First 2022 Creative Arts Emmys Winners Include Adele, Chadwick Boseman & Barack Obama

Emmys season is here, and the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys kicked off Saturday, with awards for the best in variety, documentary, reality and animation. A second ceremony will be held Sunday to celebrate the work of the artists behind the scenes on your favorite narrative TV shows.

The biggest winners of the evening included Adele for her Adele One Night Only special, and Peter Jackson for The Beatles: Get Back. Barack Obama also won his first Emmy for narrating Our Great National Parks, and Eminem, Adele, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr all became one win away from an EGOT with their Emmy wins. Chadwick Boseman also received a posthumous Emmy for his voice over work in What If…?

While these two nights are not broadcast, an edited version of the Creative Arts Emmys will air on September 10 at 8/7c on FXX (and be streaming on Hulu September 11-27). The Primetime Emmys will air live on September 12 on NBC and stream on Peacock.

Check out the full list of Night 1 winners below.

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)

Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: The Facts Of Life And Diff’rent Strokes
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards
The Oscars
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar And 50 Cent — WINNER
The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)

Adele: One Night Only — WINNER
Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return To Hogwarts
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

Below Deck Mediterranean
Cheer
Love on the Spectrum — WINNER
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
Selling Sunset

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM

Arcane — WINNER
Bob’s Burgers
Rick And Morty
The Simpsons
What If…?

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE

F. Murray Abraham, Moon Knight
Julie Andrews, Bridgerton
Chadwick Boseman, What If…? — WINNER
Maya Rudolph, Big Mouth
Stanley Tucci, Central Park
Jessica Walter, Archer
Jeffrey Wright, What If…?

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES

100 Foot Wave
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Beatles: Get Back — WINNER
We Need to Talk About Cosby

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL

Controlling Britney Spears (The New York Times Presents)
George Carlin’s American Dream — WINNER
Lucy and Desi
The Tinder Swindler
We Feed People

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM

Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowsi and Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye
Nicole Myer, Nailed It!
Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank
Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef
Amy Poehler & Nick Offerman, Making It
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race — WINNER

OUTSTANDING HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy — WINNER
The Problem With Jon Stewart
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
VICE

OUTSTANDING NARRATOR

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Black Patriots: Heroes Of The Civil War
David Attenborough, The Mating Game
W. Kamau Bell, We Need To Talk About Cosby
Lupita Nyong’o, Serengeti II
Barack Obama, Our Great National Parks — WINNER

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES

Carpool Karaoke: The Series — WINNER
I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
Late Night With Seth Meyers: Corrections
Stephen Colbert Presents: Tooning Out the News
The Randy Rainbow Show

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Between the Scenes
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: Once Upon A Time In Late Night — WINNER
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Whatcha Packin’ With Michelle Visage
Saturday Night Live Presents: Stories From The Show
Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen

OUTSTANDING EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

Changing The Game
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
When Claude Got Shot — WINNER

Additional Winners:

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM

100 Foot Wave

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM

Life Below Zero

OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL

“Teenage Dream” – BBDO New York and Smuggler (Sandy Hook Promise)

OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING

We’re Here

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION PROGRAM

Peter Jackson, The Beatles: Get Back

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM

Nneka Onuorah, Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES

Bridget Stokes, A Black Lady Sketch Show

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL

Paul Dugdale, Adele One Night Only

OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM

Annie Live!

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION — JURIED

Arcane: “The Boy Savior”
Arcane: “Happy Progress Day!”
Arcane: “When These Wall Come Tumbling Down”
The Boys Presents: Diabolical: “Boyd in 3D”
The House
Love, Death & Robots: “Jibaro”

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SERIES

The Voice

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL

Adele One Night Only

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM – JURIED

Legendary
We’re Here

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC UNDERSCORE)

Lucy and Desi

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION

The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM

The Beatles: Get Back

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

Love on the Spectrum U.S.

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING

A Black Lady Sketch Show

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL

The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES

RuPaul’s Drag Race

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM

Love, Death + Robots

OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)

The Beatles: Get Back

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)

The Beatles: Get Back

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL

Adele One Night Only

OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

Queer Eye

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SPECIAL

Adele One Night Only

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM

Lucy and Desi

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver