60th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | ||||
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Date | September 13, 2008 | |||
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Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | |||
Most awards | John Adams (8) | |||
Most nominations | John Adams (15) | |||
Television/radio coverage | ||||
Network | E! | |||
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The 60th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2007, until May 31, 2008, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented on September 13, 2008, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and Sarah Chalke and was broadcast by E! on September 20, preceding the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 21. In total, 79 Creative Arts Emmys were presented across 75 categories.
John Adams won eight Emmys to lead all programs at the ceremony. It was followed by Mad Men with four wins and 30 Rock, the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, and The War with three wins each. John Adams also received the most nominations, with 15 in total. In the overall program fields, winners included The 61st Annual Tony Awards, American Masters, Autism: The Musical, Classical Baby, Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project, New York City Opera: Madama Butterfly, Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, The Simpsons, South Park, This American Life, and White Light/Black Rain, among others. While ABC led all networks with 50 nominations, HBO took home the most awards with 16 Emmys.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2007–2008 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
Programs
Performing
Animation
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Juried)
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Art Direction
Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
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Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
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Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie (Area)
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Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming (Area)
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Casting
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
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Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
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Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
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Choreography
Outstanding Choreography (Juried)
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Cinematography
Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series
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Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series
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Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
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Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
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Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming
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Commercial
Outstanding Commercial
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Costumes
Outstanding Costumes for a Series
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Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
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Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program or a Special (Juried)
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Directing
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
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Hairstyling
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
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Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or a Special
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Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie
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Lighting Direction
Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) for Variety, Music or Comedy Programming
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Main Title Design
Outstanding Main Title Design
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Makeup
Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
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Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
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Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
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Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Area)
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Music
Picture Editing
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
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Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera)
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Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie
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Outstanding Picture Editing of a Clip Package for Talk, Performance, Award, or Reality-Competition Programs (Area)
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Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera)
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Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
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Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming
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Sound Editing
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
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Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
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Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
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Sound Mixing
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)
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Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie
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Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation (Area)
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Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special (Area)
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Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
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Special Visual Effects
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
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Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
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Stunt Coordination
Outstanding Stunt Coordination
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Technical Direction
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series
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Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
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Writing
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
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Governors Award
The Governors Award was presented to the National Geographic Channel's "Preserve Our Planet" campaign, a "long-term, multi-platform effort to help Americans understand the issues of environmental conservation and global survival".
Nominations and wins by program
For the purposes of the lists below, any wins in juried categories are assumed to have a prior nomination.
Wins | Show | Network |
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8 | John Adams | HBO |
4 | Mad Men | AMC |
3 | 30 Rock | NBC |
50th Annual Grammy Awards | CBS | |
The War | PBS | |
2 | American Masters | PBS |
Autism: The Musical | HBO | |
Dancing with the Stars | ABC | |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | ABC | |
Pushing Daisies | ABC | |
This American Life | Showtime |
Nominations and wins by network
Nominations | Network |
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50 | ABC |
47 | HBO |
40 | CBS |
30 | NBC |
29 | PBS |
23 | Fox |
17 | Showtime |
13 | Sci Fi Channel |
12 | AMC |
8 | A&E |
Bravo | |
7 | TNT |
6 | Discovery Channel |
Disney Channel | |
5 | FX |
History Channel | |
4 | Cartoon Network |
3 | USA |
2 | The CW |
NBC.com | |
Nickelodeon |
Wins | Network |
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16 | HBO |
9 | ABC |
PBS | |
8 | CBS |
6 | NBC |
5 | AMC |
Showtime | |
3 | Fox |
2 | Bravo |
Cartoon Network | |
Sci Fi Channel |
Presenters
The following individuals presented awards at the ceremony:
- Jennifer Beals
- Valerie Bertinelli
- Bryan Cranston
- Jon Cryer
- Alan Cumming
- Cat Deeley
- Lisa Edelstein
- Jenna Fischer
- Seth Green
- Anna Gunn
- Tom Hanks
- Joe Mantegna
- Jack McBrayer
- Cesar Millan
- Masi Oka
- Lee Pace
- James Pickens, Jr.
- Oliver Platt
- Chloë Sevigny
- Sarah Silverman
- Evan Spiridellis
- Gregg Spiridellis
Notes
- The outlets listed for each program are the U.S. broadcasters or streaming services identified in the nominations, which for some international productions are different than the broadcaster(s) that originally commissioned the program.
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- Area awards are non-competitive and nominees are considered on their own terms. Any nominee with at least two-thirds approval received an Emmy. If no nominee received two-thirds approval, the nominee with the highest approval (and a minimum majority approval) received an Emmy.
- Juried awards generally do not have nominations; instead, all entrants were screened before members of the appropriate peer group, and one, more than one, or no entry was awarded an Emmy based on the jury's vote.
- ^ Finalists were announced for this juried category; they are not considered to be nominees.
References
- "60th Primetime Emmys Nominees". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- "60th Primetime Emmy Awards Creative Arts Winners" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 13, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ "60th Primetime Emmy Awards – 2007–2008 Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- "2007 – 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations Revealed". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. July 17, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- "National Geographic Channel's 'Preserve Our Planet' Campaign Named Recipient of Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2008 Governors Award". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. August 11, 2008. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- Nordyke, Kimberly (August 11, 2008). "'Preserve' campaign gets ATAS prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- "HBO Tops 2008 Creative Arts Emmys, ABC & PBS Lead Nets, Show Airs September 20 on E!". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 13, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
External links
- 60th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Emmys.com
- 60th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at IMDb
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website