'Rick and Morty' and 'Dark Crystal - The Resistance' earned Creative Arts Emmys

On Saturday, the Television Academy hosted the finale of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies, honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievements on FXX television. The ceremony awarded many talented artists and craftsmen, in an eclectic mix of categories of all genres. Hosted by Nicole Byer, the final gala saw the participation of presenters of some of the most famous shows of the season, including Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian), Lamorne Morris (woke), Leslie Odom Jr. (Central Park) and Wanda Sykes (Crank Yankers).

Joining the distinguished VFX animation and special effects talents announced on Friday,  Rick and Morty Adult Swim Animated Series, was awarded the Outstanding Animation Program, for an animated series that earned prime time broadcasting. This is the second win for this category, for Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's sci-fi humor adventure series, following the triumph of “Pickle Rick” in 2018.

in the category Outstanding Children's Program, Dark Crystal - The resistance (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) by Jim Henson, Netflix's puppet prequel, celebrated a victory alongside the original HBO documentary We Are the Dream: The Kids of Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest. The series, set in the extraordinary fantasy world of the iconic 80s Hensons film, was also honored by the Visual Effects Society and received nominations from, among others, the PGA and WGA Awards.

Exceptional animation program

Rick and Morty "The Vat of Acid Episode" [by Adult Swim]
Dan Harmon, executive producer; Justin Roiland, executive producer; Mike McMahan, executive producer; Scott Marder, executive producer; Keith Crofford, executive producer; Rick Mischel, executive producer; Richard Grieve, executive producer; Mike Lazzo, executive producer; Rob Schrab, co-executive producer; James Siciliano, production supervisor; Wes Archer, supervising director; Michael Waldron, producer; Nick Rutherford, producer; Lee Harting, producer; Ollie Green, producer; Sydney Ryan, produced by; J. Michael Mendel, produced by; Jacob Hair, directed by; Nathan Litz, director; Jeff Loveness, Written by / Supervising Producer; Albro Lundy, Written by.

Exceptional program for children

Dark Crystal - The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance by Jim Henson [Netflix]
Lisa Henson, executive producer; Halle Stanford, executive producer; Louis Leterrier, executive producer; Jeffrey Addiss, co-executive producer; Will Matthews, co-executive producer; Javier Grillo-Marxuach, co-executive producer; Blanca Lista, co-executive producer; Ritamarie Peruggi, produced by.

We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest [HBO]
Mahershala Ali, executive producer; Amatus Karim Ali, executive producer; Mimi Valdés, executive producer; Julie Anderson, executive producer; Amy Schatz, produced by; Diane Kolyer, produced by.

Outstanding graphic style program

Godfather of Harlem [Epix]
Mason Nicoll, Creative Director / Editor; Peter Pak, designer / lead animator / art director; Giovana Pham, Designer; Cisco Torres, animator.

Interactive online program

Mr. Robot - Season_4.0 ARG [USA Network]
US network; Ralph Interactive; Fifth Column Games; Roxanne Paredes, producer; Jeff McKibben, writer.

At the end of the four nights of celebration, The Mandalorian e Watchmen tops the list of multiple winners with seven wins each; Primal by Genndy Tartakovsky it was the only animated program to make the list, with three wins.