62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
DateAugust 21, 2010
Location
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
Most awardsThe Pacific (6)
Most nominationsThe Pacific (19)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkE!
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The 62nd Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on August 21, 2010 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles.[1] This was in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and was presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. E! aired clips from the ceremony on August 28, the evening preceding the night of the primetime telecast.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:

Programs

Programs

Acting

Acting

Animation

Animation

Art Direction

Art Direction

Casting

Casting
  • Modern Family (ABC)
    • 30 Rock (NBC)
    • Glee (Fox)
    • Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
    • United States of Tara (Showtime)
  • Mad Men (AMC)
    • Big Love (HBO)
    • Dexter (Showtime)
    • Friday Night Lights (NBC)
    • The Good Wife (CBS)
    • True Blood (HBO)
  • The Pacific (HBO)
    • Emma (PBS)
    • Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
    • Temple Grandin (HBO)
    • You Don't Know Jack (HBO)

Choreography

Choreography

Cinematography

Cinematography
  • Weeds (Episode: "A Modest Proposal") (Showtime)
    • 30 Rock (Episode: "Season Four") (NBC)
    • Gary Unmarried (Episode: "Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel") (CBS)
    • Hung (Episodes: "Pilot") (HBO)
    • Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Apple Bong") (Showtime)
    • Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Crude and Uncalled For") (CBS)
  • Return to Cranford (Episode: "Part 2") (PBS)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Peleliu Landing") (HBO)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Okinawa") (HBO)
    • The Prisoner (Episode: "Checkmate") (AMC)
    • You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
  • Survivor (Episode: "Slay Everyone, Trust No One") (CBS)
    • Dirty Jobs (Episode: "High Rise Window Washer") (Discovery Channel)
    • Man vs. Wild (Episode: "Big Sky Country") (Discovery Channel)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "I Think We're Fighting The Germans, Right?") (CBS)
    • Top Chef (Episode: "Vivre Las Vegas") (Bravo)
    • Top Chef Masters (Episode: Masters Get Schooled) (Bravo)

Commercial

Commercial
  • "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" (Old Spice Body Wash)

Costuming

Costuming
  • The Tudors (Episode: "Episode #408") (Showtime)
    • 30 Rock (Episode: "I Do Do") (NBC)
    • Glee (Episode: "The Power of Madonna") (Fox)
    • The Good Wife (Episode: "Crash") (CBS)
    • Mad Men (Episode: "Souvenir") (AMC)
  • Return to Cranford (Episode: "Part One") (PBS)
    • Emma (Episode: "Part Two") (PBS)
    • Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Melbourne") (HBO)
    • You Don't Know Jack (HBO)

Directing

Directing
  • Don Roy King for Saturday Night Live (NBC)
    • Jerry Foley for Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
    • James Hoskinson for The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
    • Allan Kartun for The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC)
    • Chuck O'Neil for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Hairstyling

Hairstyling
  • Mad Men (Episode: "Souvenir") (AMC)
    • Castle (Episode: "Vampire Weekend") (ABC)
    • Glee (Episode: "Hairography") (Fox)
    • Glee (Episode: "The Power of Madonna") (Fox)
    • The Tudors (Episode: "Episode 407") (Showtime)
    • Tracey Ullman's State of The Union (Episode: "Episode 301") (Showtime)
  • Emma (PBS)
    • Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
    • Return to Cranford (PBS)
    • Temple Grandin (HBO)
    • You Don't Know Jack (HBO)

Hosting

Hosting

Interactive Media

Interactive Media
  • Star Wars: Uncut (StarWarsUncut.com)
    • Dexter Interactive (Showtime.com)
    • Glee Hyperpromo And Superfan (Fox.com)
  • The Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience (LateNightWithJimmyFallon.com)
    • The Biggest Loser Digital Experience (NBC.com)
    • Top Chef: Las Vegas (Bravotv.com)

Lighting Design / Direction

Lighting Design / Direction
  • Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony (NBC)
    • 82nd Academy Awards (ABC)
    • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 909A") (ABC)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Betty White") (NBC)

Main Title Design

Main Title Design

Make-up

Makeup
  • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Betty White") (NBC)
    • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 901A") (ABC)
    • So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Episode #615/616A") (CBS)
    • 82nd Academy Awards (ABC)
    • The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation") (CBS)
  • The Pacific (HBO)
    • Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
    • You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
    • Temple Grandin (HBO)

Music

Music
  • Temple Grandin (HBO)
    • Blessed Is The Match (PBS)
    • Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Home") (HBO)
    • When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation) (CBS)
    • You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
  • Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony (NBC)
    • 82nd Academy Awards (ABC)
    • Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas (Great Performances) (PBS)
    • Celtic Woman: Songs From The Heart (PBS)
    • In Performance At The White House: Fiesta Latina (PBS)
    • The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
  • Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk and the End: Part 2", Song: "When I'm Gone") (USA)
    • Family Guy (Episode: "Extra Large Medium", Song: "Down's Syndrome Girl") (Fox)
    • How I Met Your Mother (Episode: Girls Versus Suits, Song: "Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit") (CBS)
    • Rescue Me (Episode: "Disease", Song: "How Lovely To Be A Vegetable") (FX)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Blake Lively", Song: "Shy Ronnie") (NBC)
    • Treme (Episode: "I'll Fly Away", Song: "This City") (HBO)

Picture Editing

Picture Editing
  • Temple Grandin (HBO)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Peleliu Landing") (HBO)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Iwo Jima") (HBO)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Okinawa") (HBO)
    • You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
  • The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Concert (HBO)

Sound

Sound
  • 24 (Episode: "4:00 am – 5:00 am") (Fox)
    • Breaking Bad (Episode: "One Minute") (AMC)
    • Fringe (Episode: "White Tulip") (Fox)
    • Lost (Episode: "The End") (ABC)
    • True Blood (Episode: "Beyond Here Lies Nothin") (HBO)
  • The Pacific (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO)
    • Alice (Episode: "Part 1") (Syfy)
    • Temple Grandin (HBO)
    • Moonshot (History Channel)
  • America: The Story of Us (Episode: "Division") (History Channel)
    • Life (Episode: "Challenges on Life") (Discovery Channel)
    • Teddy: In His Own Words (HBO)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?") (CBS)
    • The National Parks: America's Best Idea (Episode: The Scripture of Nature) (PBS)
  • The Pacific (Episode: "Basilone") (HBO)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Peleliu Landing") (HBO)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Iwo Jima") (HBO)
    • The Pacific (Episode: "Okinawa") (HBO)
  • The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Concert (HBO) (TIE)
  • 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS) (TIE)
    • American Idol (Episode: "Episode #943 Finale") (Fox)
    • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode #907") (ABC)
    • American Idol (Episode: "Episode #933 Idol Gives Back") (Fox)
    • 82nd Academy Awards (ABC)
  • Deadliest Catch (Episode: "No Second Chances") (Discovery Channel)
    • Life (Episode: "Challenges of Life") (Discovery Channel)
    • Spectacle Elvis Costello With... (Episode: "Spectacle Elvis Costello With Bruce Springsteen – Part 1 & 2") (Sundance Channel)
    • The Amazing Race (Episode: "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?") (CBS)
    • The National Parks: America's Best Idea (Episode: "The Scripture of Nature") (PBS)

Special Visual Effects

Special Visual Effects

Stunt Coordination

Stunt Coordination

Technical Direction

Technical Direction
  • Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 909A") (ABC)
    • Late Show With David Letterman (Episode: "Episode 3150") (CBS)
    • Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Joseph Gordon-Levitt") (NBC)
    • The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency") (CBS)
    • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Episode: "Episode 15032") (Comedy Central)
  • The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Concert (HBO)
    • 52nd Grammy Awards (CBS)
    • 82nd Academy Awards (ABC)
    • Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction (HBO)
    • The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)

Writing

Writing
  • The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
    • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
    • Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
    • Saturday Night Live (NBC)
    • The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC)

Programs with multiple awards

By network [note 1]
By program

Programs with multiple nominations

By network
By program
Note
  1. ^ Only includes categories above

References

  1. ^ Gorman, Bill (August 10, 2010). "2009-10 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards Winners". Zap2It. Retrieved August 10, 2010.

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