Creative Arts Emmys 2024: Maya Rudolph wins sixth career award, Angela Bassett wins first and ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ continues winning streak

Maya Rudolph poses with her Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for ‘Big Mouth’ in the press room at the Television Academy’s 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards night at the Peacock Theatre. Photo credit: Mark Von Holden

Maya Rudolph won her sixth career Emmy on Saturday night, taking home the trophy for Outstanding Character Voice-over for her work. big face At the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Angela Bassett won first for her portrayal of the National Geographic Show. Queens.

Past and future Saturday Night Live Star Rudolph is up for three more Emmys. She also does voice-over work as the Hormone Monster on the Netflix animated show big face He has earned four Emmys.

“I’m really proud to be a part of this show,” he said. “It humanizes being human.” He became emotional as he talked about the privilege of being able to do what he loves with his life. “It makes me cry because I’m so menopausal,” Rudolph said.

He won the first of two nights of Creative Arts Emmys, which honors behind-the-scenes artistic and technical achievements in television and is a precursor to the main Emmy show, hosted by Dan and Eugene Levy, which will air at 8 p.m. EST on September 15.

Angela Bassett also appeared to collect her trophy for Best Narrator, a category that’s usually star-studded but rarely features a winner like last year’s Barack Obama. “Oh my god, wow, my first Emmy,” said an emotional Bassett. “I couldn’t be more thrilled and more grateful.”

Bassett was drawn to the wildlife documentary project because of the all-female-led production team, a rarity in the medium, she said backstage. “It touched my heart,” she said. “So I said yes.” Bassett is a two-time Oscar nominee who won an honorary Academy Award earlier this year.

Other winners include the recently retired Pat Szak, who won Best Game Show Host for his final season wheel of fortune. It was his fourth time winning the award, and first since 1998.

Saturday Night Live The craft category thrived with six wins, including wins for makeup and production design. Rudolph won two Emmys when he was a cast member on the show and was nominated for two more for his work as host of the sketch organization last season. Those will be rewarded on Sunday. She will return this fall to play Vice President Kamala Harris in the 50th season SNL In the weeks leading up to the election.

She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy for her Apple TV+ series loot. He is a longshot for that award, with Jean Smart the favourite Hacks And for Ayo Edebiri the bearwhich leads all shows in the comedy category with 23 nominations

Netflix’s animated series continues Blue Eye Samurai Claimed another Emmy win. The widely acclaimed Samurai series took home the Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, adding to three previous juried Emmy wins last month for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in the Storyboard, Production Design and Character Design categories. Compete against shows like The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, X-Men ’97, And Reign of the Scavengers, Blue Eye Samurai Also had an impressive year with six wins at the Annie Awards.

Documentary directed by Ron Howard Jim Henson is the idea man Won four times and Welcome to Wrexham Won three, including Best Unstructured Reality Show. Shark Tank Won Best Structured Reality Show. In an awards show crossover, the telecast of the Oscars won four Emmys, including best live variety special.

Top overall nominee of the season, the shogunThere was a win of sorts on Saturday when the team that put together the featurette’s post-show making took home an Emmy. The FX series itself is up for 25 Emmys. Seventeen of these will be handed over on Sundays, focusing on scripted television.