Another Emmy for Bryan Cranston, another raid for the French series Arcane

The Emmy Awards 2025 started this weekend. While waiting for the great ceremony, next Sunday, a hundred prizes have been awarded in advance. Including 4 for the French behind Arcane.

He had long been snubbed by the Emmys, at the time of Malcolm (three nominations between 2002 and 2005, no victory). But Bryan Cranston has greatly caught up since.

At 69, the actor has just won his 7th Emmy Award, for his role as a delirious Hollywood boss in The Studio, where he replied to Seth Rogen. This is his 5th personal trophy – after the four crowns in best actor for Breaking Bad. The actor is no longer very far from the absolute record held by Ed Asner, who won 7 Emmy Awards interpretation between the 1970s and 1980s (thanks to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Racines and Lou Grant).

While waiting to equal the legend, Cranston enjoyed his victory this weekend during the Creative Arts Emmys, organized at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Because Saturday and Sunday evening was held the pre-evening of the Emmy Awards, pending the great ceremony which will take place on Saturday September 13. These Creative Arts Emmys essentially make it possible to award technical prices or for secondary appearances. Thus, a hundred (!) Trophies were distributed this weekend.

And Cocorico: the French animation series Arcane again shone in Hollywood. Already crowned in 2022, Fortiche production has imposed itself in the best animation series category in front of Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons and Love, Death + Robots. She won 4 prizes in all.

But the big winner of the evening is therefore The Studio, which already offers 9 Emmy Awards and is ahead of the Penguin (8) or Severance (6). The two darling series of the year, namely The Pitt and Adolescence, won 2 Emmys.

Among the personalities rewarded, we can quote – in addition to Cranston – the victories of Julianne Nicholson (for Hacks), Shawn Hatosy (The Pitt), Merritt Wever (Severance) or Julie Andrews (Bridgerton), as well as the former president Barrack Obama who leaves the prize for the best narrator. It’s third Emmy Award to put on the fireplace alongside its Nobel Peace Prize …

Discover most of the Creative Arts Emmys 2025 Creative Arts below:

Best animation series

Winner: Arcane
Bob’s Burgers
Common Side Effects
Love, Death + Robots
Simpsons

Best casting for a comedy

Winner: The Studio
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking

Best casting for a dramatic series

Winner: The Pitt
The Last of Us
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus

Best casting for a mini-series or an anthological film

Winner: Adolescence
Black Mirror
Dying for sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin

Better vocal interpretation

Winner: Julie Andrews, Bridgerton, “Into the Light”
Hank Azaria, Les Simpson, “Abe League of Their Moe”
Maya Rudolph, Big Mouth, “Why do We Go Through Puberty?”
Alan Tudyk, Andor, “Who Else Knows?”
Jeffrey Wright, What If … ?, “What If … 1872?”
Steven Yeun, invincible, “What have I done?”

Best choreography (fiction)

Winner: star – “Piece 2,” “Growing Pressure,” “Big in Japan,” and “Piece 1”
Bridgerton – “Butterfly Ball,” “Eros and Psyche,” “Jealousy,” “Wedding dance,” and “Rejoining the Ton”
Doctor Who – “There’s Always a Twist”
SEVERANCE – “Choreography & MERRIMENT” and “The Ballad of Ambrose and Gunnel”
Will Trent – “Last Dance,” “In the Night,” “Quartet no. 5,” and “i can’t stand the rain”

Best cinematography for a mini-series or an anthological film

Winner: Adolescence, “Episode 2”
American Primeval, “Episode 1”
Disclaimer, “I”
The Penguin, “Top Hat”
Zero Day, “Episode 2”

Best photograph for a series (30 minutes)

Winner: The Studio, “The Oner”
Emily in Paris, “masquerade”
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, “The 6:10 To Lubbock”
Hacks, “i love la”
The Righty Gemstones, “Prelude”

Best photograph for a series (1 hour)

Winner: Severance, “Hello, Ms. Cobel”
Andor, “Harvest”
The Day of the Jackal, “Episode 1”
Star, “The Swap”
Pachinko, “chapter nine”
The White Lotus, “Killer instinct”

Best contemporary costumes (series)

Winner: The Studio, “Cinemacon”
Emily in Paris, “The Gray Area”
Hacks, “Heaven”
The Righty Gemstones, “You Hurled Me Into the Depths, Into the very Heart of the Seas”
The White Lotus, “Same Spirits, New Forms”

Best contemporary costumes (mini-series or film)

Winner: The Penguin, “A Great Or Little Thing”
Adolescence, “Episode 2”
American Horror Stories, “Backrooms”
Dying for sex, “Topping is a sacred skill”
Sirens, “Exile”

Best contemporary hairstyle

Winner: The Penguin, “Cent’anni”
Abbott Elementary, “100th Day of School”
Emily in Paris, “Back on the Crazy Horse”
Hacks, “i love la”
The studio, “cinemacon”
The White Lotus, “Amor Fati”

Best contemporary makeup (non -prosthetic)

Winner: The Penguin, “Cent’anni”
Grotesquerie, “Unplugged”
The Last of Us, “Day One”
Only Murders in the Building, “Valley of the Dolls”
The Pitt, “7:00 pm”
The White Lotus, “Full-Moon Party”

Best contemporary makeup (prosthetic)

Winner: The Penguin, “Cent’anni”
Grotesquerie, “Unplugged”
The Last of Us, “Never Let Me Go”
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, “Menendez”
The Pitt, “The Conference”

Best sets and artistic direction for a contemporary series (1 hour)

Winner: The White Lotus, “Amor Fati”
And just like that …, “the last supper part two: entrance”
The Last of Us, “Long, Long Time”
LOOT, “The Arlington Way”
Slow Horses, “Negotiating With Tigers”

Best sets and artistic direction for a contemporary series (30 minutes)

Winner: The Studio, “Cinemacon”
ACAPULCO, “VIVE MEXICO”
Hacks, “bulletproof”
LOOT, “Mr. Congeniality”
The Righty Gemstones, “For I Know the Plans I Have For You”

Best sets and artistic direction for an era or fantastic series (1 hour)

Winner: Pachinko, “Chapter Ten”
The Crown, “Tell me yes”
The Day of the Jackal, “Episode 1”
House of the Dragon, “has her for his”
Severance, “Hello, Ms. Cobel”

Best sets and artistic direction for a series of time or fantastic (30 minutes)

Winner: Shōgun, “Anjin”
Acapulco, “An Open Book”
Interview with the vampire, “don’t be afraid, just start the tape”
For Flag Means Death, “Impossible Birds”
What we do in the shadows, “exit interview”

Best sets and artistic direction for a mini-series or an anthological film

Winner: The Penguin, “Top Hat”
Adolescence, “Episode 2”
American Primeval, “Episode 1”
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, “Menendez”
Sirens, “Exile”

Best Multicaméra image

Winner: That ’90s Show, “First Date”
Call me kat, “call me consciously unpoude”
How I Met Your Father, “Daddy”
Night short, “Just Tuesday”
United States of Al, “Fundraiser/Baspana Towlawal”

Best image montage (comic series, Monocaméra)

Winner: The Studio, “The Oner”
Hacks, “The Two Catherines”
Only Murders in the Building, “The Tell”
Dogs reservation, “Send it”
Ted Lasso, “So Long, Farewell”

Best image montage (comic series, multicamera)

Winner: That ’90s Show, “First Date”
Bob Hearts Abishola, “Uncharted Waters of Mediocurity”
Call me kat, “call me donut wall”
Night Court, “The Honorable Dan Fielding”
United States of Al, “Help/Komak”

Best image montage (dramatic series, monocamera)

Winner: The Pitt, “The Conference”
Andor, “Harvest”
The Last of Us, “Endure and Survive”
Severance, “The We We Are”
The White Lotus, “Amor Fati”

Best image montage (mini-series or anthological film)

Winner: The Penguin, “Top Hat”
Adolescence, “Episode 2”
American Primeval, “Episode 1”
Black Mirror, “Demon 79”
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, “Menendez”

Best sound montage (series, 1 hour)

Winner: The Pitt, “The Conference”
Andor, “Harvest”
House of the Dragon, “has her for his”
The Last of Us, “Long, Long Time”
The White Lotus, “Amor Fati”

Best sound montage (series, 30 minutes)

Winner: The Studio, “The Oner”
Hacks, “i love la”
Only Murders in the Building, “The Tell”
Dogs reservation, “Send it”
The Righty Gemstones, “For I Know the Plans I Have For You”

Best sound editing (mini-series or anthological film)

Winner: The Penguin, “Top Hat”
Adolescence, “Episode 2”
American Primeval, “Episode 1”
Black Mirror, “Demon 79”
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, “Menendez”

Best sound mix (series, 1 hour)

Winner: The White Lotus, “Amor Fati”
Andor, “Harvest”
House of the Dragon, “has her for his”
The Last of Us, “Long, Long Time”
The Pitt, “The Conference”

Best sound mix (series, 30 minutes)

Winner: The Studio, “The Oner”
Hacks, “i love la”
Only Murders in the Building, “The Tell”
Dogs reservation, “Send it”
The Righty Gemstones, “For I Know the Plans I Have For You”

Best sound mix (mini-series or anthological film)

Winner: The Penguin, “Top Hat”
Adolescence, “Episode 2”
American Primeval, “Episode 1”
Black Mirror, “Demon 79”
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, “Menendez”

Best special visual effects

Winner: The Penguin, “Top Hat”
Andor, “Harvest”
House of the Dragon, “has her for his”
The Last of Us, “Long, Long Time”
Loki, “Ouroboros”

Best special visual effects in a support role

Winner: The White Lotus, “Amor Fati”
Better Call Saul, “Saul Gone”
The Crown, “Tell me yes”
The Handmaid’s Tale, “Safe”
Severance, “Hello, Ms. Cobel”