Despite the final season of Game of Thrones coming in for criticism from fans for its character arcs and ending, the HBO show today bagged the most awards at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmys.
Considered the technical equivalent of the main Primetime Emmy Awards event that is scheduled to be held on September 22 in Los Angeles, the Creative Arts Emmys handed 10 awards to Game of Thrones — in categories such as editing, music composition, casting, title design, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects, make-up, costumes, and stunt coordination.
Earlier, the show accomplished an Emmys record this year with 32 nominations, the most for any one show in a year. The record had been held by NYPD Blue which garnered 26 nominations in 1994.
This has made HBO grab 25 Creative Arts wins over the weekend compared to Netflix’s 23, going into the main event next week. HBO also came in with 137 nominations this year — the most ever by a network in a year — as opposed to Netflix’s 117.
Apart from Game of Thrones, Chernobyl and the documentary Free Solo won seven awards, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won six, and Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots bagged 5 at the Creative Arts Emmys.
