Here are your 2025 Creative Arts Emmy winners for Night One of Two. Highlights include Julianne Nicholson winning Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Hacks, The Pitt taking Casting for a Drama Series, and Merrit Wever winning Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Severance. It’s a pretty heavy Severance and The Studio night. Sometimes that translates into wins at the Primetime show. Sometimes it doesn’t.
I wouldn’t bet against them though.
TELEVISION MOVIE
Rebel Ridge
CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Pitt
CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
The Studio
CASTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Adolescence
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julianne Nicholson, Hacks
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Bryan Cranston, The Studio
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Merritt Wever, Severance
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)
The Penguin
PROSTHETIC MAKEUP
The Penguin
PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI MAKEUP (NON-PROTHETIC)
House of the Dragon
PERIOD COSTUMES
Bridgerton
CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
The Studio
CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
The Penguin
FANTASY/SCI-FI COSTUMES
Andor
PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI HAIRSTYLING
Bridgerton
CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING
The Penguin
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
Severance
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR)
The Studio
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE-HOUR OR MORE)
Andor
STUNT COORDINATION FOR COMEDY PROGRAMMING
The Righteous Gemstones
STUNT COORDINATION FOR DRAMA PROGRAMMING
The Boys
STUNT PERFORMANCE
The Boys
ANIMATED PROGRAM
Arcane
CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Julie Andrews, Bridgerton
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION (juried)
Arcane, background design
Arcane, color
Love, Death + Robots, Production Design
Love, Death + Robots, Character Animation
Love, Death + Robots, Character Design
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SCRIPTED PROGRAMMING
Étoile
PICTURE EDITING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
The Studio
PICTURE EDITING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
Frasier
PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Andor
PICTURE EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SEASON OR A MOVIE
Andor
TITLE DESIGN
Severance
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SINGLE EPISODE
The Penguin
MOTION DESIGN (juried)
Octopus!
SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
The Last of Us
SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
The Penguin
SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR)
The Studio
SOUND EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
Arcane
SOUND MIXING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
The Penguin
SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
Severance
SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
The Studio
PERFORMER IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Desi Lydic, The Daily Show
MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
Severance
MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
The Penguin
ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
The White Lotus
MUSIC SUPERVISION
The Studio
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
The Boys, “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas”
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (HALF-HOUR)
The Studio
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (ONE HOUR)
Severance
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Adolescence
NIght 1 total winners:
The Studio 9
The Penguin 8
Severance 6
Andor 4
Yeah, and Julianne NIcholson won for Hacks. Ugh.
I love Julianne Nicholson. She gave a strange and marvelous performance on Hacks.