Before the 2018 Emmy Awards take place on September 17, the first round of trophies are handed out during this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremony. Early winners include “Atlanta,” Anthony Bourdain, Dave Chappelle, John Legend (who finally completed his EGOT), “Rick and Morty,” “Queer Eye,” and more.
Donald Glover’s FX series “Atlanta” picked up three awards during the ceremony, including Katt Williams’ win for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Williams starred as the titular character in season two’s first episode “Alligator Man.” Ironically, Williams won the award over Glover, who was nominated for his episode of “Saturday Night Live.” The “Teddy Perkins” episode also won two awards: Outstanding Cinemetography and Outstanding Sound Editing.
Dave Chappelle claimed the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) for his Netflix special Equanimity. Last year, he won his first Emmy for his post-election “SNL” monologue.
Anthony Bourdain has won two posthumous Emmys for his travel and food series “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”—Outstanding Informational Series or Special and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Program. Bourdain died by suicide in June. He had previously taken home five Emmys throughout his career. “Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown” also received the award for Short-Form Non-Fiction or Reality.
John Legend has been awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for his work as a producer on “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” special. The win completes his EGOT award collection—his Emmy trophy joins his ten Grammys, his Oscar for the Selma song “Glory” with Common, and his Tony for co-producing the play Jitney. Legend is the first black man to win all four awards.
Adult Swim’s “Rick and Morty” was awarded Outstanding Animated Program for its season three episode “Pickle Rick”—the infamous episode where Rick is turned into a pickle. Other nominees for Outstanding Animated Program included “Big Hero Six,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “South Park,” and “The Simpsons.” “Bob’s Burgers” won the award last year. Later this month, an official soundtrack for “Rick and Morty” will be released by Sub Pop.
The “USS Callister” episode of the Netflix series “Black Mirror” won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie. It’s the second year an episode of “Black Mirror” won that award following the win for “Black Mirror: San Junipero.”
“Queer Eye” has taken home the award for Structured Reality Program. It’s the first Emmy for the reboot of 2003’s “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” Read “What ‘Queer Eye’ Star Jonathan Van Ness Is Listening to Right Now” on the Pitch.
Netflix’s original “Wild Wild Country” took home the Emmy for Documentary or Non-Fiction Series. Its soundtrack, which was composed by Brocker Way, arrives later this month. Read “How ‘Wild Wild Country’ Uses Indie Folk to Frame a Quintessentially American Story” on the Pitch.
On the music front, “Saturday Night Live” received Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for their Chance the Rapper-performed song “Come Back Barack.” It was written by Eli Brueggemann. At last year’s Emmys, Chance’s “SNL” performance “Jingle Barack” was also nominated in the same category. “Game of Thrones”’s Ramin Djawadi took home the award for Original Dramatic Score for the composition in “The Dragon and the Wolf.” Carlos Rafael Rivera’s composition for “Godless” earned Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music, while “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” won Outstanding Music Supervision.
This article was originally published on September 9 at 11:27 a.m. Eastern. It was last updated at 10:38 p.m. Eastern.
