Creative Arts Emmys 2026 winners list

Sept. 5, 2026Updated Sept. 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the two-night event celebrating TV talent on and offscreen, have begun turning nominees into winners.

“John Candy: I Like Me” director Colin Hanks, “Dancing with the Stars” host Julianne Hough, “The Upshaws” star Wanda Sykes and “Big Brother” host Julie Chen Moonves hosted the first of two nights at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 5.

The evening proved to be a big one for “Law & Order: SUV” star Mariska Hargitay, who won two Emmys ahead of her hosting debut for the main ceremony. “The Traitors” continues to dominate the reality competition program space after winning every night one Emmy category in which it was nominated, including Alan Cumming‘s third consecutive win as host.

Night two on Sunday, Sept. 6, is being hosted by “The Pitt’s” Noah Wyle, “The Goldbergs” star Wendi McLendon-Covey and “The Boys” actor Daveed Diggs. “I Love Lucy” will receive a special tribute and the Legacy award, a new prize that honors TV shows with a generational impact.

HBO’s “Hacks” and Netflix’s “Beef” received the most Creative Arts nominations, with 17 and 13 respectively.

The 78th Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony will air as a single broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 12, on FXX at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It will be available to stream on Hulu the following day.

Of the 102 trophies awarded across the weekend, here are some of the biggest winners.

2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Night 1 winners

Outstanding Game Show
- WINNER: “Jeopardy!”
- “Celebrity Family Feud”
- “The Price Is Right”
- “Wheel Of Fortune”
- “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”
Outstanding Host For a Game Show
- WINNER: “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”: Jimmy Kimmel
- “Celebrity Family Feud”: Steve Harvey
- “Jeopardy!”: Ken Jennings
- “Pop Culture Jeopardy!”: Colin Jost
- “Match Game”: Martin Short
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- WINNER: “Mr. Scorsese”
- “The Yogurt Shop Murders”
- “The American Revolution”
- “Sean Combs: The Reckoning”
- “Rafa”
Outstanding Cinematagraphy For a Reality Program
- WINNER: “The Traitors”
- “The Amazing Race”
- “Love on the Spectrum”
- “Survivor”
- “Welcome to Wrexham”
Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
- WINNER: “Colbert Before Air”
- “Bad Thoughts”
- “The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains”
- “The Randy Rainbow Show”
- “SubwayTakes With Kareem Rahma”

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
- WINNER: “My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay”
- “John Candy: I Like Me”
- “Marty, Life Is Short”
- “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!”
- “Ocean With David Attenborough”
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
- WINNER: “My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay”: Mariska Hargitay
- “Marty, Life Is Short”: Lawrence Kasdan
- “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!”: Michael Bonfiglio
- “Mr. Scorsese”: Rebecca Miller
- “Sean Combs: The Reckoning”: Alexandria Stapleton

Outstanding Host For a Reality or Reality Competition Program
- WINNER: “The Traitors”: Alan Cumming
- “RuPaul’s Drag Race”: RuPaul Charles
- “Top Chef”: Kristen Kish
- “Love Island USA”: Ariana Madix
- “Survivor”: Jeff Probst
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
- WINNER: “Tucci In Italy”
- “The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: Give The Man A Prize”
- “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.”
- “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman”
- “The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy”
Outstanding Narrator
- WINNER: “Lost Women Of Alaska”: Octavia Spencer
- “A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough”: David Attenborough
- “Ocean With David Attenborough”: David Attenborough
- “Breakdown: 1975”: Jodie Foster
- “Ghost Elephants”: Werner Herzog
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
- WINNER: “Love on the Spectrum”
- “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”
- “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked”
- “Summer House”
- “Welcome to Wrexham”

2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Night 2 winners

Outstanding Animated Program
- “Bob’s Burgers”
- “Rick And Morty”
- “The Simpsons”
- “Smiling Friends”
- WINNER: “South Park”
- “Star Wars: Visions”
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- “King Of The Hill”: Pamela Adlon
- WINNER: “Bridgerton”: Julie Andrews
- “The Simpsons”: Hank Azaria
- “South Park”: Trey Parker
- “The Muppet Show”: Matt Vogel
- “Invincible”: Steven Yeun

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- “Shrinking”: Michael J. Fox
- “Shrinking”: Brett Goldstein
- “Widow’s Bay”: Hamish Linklater
- “Hacks”: Christopher McDonald
- “The Bear”: Rob Reiner
- “Saturday Night Live”: Connor Storrie
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- “Euphoria”: Colman Domingo
- WINNER: “The Pitt”: Ernest Harden Jr.
- “Pluribus”: Jeff Hiller
- “The Pitt”: Jeff Kober
- “Slow Horses”: Jonathan Pryce
- “The Diplomat”: Bradley Whitford

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- “Hacks”: Leslie Bibb
- “The Bear”: Jamie Lee Curtis
- “Widow’s Bay”: Betty Gilpin
- “Hacks”: Cherry Jones
- “Hacks”: Laurie Metcalf
- “Hacks”: Kaitlin Olson
- “Hacks”: Lauren Weedman
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- “The Pitt”: Brittany Allen
- “The Pitt”: Tal Anderson
- “The Pitt”: Tina Ivlev
- “Pluribus”: Miriam Shor
- “The Gilded Age”: Merritt Wever
- WINNER: “Paradise”: Shailene Woodley
Outstanding Movie
- “Heads Of State”
- “Miss You, Love You”
- “People We Meet On Vacation”
- “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
- “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War”
Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
- “The Boys”: Christopher Lennertz, Daveed Diggs, “Raise Him Up”
- “Hacks”: Carlos Rafael Rivera, David Stal, “Mis Figuritas”
- “The Pitt”: Gavin Brivik, Andrew Bird, “Need Someone”
- “South Park”: Trey Parker, “Christian Woman”
- “Spider-Noir”: Warren Oak Felder, Sebastian Kole, Daniel Pemberton, “The Devil You Know”
- “Wednesday”: Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt, Henry Russell Walter, “The Dead Dance”