Day 2:  Variety programming honored at Creative Arts Emmys
September 16, 2020

Day 2: Variety programming honored at Creative Arts Emmys

LOS ANGELES – The Television Academy tonight hosted the second of its five 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies on Tuesday, honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television at Emmys.com. The ceremony awarded many artists and craftspeople in the categories of Variety Programming.

The ceremony was hosted by Emmy-nominated host Nicole Byer and featured presenters from some of the season’s most popular shows, including Josh Flagg (Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles), Chris Hardwick (The Wall; The Talking Dead), Sofia Hublitz (Ozark), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911), Desus Nice & The Kid Mero (Desus & Mero), Jeremy Pope (Hollywood), Issa Rae (A Black Lady Sketch Show; Insecure) and Tracy Tutor (Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles).

The 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards are being streamed on Emmys.com for four consecutive nights: Monday, September 14th, through Thursday, September 17th, at 5:00pm (PST), with a fifth broadcast on Saturday the 19th. The following is a list of winners from Day 2.

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION 
RICKEY MINOR, Music Director The Kennedy Center Honors 
CBS

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM VARIETY SERIES
CARPOOL KARAOKE: THE SERIES
Ben Winston, Executive Producer James Corden, Executive Producer David Young, Co-Executive Producer Sheila Rogers, Supervising Producer Diana Miller, Producer
Blake Webster, Producer
APPLE TV

OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
MARINA TOYBINA, Costume Designer FOX GRAINNE O'SULLIVAN, Costume Supervisor
GABRIELLE LETAMENDI, Assistant Costume Designer
CANDICE RAINWATER, Assistant Costume Designer
The Masked Singer
The Season Kick-Off Mask-Off: Group A
Fox

OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM
CURTIS FOREMAN, Department Head Hairstylist VH1 RYAN RANDALL, Hairstylist
RuPaul's Drag Race
I'm That Bitch
VH1

OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (NON-PROSTHETIC)
NATASHA MARCELINA, Department Head Makeup Artist VH1 DAVID PETRUSCHIN, Makeup Artist
JEN FREGOZO, Makeup Artist
NICOLE FAULKNER, Makeup Artist
RuPaul's Drag Race
I'm That Bitch
VH1

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
DAN GUREWITCH, Senior Writer HBO JEFF MAURER, Senior Writer
JILL TWISS, Senior Writer
JULI WEINER, Senior Writer
JOHN OLIVER, Written by
TIM CARVELL, Written by DANIEL O'BRIEN, Written by OWEN PARSONS, Written by CHARLIE REDD, Written by JOANNA ROTHKOPF, Written by BEN SILVA, Written by
SEENA VALI, Written by
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
HBO

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
DON ROY KING, Directed by NBC Saturday Night Live
Host: Eddie Murphy
NBC

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
ROBERT BARNHART, Lighting Designer FOX DAVID GRILL, Lighting Director
PETE RADICE, Lighting Director
PATRICK BRAZIL, Lighting Director
JASON RUDOLPH, Lighting Director
Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show Starring Jennifer Lopez And Shakira
Fox

OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING
(Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
RYAN BARGER, Editor HBO Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Eat Shit Bob! (segment)
HBO

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one, more than one or no award.)
PAUL SANDWEISS, Production Mixer ABC TOMMY VICARI, Orchestra Music Mixer
BIFF DAWES, Music Mixer
PABLO MUNGUIA, Pro Tools Mixer
KRISTIAN PEDREGON, Post Audio
PATRICK BALTZELL, House P.A. Mixer MICHAEL PARKER, Monitor Mixer CHRISTIAN SCHRADER, Supplemental Audio JOHN PEREZ, VO Mixer
MARC REPP, Music Mix Engineer THOMAS PESA, Orchestra Monitor Mixer
The Oscars
ABC

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SPECIAL
    ERIC BECKER, Technical Director KEVIN FAUST, Video Control RON HIRSHMAN, Camera
ED HORTON, Camera
HELENA JACKSON, Camera
JON PURDY, Camera
JIMMY VELARDE, Camera
ALLEN MERRIWEATHER, Camera GREG GROUWINKEL, Camera RANDY GOMEZ SR., Camera ANDREW ANSNICK, Camera
Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: "All In The Family" And "Good Times"
ABC

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
DAVE SARETSKY, Technical Director HBO AUGIE YUSON, Video Control
DANTE PAGANO, Camera
JOHN HARRISON, Camera
ROB BALTON, Camera (Jib) TIM QUIGLEY, Camera
PHIL SALANTO, Camera
RICH FREEDMAN, Camera (Jib) JOE DEBONIS, Steadi Cam MICHAEL HAUER, Steadi Cam LUCAS OWEN, B Cam
SCOTTY BUCKLER, C Cam RUSSELL SWANSON, Camera
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Episode 629
HBO

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
EUGENE LEE, Production Designer NBC AKIRA YOSHIMURA, Production Designer
KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, Production Designer
N. JOSEPH DETULLIO, Production Designer
    Saturday Night Live
Host: Eddie Murphy Host: John Mulaney
NBC

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)
JASON SHERWOOD, Production Designer ALANA BILLINGSLEY, Art Director
The Oscars
ABC

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE NBC
Lorne Michaels, Executive Producer Ken Aymong, Supervising Producer Lindsay Shookus, Producer
Erin Doyle, Producer
Tom Broecker, Producer Steve Higgins, Produced by Erik Kenward, Produced by
NBC

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE: ABC "ALL IN THE FAMILY" AND "GOOD TIMES"
Norman Lear, Executive Producer Jimmy Kimmel, Executive Producer Will Ferrell, Executive Producer
Justin Theroux, Executive Producer Kerry Washington, Executive Producer James Burrows, Executive Producer Brent Miller, Executive Producer
Eric Cook, Co-Executive Producer
ABC