60th_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards
60th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2008 American television programming awards
For the main ceremony, see 60th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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.
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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) | |||
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| Network | E! | |||
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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 are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[1][2][lower-alpha 1] Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2007–2008 Emmy rules and procedures.[3] Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable.[lower-alpha 2] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
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Animation
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Choreography
Outstanding Choreography (Juried)
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Directing
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Hairstyling
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Main Title Design
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Makeup
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Special Visual Effects
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Stunt Coordination
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Technical Direction
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Writing
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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".[5][6]
Nominations and wins by program
For the purposes of the lists below, any wins in juried categories are assumed to have a prior nomination.
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More information Wins, Show ...
| 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 |
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Nominations and wins by network
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| 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 |
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| 7 | TNT |
| 6 | Discovery Channel |
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| 5 | FX |
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| 4 | Cartoon Network |
| 3 | USA |
| 2 | The CW |
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| 16 | HBO |
| 9 | ABC |
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| 8 | CBS |
| 6 | NBC |
| 5 | AMC |
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| 3 | Fox |
| 2 | Bravo |
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The following individuals presented awards at the ceremony:[7]
- 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.
- 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.[3]
- 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.[3]
- Finalists were announced for this juried category; they are not considered to be nominees.[4]
- "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.