Creative Arts Emmy Awards Night 2: Winners List (Updating Live)
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Apple TV's "Widow's Bay" was the standout winner of Night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmys, taking eight awards and cementing its status as a frontrunner in the comedy race ahead of the main Primetime ceremony on 14 September. Apple TV dominated the evening overall with 18 wins across its shows, including four for "Pluribus" and three each for "Margo's Got Money Troubles" and "Palm Royale". HBO Max's "DTF St. Louis" took six awards, among them first-ever Emmys for supporting actors David Harbour and Linda Cardellini, while Prime Video's "Spider-Noir" collected five prizes despite having been cancelled only days earlier.
"Widow's Bay" wins spanned guest actress (Betty Gilpin), casting, music supervision, cinematography, sound mixing, sound editing, music composition and production design. "DTF St. Louis" writer-director Steve Conrad won twice, for directing and writing a limited series, while its stunt-driven rival "Spider-Noir" picked up stunt performance and visual effects honours. The night's most emotional moment came when the late Rob Reiner received a posthumous comedy guest actor Emmy for "The Bear", drawing a lengthy standing ovation, while Shailene Woodley ("Paradise") and Ernest Harden Jr. ("The Pitt") won the drama guest actress and actor categories respectively. The ceremony formed the second of two Creative Arts nights ahead of the main Primetime Emmys.
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In short
- Apple TV's "Widow's Bay" led Night 2 with eight Emmy wins
- Apple TV took 18 awards overall, most of any network
- Rob Reiner won posthumously for "The Bear", earning a standing ovation
How this story developed
- 1 month ago Apple TV's "Widow's Bay" emerged as the biggest winner on Night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmys, taking eight awards and positioning itself as a frontrunner in the comedy race ahead of the main Primetime ceremony on 14 September.
- 2 months ago Apple TV's "Widow's Bay" was the standout winner of Night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmys, taking eight awards and cementing its status as a frontrunner in the comedy race ahead of the main Primetime ceremony on 14 September.
- 2 months ago The 78th Emmy Awards' second Creative Arts ceremony took place on Sunday evening at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live, opening with a monologue from "The Pitt" star Noah Wyle, whose medical drama leads this year's field with 25 nominations.
Full account
Apple TV's dark-comedy horror series "Widow's Bay" emerged as the biggest individual winner on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmys, part of the lead-up to the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, collecting eight statuettes across acting, craft and technical categories. The haul strengthens the show's standing as a genuine contender in the comedy series race, a field also featuring the final season of "Hacks" and the cult favourite "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms". Betty Gilpin took the guest actress in a comedy series award, while the production was further honoured for casting, music supervision, cinematography, sound mixing, sound editing, music composition and production design. Apple TV's success extended well beyond a single title: the platform topped the night's overall tally with 18 wins, boosted by four for "Pluribus" and three each for "Margo's Got Money Troubles" and "Palm Royale".
HBO's limited series "DTF St. Louis" enjoyed the second-strongest night, winning six awards in total. Alongside craft prizes for cinematography, picture editing, directing and writing — the latter two both going to Steve Conrad — the programme secured victories in both supporting acting categories for limited or anthology series. David Harbour and Linda Cardellini won Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress respectively, marking the first Emmy wins of their careers. Harbour told the audience he was moved that viewers had taken to what he called a strange and vulnerable project, while Cardellini paid tribute to her co-stars and to Conrad for the opportunity the role had given her.
A more unexpected success story came from Prime Video's "Spider-Noir", which picked up five awards — for stunt performance, sound editing, title design, visual effects and cinematography — only days after it emerged the series had been cancelled and would not continue beyond its first season. Members of the stunt team spoke of pride in the work despite the setback, describing a production that had given them freedom to pursue ambitious action sequences. The evening's most poignant moment, however, came with the posthumous award of the guest actor in a comedy series prize to the late Rob Reiner for his role in "The Bear", which the crowd at the Peacock Theatre marked with an extended standing ovation.
Elsewhere, the heavily nominated medical drama "The Pitt" — which entered the night with 25 nominations, the most of any series — had a comparatively subdued showing, taking only two awards, for prosthetic makeup and drama series casting. It did, though, yield a notable upset in the supporting actor in a drama series category, where Ernest Harden Jr. prevailed over higher-profile nominees Colman Domingo and Jeff Hiller. The Creative Arts ceremonies, which recognise the bulk of the technical and craft categories alongside supporting and guest acting honours, are due to be broadcast together on Hulu and FXX ahead of the live Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC and Peacock on 14 September.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The two reports lead with different storylines: one frames 'Widow's Bay' as the headline result of the night, while the other opens by declaring 'DTF St. Louis' the standout story, using it as the framing device for the whole recap.
One source presents Apple TV's combined 18-win total across multiple shows as the night's biggest overall story; the other does not total Apple TV's wins across titles and instead focuses on individual series performances.
One account adds context about the wider awards race, noting 'Widow's Bay' entered with 19 nominations and was competing against 'Hacks' and 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms', and observes that below-the-line wins do not reliably predict the top comedy series award — detail the other report omits.
Only one source provides nomination history for 'The Pitt', including its 25 nominations this year against 13 nominations and five wins last year.
Only one source includes direct quotations from David Harbour, Linda Cardellini and the 'Spider-Noir' stunt coordinators, as well as detail on Rob Reiner's posthumous win and the standing ovation it received; the other does not mention the 'Spider-Noir' cancellation, Reiner's award, or reproduce speech quotes.
Only one source specifies broadcast logistics — that the Creative Arts ceremonies would air on Hulu and FXX on 12 September ahead of the NBC/Peacock Primetime broadcast — while the other omits this scheduling detail.
Explained simply
Apple TV's "Widow's Bay" was named the biggest winner on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmys, taking eight awards. Apple TV led the overall tally with 18 wins across its shows, while HBO Max's "DTF St. Louis" and Prime Video's "Spider-Noir" also picked up multiple prizes. Notable moments included the late Rob Reiner receiving a posthumous award for his guest role in "The Bear".
The Creative Arts Emmys are a series of ceremonies held before the main Primetime Emmy Awards, honouring categories such as guest acting, animation and cinematography that are no longer part of the televised broadcast. This year's schedule has been restructured to move more categories into these separate events, with this being the second of the Creative Arts nights following an opening ceremony held on the Saturday.
These early results are seen as an indicator of how shows may fare at the main event, since many of the same series and performers are also nominated for Primetime awards. The Primetime Emmy Awards, which cover the higher-profile acting, directing and best series categories, are due to air on 14 September on NBC and Peacock.
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