Linnie Malcolm / Caroline Cantwell (NBC) Carol Burnett – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Bridget "Birdie" Sulloway (NBC) Sharon Lawrence – Grey's Anatomy as Robbie Stevens (ABC) CCH Pounder – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as Andrea Curtin (HBO) Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson on The Simpsons (for "Father Knows Worst") (FOX) Ron Rifkin as Narrator on American Masters (for "Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About") (PBS) Seth Green as Various characters on Robot Chicken (for "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II") (Cartoon Network) Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin on Family Guy (for "I Dream of Jesus") (FOX) Harry Shearer as Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman and Lenny Leonard on The Simpsons(for "The Burns and the Bees") (FOX) Hank Azaria as Moe Szyslak on The Simpsons (for "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe") (FOX)
Animation + Afro Samurai: Resurrection – Shigemi Ikeda (art director) (Spike TV) ''Chowder – Joe Binggeli (background painter) (for "Shnitzel & The Lead Farfel") (Cartoon Network) Moral Orel – Elizabeth Harvatine (character animator) (for "Sacrifice") (Cartoon Network) Robot Chicken – Joshua A. Jennings (for "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II") (Cartoon Network) The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack – Chris Roszak (background painter) (for "Sea Legs") (Cartoon Network) Underfist: Halloween Bash'' – Andy Suriano (character designer) (Cartoon Network)
Art Direction + How I Met Your Mother (for "Shelter Island," "Not a Father's Day") (CBS) The Big Bang Theory (for "The Hofstadter Isotope," "The Vegas Renormalization," "The Lizard-Spock Expansion") (CBS) Hell's Kitchen (for "Episode 515") (FOX) The New Adventures of Old Christine (for "What Happens in Vegas Is Disgusting in Vegas," "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner," "He Ain't Heavy") (CBS) Saturday Night Live (for "Host: Anne Hathaway," "Host: Hugh Laurie") (NBC) Pushing Daisies (for "Dim Sum Lose Some") (ABC) Bones (for "The Hero in the Hold") (FOX) Heroes (for "Cold Snap") (NBC) Mad Men (for "The Jet Set") (AMC) True Blood (for "Burning House of Love," "Cold Ground," "Sparks Fly Out") (HBO) The Tudors (for "The Northern Uprising," "Dissension and Punishment") (Showtime) Grey Gardens (HBO) Little Dorrit (PBS) Generation Kill (HBO) Into the Storm (HBO) Taking Chance (HBO) American Idol (for "Episodes 821/822") (FOX) 2008 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV) The 81st Annual Academy Awards (ABC) A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (Comedy Central) The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
Casting + 30 Rock – Jennifer McNamara-Shroff (NBC) Californication – Felicia Fasano (Showtime) The Office – Allison Jones (NBC) United States of Tara – Allison Jones, Cami Patton and Elizabeth Barnes (Showtime) Weeds – Dava Waite Peaslee (Showtime) True Blood – Junie Lowry-Johnson and Libby Goldstein (HBO) Damages – Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson (FX) Friday Night Lights – Linda Lowy, John Brace and Beth Sepko (DirecTV) Mad Men – Laura Schiff and Carrie Audino (AMC) The Tudors – Nuala Moiselle, Frank Moiselle, Stephanie Gorin, Mary Jo Slater and Steve Brooksbank (Showtime) Little Dorrit – Rachel Freck (PBS) Generation Kill – Alexa L. Fogel, Christa Schamberger, Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole (HBO) Grey Gardens – Ellen Parks and Robin Cook (HBO) House of Saddam – Elaine Grainger (HBO) Into the Storm – Kate Rhodes James (HBO)
Choreography + Rob Ashford for The 81st Annual Academy Awards (Routine: "Musicals Are Back") (ABC) Tyce Diorio for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Adam and Eve", "Silence") (FOX) Derek Hough and Julianne Hough for Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "Great Balls of Fire") (ABC) Dmitry Chaplin for So You Think You Can Dance (Routine: "A Los Amigos") (FOX) Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo for So You Think You Can Dance (Routine: "Bleeding Love") (FOX) Mia Michaels for So You Think You Can Dance (Routine: "Mercy") (FOX)
Cinematography + The Tudors – Ousama Rawi (for "Dissension and Punishment") (Showtime) Breaking Bad – Michael Slovis (for "ABQ") (AMC) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – James L. Carter (for "For Warrick") (CBS) Life on Mars – Kramer Morgenthau (for "Out Here in the Fields") (ABC) Mad Men – Christopher Manley (for "The New Girl") (AMC) Californication – Michael Weaver (for "In Utero") (Showtime) According to Jim – George Mooradian (for "Heaven Opposed to Hell") (ABC) Everybody Hates Chris – Mark Doering-Powell (for "Everybody Hates Back Talk") (The CW) 30 Rock – Matthew Clark (for "Apollo, Apollo") (NBC) Weeds – Michael Trim (for "No Man Is Pudding") (Showtime) Little Dorrit – Lukas Strebel (for "Part 1") (PBS) Generation Kill – Ivan Strasburg (for "Combat Jack") (HBO) Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story – John B. Aronson (TNT) Grey Gardens – Mike Eley (HBO) Into the Storm – Michel Amathieu (HBO) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – Todd Liebler and Zach Zamboni (for "Laos") (Travel) Deadliest Catch – Cinematography Team (for "Stay Focused or Die") (Discovery) Expedition Africa – Cinematography Team (for "Lost in Africa") (History) This American Life – Adam Beckman (for "John Smith") (Showtime) Whale Wars – Robert G. Case (for "Nothing's Ideal") (Animal Planet) Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment – Derek Carver, Michael Applebaum, John Armstrong, Marc Bennett, Eric Freeburg (for "What Did I Sign Up For?") (Discovery) The Amazing Race – Per Larsson, Sylvestre Campe, Petr Cikhart, Tom Cunningham, Peter Rieveschl (for "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me") (CBS) Intervention – Bryan Donnell (for "Chad") (A&E) Survivor – Cinematography Team (for "The Camp Is Cursed") (CBS) Top Chef – Time Spellman (for "The Last Supper") (Bravo)
Commercial + "Heist" Coca-Cola "Airport Lounge" American Express Platinum Card "Alec in Hululand" Hulu "Bottled Courage" Nike "Circus" Budweiser "Magazine Buyer" Bud Light "Tips" CareerBuilder "Wedding" Sprint-Nextel
Costuming + Pushing Daisies (for "Bzzzzzzzzz!") (ABC) Mad Men (for "Meditations in an Emergency") (AMC) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (for "Pilot") (HBO) The Tudors (for "Protestant Anne of Cleves") (Showtime) Ugly Betty (for "In the Stars") (ABC) ''Little Dorrit (for "Part 3") (PBS) Grey Gardens (HBO) House of Saddam (for "Part 1") (HBO) Into the Storm (HBO) The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (TNT) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" colspan="2" | So You Think You Can Dance'' (for "Episode 415/416A") (FOX)
Directing + Marina Zenovich for Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO) Bertram van Munster for The Amazing Race (for "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me") (CBS) Paul Starkman for Project Runway (for "Finale, Part 1") (Bravo) Adam Beckman and Christopher Wilcha for This American Life (for "John Smith") (Showtime) Steve Hryniewicz for Top Chef (for "The Last Supper") (Bravo)
Hairstyling + Mad Men (for "The Gold Violin") (AMC) Desperate Housewives (for "The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened") (ABC) Pushing Daisies (for "Dim Sum Lose Some") (ABC) Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (for "202") (Showtime) The Tudors (for "Protestant Anne of Cleves") (Showtime) Dancing with the Stars (for "Episode 709") (ABC) MADtv (for "Episode 1412") (Fox) Saturday Night Live (for "Host: Josh Brolin") (NBC) Two and a Half Men (for "I Think You Offended Don") (CBS) Grey Gardens (HBO) Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (TNT) House of Saddam (HBO) Into the Storm (HBO) Little Dorrit (PBS)
Interactive Media + The Dharma Initiative (DharmaWantsYou.com) The Office Digital Experience (NBC.com) The 30 Rock Digital Experience (NBC.com) The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience (NBC.com) Bravo Digital Media: Top Chef (Bravotv.com) The Saturday Night Live Digital Experience (NBC.com)
Lighting Design / Direction + American Idol (for "Finale")(FOX) 81st Annual Academy Awards (ABC) Dancing with the Stars (for "Episode 702A") (ABC) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (for "Episode 09-1182") (ABC) Late Show with David Letterman (for "Episode 3074") (CBS) Saturday Night Live (for "Host: Hugh Laurie") (NBC)
Main Title Design + United States of Tara (Showtime) Lie to Me (FOX) The Story Makers (AMC) Taking Chance (HBO) True Blood (HBO)
Makeup + Pushing Daisies (for "Dim Sum Lose Some") (ABC)