‘The Studio’ Leads 2025 Creative Arts Emmys Night One With 9 Wins

At night one of the two-night 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which is the precursor to the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, Apple TV+’s The Studio emerged as the top winner, with nine trophies (including Bryan Cranston for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series).

Close behind was HBO’s crime drama The Penguin, which earned eight awards. Apple TV+’s Severance followed with six wins, while Disney+’s Andor, Netflix’s Arcane and Love, Death + Robots, and Prime Video’s The Boys each secured four awards.

Other notable winners included the legendary Julie Andrews, who received her third Emmy for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her role in Netflix’s Bridgerton; Merritt Wever honored as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Severance; Shawn Hatosy in The Pitt for Best Drama Guest Actor; and Julianne Nicholson in Hacks for Best Comedy Guest Actress.

The Creative Arts Emmys, held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, honor outstanding artistic and technical achievements in television.

The Night 2 ceremony of the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards is being held at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles —the same venue that hosted this first night.

Here full list of winners for night one:

Performance & Acting

  • Best Comedy Guest Actor: Bryan Cranston, The Studio
  • Best Comedy Guest Actress: Julianne Nicholson, Hacks
  • Best Drama Guest Actor: Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
  • Best Drama Guest Actress: Merritt Wever, Severance
  • Best Performer in a Short Form Comedy/Drama: Desi Lydic, The Daily Show: “Desi Lydic Foxsplains”
  • Best Character Voice-Over Performance: Julie Andrews, Bridgerton

Program Awards

  • Best Animated Program: Arcane
  • Best TV Movie: Rebel Ridge
  • Best Individual Achievement in Animation: Arcane

Casting

  • Comedy Series: The Studio
  • Drama Series: The Pitt
  • Limited/Anthology Series or Movie: Adolescence

Choreography

  • Scripted Programming: Etoile

Cinematography

  • Half-Hour Series: The Studio
  • One-Hour Series: Severance
  • Limited/Anthology Series or Movie: Adolescence

Costume Design

  • Contemporary Series: The Studio
  • Contemporary Limited/Anthology: The Penguin
  • Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes: Andor
  • Period Costumes: Bridgerton

Editing

  • Multi-Camera Comedy: Frasier (“My Brilliant Sister”)
  • Single-Camera Comedy: The Studio (“The Promotion”)
  • Drama Series: Andor (“Who Are You?”)
  • Limited/Anthology Series or Movie: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (“Blame It on the Rain”)

Hairstyling

  • Contemporary: The Penguin
  • Period/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Bridgerton

Makeup

  • Contemporary (Non-Prosthetic): The Penguin
  • Period/Fantasy/Sci-Fi (Non-Prosthetic): House of the Dragon
  • Prosthetic Makeup: The Penguin

Design & Visual Arts

  • Motion Design: Octopus!
  • Title Design: Severance

Music

  • Main Title Theme Music: The White Lotus, Your Friends & Neighbors
  • Original Score – Series: Severance
  • Original Score – Limited/Anthology/Movie: The Penguin
  • Music Supervision: The Studio
  • Original Music and Lyrics: The Boys (“Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas”)

Production Design

  • Half-Hour Narrative Program: The Studio
  • Contemporary Program (1hr+): Severance
  • Period/Fantasy Program (1hr+): Andor

Sound Editing

  • Animated Program: Arcane
  • Half-Hour Comedy/Drama Series: The Studio
  • One-Hour Comedy/Drama Series: The Last of Us
  • Limited/Anthology/Movie/Special: The Penguin

Sound Mixing

  • Half-Hour Comedy/Drama Series: The Studio
  • One-Hour Comedy/Drama Series: Severance
  • Limited/Anthology Series or Movie: The Penguin

Stunts

  • Stunt Coordination – Comedy: The Righteous Gemstones
  • Stunt Coordination – Drama: The Boys
  • Stunt Performance: The Boys

Visual Effects

  • Special Visual Effects – Season or Movie: Andor
  • Special Visual Effects – Single Episode: The Penguin (“Bliss”)

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2025/09/07/the-studio-leads-2025-creative-arts-emmys-night-one-with-9-wins/