The 72nd annual Emmy Awards won’t take place until Sunday night—but already, the Television Academy has announced 2020 winners in a variety of categories.
Hosted by Nicole Byer, the Creative Arts Emmys has used the challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic to its advantage. Rather than taking place across two Saturday nights in the week before the annual Emmys ceremony, as it has done in years past, the 2020 version of the awards ceremony has been spread out across multiple nights and shifted to a virtual presentation.
This year’s Creative Arts Emmys, which largely bestow honors on below-the-line contributors across all manner of television format, started on Monday night with winners in the reality television and non-fiction space. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will encompass, variety television and scripted series, respectively, before a final catch-all on Saturday night that leads into the main event on Sunday.
Ahead, the 2020 Emmy winners list so far. (This post will be updated each day as new winners are announced.) The Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, air Sunday on ABC.
Monday, September 14
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
The Apollo (HBO) (WINNER)
Beastie Boys Story (Apple TV+)
Becoming (Netflix)
The Great Hack (Netflix)
Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time (EPIX)
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Netflix)
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E) (WINNER)
Ugly Delicious (Netflix)
VICE (Showtime)
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
Between the Scenes – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: Pandemic Video Diaries (TBS)
National Geographic Presents: Creating Cosmos: Possible Worlds (National Geographic) (WINNER)
Pose: Identity, Family, Community (FX Networks)
RuPaul’s Drag Race Out of the Closet (VH1)
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Love Is Blind (Netflix)
Queer Eye (Netflix) (WINNER)
Shark Tank (ABC)
A Very Brady Renovation (HGTV)
Outstanding Casting for Reality Program
Born This Way (A&E)
Love Is Blind (Netflix)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) (WINNER)
The Voice (NBC)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
American Factory (Netflix)
Apollo 11 (CNN)
Becoming (Netflix)
The Cave (National Geographic) (WINNER)
Sea of Shadows (National Geographic)
Serengeti (Rebirth)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
Cheer, “Hit Zero” (Netflix)
Life Below Zero, Series Body of Work (National Geographic) (WINNER)
Queer Eye, “We’re In Japan!: Japanese Holiday” (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race, Series Body of Work (VH1)
Survivor, Series Body of Work (CBS)
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
American Factory (Netflix) (WINNER)
Apollo 11 (CNN)
Becoming (Netflix)
The Cave (National Geographic)
The Last Dance, “Episode 7” (ESPN)
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, “Cult of Personality” (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program
Cheer, “Daytona” (Netflix) (WINNER)
LEGO Masters, “Mega City Block” (FOX)
Queer Eye, “Disabled But Not Really” (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race, “I’m That Bitch” (VH1)
Top Chef, “The Jonathan Gold Standard” (Bravo)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Becoming (Netflix)
Home, “Maine” (Apple TV+)
McMillion$, “Episode 1” (HBO)
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, “Not Your Average Joe” (Netflix)
Why We Hate, “Tools & Tactics” (Discovery Channel) (WINNER)
Outstanding Narrator
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution (History)