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Congrats to these comedians and comedies at the 2018 Creative Arts Emmys

Over two nights last weekend, the Creative Arts Emmys celebrated many of the comedic efforts on TV and whatever you call TV in 2018.

Among the first-time winners: Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson (pictured above) for writing the Saturday Night Live music video “Come Back Barack” (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics), Katt Williams for his turn on FX’s Atlanta (Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series) and Tiffany Haddish (Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series) for hosting SNL.

Here are all the comedy-related Emmy winners from this past weekend. The biggest categories will be handed out next Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, live on NBC, hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost.

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Alex Borstein, Family Guy 

Outstanding Animated Program
Rick And Morty

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Robot Chicken

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour Or Less)
GLOW

Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Reality Or Reality-Competition Series
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series
Will & Grace
Gary Baum, ASC, Director of Photography

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Atlanta
Christian Sprenger, Director of Photography

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live – “Host: Donald Glover”

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – “Pilot” (Amazon)
Brian A. Kates, ACE, Editor

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
Will & Grace – “Grandpa Jack” (NBC)
Peter Beyt, Editor

Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – “Border Patrol (segment)”
Ryan Barger, Editor

Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell – “Sikhs In America”

Outstanding Interactive Program
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 
(HBO)

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within an Unscripted Program
CONAN Without Borders 

Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
“Come Back Barack”
Music by Eli Brueggemann, Lyrics by Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson and Will Stephen
Saturday Night Live – “Host: Chance The Rapper”

Outstanding Music Supervision
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Daniel Palladino

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Katt Williams, Atlanta (FX)

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Tiffany Haddish, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
James Corden, James Corden’s Next James Corden

Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Christina Pickles, Break A Hip

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity (Netflix)

Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
James Corden’s Next James Corden (Snapchat)

Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple)

Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special
The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling 
(HBO)

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Atlanta (FX)

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Barry (HBO)

Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Comedy Series Or Variety Program
GLOW (Netflix)
Shauna Duggins, Stunt Coordinator

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Sean L. McCarthy

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