Fueled by \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d and \u201cThe Crown,\u201d Netflix dominated the competition at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Netflix took home 34 Emmys at three separate ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday, while Disney+, the streamer\u2019s closest competitor, won 13 awards. HBO and its streaming service, HBO Max, the perennial Emmys heavyweight, won just 10 awards.<\/p>\n
Each year, the Television Academy, which organizes the Emmys, announces the winners for dozens of technical awards in the lead-up to the biggest prizes that are announced at the main event, the Primetime Emmy Awards. This year\u2019s prime-time ceremony will take place on Sept. 19 and will be broadcast on CBS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit,\u201d the Netflix limited series about a chess prodigy, won nine Creative Arts Emmys over the weekend, more than any other series. Its closest competitors, with seven awards each, were the Disney+ Star Wars action adventure show \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d and the NBC stalwart \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although the Creative Arts Emmys are not quite prime-time ready \u2014 they include awards like best stunt performance, best hairstyling and outstanding lighting direction for a variety series \u2014 they count all the same in the Hollywood record books, and the leaderboard for the 73rd Emmy Awards is now officially underway.<\/p>\n
The weekend ceremonies also handed out a few key acting awards. \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d took the prize for best cast in a limited series. The Netflix show beat out a pair of acclaimed HBO series, \u201cI May Destroy You\u201d and \u201cMare of Easttown.\u201d \u201cThe Crown\u201d won for best cast in a drama, and the Apple TV+ show \u201cTed Lasso\u201d won for best cast in a comedy. Both are favored to take more prizes at the main event.<\/p>\n
Netflix\u2019s dominance all but guarantees that it will win more Emmys than any other TV network, studio or streaming platform, making 2021 the first year it will beat out its chief rival, HBO, to claim ultimate bragging rights. Three years ago, in a first, Netflix tied HBO for top honors. Going into this year\u2019s Emmys ceremonies, HBO, aided by HBO Max, led all networks with 130 nominations, one more than Netflix.<\/p>\n
The 73rd Emmy Awards will effectively be a showcase for television achievement during the pandemic. Because of production shutdowns and delays, the number of TV shows in the second half of last year and the first half of this year declined. Submissions for the top categories this year were down 30 percent.<\/p>\n
The ceremony, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, will take place indoors and outdoors on the Event Deck at L.A. Live, near the Emmys usual home at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Attendance will be drastically reduced but, unlike last year\u2019s remote ceremony, most winners speeches are likely to be delivered in person.<\/p>\n