While most spend Labor Day weekend desperately squeezing one last drop of summer out of the calendar, it’s go time for the Television Academy. The Creative Arts Emmys are a two-night affair honoring the best in American prime-time television from categories that are not always top of mind but still fun to follow. Will Barack Obama win outstanding narrator for his work on Our Great National Parks, or will David Attenborough’s work on The Mating Game play spoiler? There are also the guest-actor categories at hand, promising potential acceptance speeches from Bill Hader, Jane Lynch, and more. 

The first night of the ceremonies, held at Los Angeles’s Microsoft Theater, kicks off at 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 3, and runs until 7:15 p.m. Then everyone catches their breath (or attends the Governors Gala in a plaza beside the Los Angeles Convention Center) and prepares to do it all over again on Sunday. The ceremonies will be edited and televised on FXX on Saturday, September 10, at 8 p.m. The broadcast will be available on Hulu the following day. The main 2022 Emmy ceremony, hosted by Kenan Thompson, will be broadcast live on Monday, September 12. You can catch up on the full list of 2022 Emmy nominations before the big event. 

Presenters at this year’s Creative Arts Emmys include W. Kamau Bell, Colman Domingo, Marcia Gay Harden, Randy Rainbow, Judd Apatow, and RuPaul. 

Leading the nominations in Creative Arts categories are Succession and Euphoria, tied at 13; Hacks and Stranger Things, tied at 12; Only Murders in the Building at 11; and Ted Lasso at 10.

There are approximately 400,000 awards to hand out, so let’s get down to it, shall we? As winners are announced they will be moved to the top of each category’s nominees and highlighted in triumphant bold. 

2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Saturday, September 3

Outstanding Animated Program

Arcane

Bob’s Burgers

Rick and Morty

The Simpsons

What If?

Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program

Love on the Spectrum U.S.

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrls

Queer Eye

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Top Chef

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

Chadwick Boseman, What If?

F. Murray Abraham, Moon Knight

Julie Andrews, Bridgerton

Maya Rudolph, Big Mouth

Stanley Tucci, Central Park

Jessica Walter, Archer

Jeffrey Wright, What If?

Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming

Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 3

Annie Live

Dancing with the Stars

The Oscars

Step into the Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough

Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program

100 Foot Wave

The Andy Warhol Diaries

McCartney 3, 2, 1

Our Great National Parks

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

We Feed People

Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program

Life Below Zero

The Amazing Race

Deadliest Catch

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrls

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Survivor

Outstanding Commercial

Teenage Dream – Sandy Hook Promise

Detectives – Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Everyone But Jon Hamm – Apple TV+

The Lost Class – Change The Ref

Skate Nation Ghana – Meta

Walter The Cat – Chevy Silverado

Outstanding Costumes for Variety/Nonfiction/Reality Programming

We’re Here

Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program

The Beatles: Get Back

The Andy Warhol Diaries

George Carlin’s American Dream

Lucy and Desi

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

We Need to Talk About Cosby

Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrls

Cheer

Queer Eye

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Top Chef

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Late Night

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special

Adele: One Night Only

Dave Chappelle: The Closer

Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

The Beatles: Get Back

The Andy Warhol Diaries

Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

100 Foot Wave

We Need to Talk About Cosby

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

George Carlin’s American Dream

Controlling Britney Spears

Lucy and Desi

The Tinder Swindler

We Feed People

Outstanding Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

When Claude Got Shot

Changing the Game

Frederick Douglass

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program 

Annie Live!

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program

RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race

Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye 

Nicole Byer, Nailed It

Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, and Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank 

Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef

Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, Making It

Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy