Jimmy Kimmel, Alan Cumming, Barack Obama and SNL50: The Anniversary Special were among the many winners during the second night of the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys.
The annual two-day event, which took place the weekend before the Primetime Emmys, handed out dozens of awards to mostly below-the-line categories. Awards announced on Sunday spanned variety programming, nonfiction and reality sectors.
Early winners on Night 2 included Kimmel for for best game show host for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and SNL50, in a number of categories. The Anniversary Special took home eight Emmys on Sunday night, including writing and directing for a variety special, leading the slate of winners.
Of the top winners of the night, Pee-wee As Himself earned four Emmys, including best documentary or nonfiction special, while the mainstay Saturday Night Live earned three Emmys, tying with The Traitors.
Former President Obama took home his third Emmy for best narrator for Our Oceans. Conan O’Brien won the Emmy for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) tied to The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize For American Humor.
For the second year in a row, Cumming took home the title of best reality host for The Traitors. Queer Eye won best structured reality program, while Love on the Spectrum won in the unstructured reality category. The latter show, too, won outstanding reality casting.
In addition, 100 Foot Wave won best documentary or nonfiction series, while Jeopardy was recognized as best game show.
The night included a slate of noteworthy presenters, including Jennifer Affleck, Mikey Day, Nyle DiMarco, Amaya Espinal, Danielle Fishel, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Edwin Lee Gibson, Harvey Guillén, actor David Hoffman, Iris Kendall, Jordan Klepper, Whitney Leavitt, Thomas Lennon, Joe Manganiello, Marlee Matlin, Atsuko Okatsuka, Sarah Silverman, Tanner Smith, Connor Tomlinson and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.
While both Saturday and Sunday’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremories, which both held at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, were not televised live, an edited presentation will air on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. PT on FXX and will be available to stream on Hulu through Oct. 7.
Ahead of the 2025 Emmys, Severance led the nominees with 27 nods, followed by The Penguin with 24, The Studio and The White Lotus with 23 each, The Last of Us with 16, Andor and Hacks with 14 each and Adolescence, The Bear and The Pitt with 13 each.
After Night 1 of the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys, Bryan Cranston and Julianne Nicholson won best comedy guest actor and actress, respectively. Shawn Hatosy and Merritt Wever, too, took home the title of best drama guest actor and actress, respectively.
Additional winners honored on Saturday night include Cristobal Tapia de Veer, The White Lotus composer, for best original main title theme music (following his public falling-out with the show’s creator Mike White), Rebel Ridge for best TV movie, Julie Andrews for best character voice-over performance as Lady Whistledown for Bridgerton and Arcane for best animated program.
Juried winners, which were announced last month, were presented across both nights of the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys.
A complete list of this year’s nominees follows. The Hollywood Reporter will be updating this story as winners are revealed. See the winners from Night 1 here.
Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
The Amazing Race • CBS • WorldRace Productions, Inc.
Jesse Tannenbaum, Casting by
Alex Stiner, Casting by
Kayla Kellerbauer, Casting by
Pollyanna Jacobs, Casting by
Pedro Gomez, Casting by
Love On The Spectrum • Netflix • Northern Pictures for Netflix (WINNER)
Cian O’Clery, Casting by
Sean Bowman, Casting by
Emma Choate, Casting by
Queer Eye • Netflix • Scout Productions Inc. and ITV Entertainment LLC for Netflix
Danielle Gervais, Casting by
Jessica Jorgensen, Casting by
Natalie Pino, Casting by
Brian Puentes, Casting by
RuPaul’s Drag Race • MTV • World of Wonder
Goloka Bolte, CSA, Casting by
Adam Cook, Casting by
Michelle Redwine, Casting by
Survivor • CBS • MGM Television
Jesse Tannenbaum, Casting by
Caitlin Moore, Casting by
Penni Lane Clifton, Casting by
Daniel Gradias, Casting by
Lisa Visagie, Casting by
Christian Estrada, Casting by
See More
This story was first published on Sept. 7 at 4:59 p.m.
