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2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards winners in comedy

The Television Academy has so many categories and nominees to honor each year that it holds two separate ceremonies, naming winners this past weekend in the Creative Arts Emmy categories — which will air on FXX on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, the night before FOX televises the main 67th Primetime Emmy Awards live on Sunday, Sept. 20.

Here are your comedy winners. Congrats to all!

Above: Kyle Dunnigan and Jim Roach received the Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song and music video, “Girl You Don’t Need Makeup,” on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer.

Here are the rest of the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards winners in comedy!

Hank Azaria in FOX’s The Simpsons — OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE (as Moe Szyslak and Pedicab Driver )

Joan Cusack in Showtime’s Shameless — OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Bradley Whitford in Amazon Instant Video’s Transparent — OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Jane Lynch — OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM for Hollywood Game Night (NBC)

Louis C.K. — OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL for Louis C.K. Live at the Comedy Store (FX)

FunnyOrDie.com’s “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Brad Pitt” — OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORMAT LIVE-ACTION ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM

A Tribute to Mel Brooks on FX Networks — OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORMAT NONFICTION PROGRAM

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) — OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGRAM

OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA — multiple winners — Archer “Scavenger Hunt” (FX); @Midnight with Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

#SNL40: The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special –OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL; OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL; OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON-PROSTHETIC); OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL

Saturday Night Live — OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (Martin Freeman episode); OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES (Taraji P. Henson episode)

The Colbert Report — OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING (Farewell Colbert segment);

Mike & Molly — OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES

Drunk History –OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A VARIETY PROGRAM OR A SPECIAL

Silicon Valley — OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR OR LESS); OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Portlandia — OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION, REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAMMING

Inside Amy Schumer — OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS

The Big Bang Theory — OUTSTANDING MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Adventure Time — OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAM

Over the Garden Wall — OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM

Veep — OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Modern Family — OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION

Brooklyn Nine-Nine — OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A COMEDY SERIES OR A VARIETY PROGRAM

Sean L. McCarthy

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