73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2020, until May 31, 2021, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented across three ceremonies on September 11 and 12, 2021, at the Event Deck at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles, California, preceding the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 19. A total of 99 Creative Arts Emmys were presented across 92 categories. The ceremonies were produced by Bob Bain, directed by Rich Preuss, and broadcast in the United States by FXX on September 18.
The Queen's Gambit won nine awards, leading all programs; The Mandalorian and Saturday Night Live followed with seven wins each. The Mandalorian also received the most nominations with 19, followed by WandaVision with 15 and Saturday Night Live with 14. Program awards went to Boys State, Carpool Karaoke: The Series, Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square, For All Mankind: Time Capsule, Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, Love, Death & Robots, Queer Eye, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Secrets of the Whales, Space Explorers: The ISS Experience, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, and 76 Days. Netflix led all networks with 34 wins and 104 nominations.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger. Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2020–2021 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.Programs
Performing
Animation
Art Direction
Casting
Choreography
Cinematography
Commercial
Costumes
Directing
Hairstyling
Lighting Design / Lighting Direction
Main Title and Motion Design
Makeup
Music
Picture Editing
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Special Visual Effects
Stunts
Technical Direction
Writing
Nominations and wins by program
For the purposes of the lists below, any wins in juried categories are assumed to have a prior nomination.| Nominations | Show | Network |
| 19 | The Mandalorian | Disney+ |
| 15 | WandaVision | Disney+ |
| 14 | Saturday Night Live | NBC |
| 13 | The Crown | Netflix |
| 12 | Lovecraft Country | HBO |
| 12 | The Queen's Gambit | Netflix |
| 10 | The Handmaid's Tale | Hulu |
| 9 | Bridgerton | Netflix |
| 9 | Hacks | HBO Max |
| 9 | Mare of Easttown | HBO |
| 8 | RuPaul's Drag Race | VH1 |
| 7 | Allen v. Farrow | HBO |
| 7 | The Social Dilemma | Netflix |
| 7 | Ted Lasso | Apple TV+ |
| 6 | The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | HBO |
| 6 | Love, Death & Robots | Netflix |
| 6 | Queer Eye | Netflix |
| 6 | The Voice | NBC |
| 5 | Bo Burnham: Inside | Netflix |
| 5 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC |
| 5 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Netflix |
| 5 | David Byrne's American Utopia | HBO |
| 5 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Disney+ |
| 5 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | HBO |
| 5 | The Underground Railroad | Prime Video |
| 5 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | NBC |
| 4 | Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry | Apple TV+ |
| 4 | The Flight Attendant | HBO Max |
| 4 | Halston | Netflix |
| 4 | Pose | FX |
| 4 | Ratched | Netflix |
| 4 | Star Trek: Discovery | Paramount+ |
| 4 | Top Chef | Bravo |
| 4 | The Umbrella Academy | Netflix |
| 3 | The Amazing Race | CBS |
| 3 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | HBO |
| 3 | The Boys | Prime Video |
| 3 | Cobra Kai | Netflix |
| 3 | Dick Johnson Is Dead | Netflix |
| 3 | Die Hart | Quibi |
| 3 | Euphoria | HBO |
| 3 | Fargo | FX |
| 3 | Friends: The Reunion | HBO Max |
| 3 | Hamilton | Disney+ |
| 3 | I May Destroy You | HBO |
| 3 | The Kominsky Method | Netflix |
| 3 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS |
| 3 | Life Below Zero | National Geographic |
| 3 | Mapleworth Murders | Quibi |
| 3 | The Masked Singer | Fox |
| 3 | The Oscars | ABC |
| 3 | The Politician | Netflix |
| 3 | Secrets of the Whales | Disney+ |
| 3 | Shark Tank | ABC |
| 3 | The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards | CBS |
| 3 | This Is Us | NBC |
| 3 | Tina | HBO |
| 3 | Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre | History |
| 2 | America's Got Talent | NBC |
| 2 | American Masters | PBS |
| 2 | Below Deck | Bravo |
| 2 | Big Mouth | Netflix |
| 2 | Black-ish | ABC |
| 2 | Boys State | Apple TV+ |
| 2 | Central Park | Apple TV+ |
| 2 | City So Real | National Geographic |
| 2 | The Conners | ABC |
| 2 | Deadliest Catch | Discovery Channel |
| 2 | Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square | Netflix |
| 2 | 8:46 – Dave Chappelle | Netflix |
| 2 | Framing Britney Spears | FX |
| 2 | Genius: Aretha | National Geographic |
| 2 | Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal | Adult Swim |
| 2 | Legendary | HBO Max |
| 2 | Mythic Quest | Apple TV+ |
| 2 | Oslo | HBO |
| 2 | The Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Starring The Weeknd | CBS |
| 2 | Perry Mason | HBO |
| 2 | Reno 911! | Quibi |
| 2 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | VH1 |
| 2 | The Simpsons | Fox |
| 2 | Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy | CNN |
| 2 | Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 | Showtime |
| Wins | Show | Network |
| 9 | The Queen's Gambit | Netflix |
| 7 | The Mandalorian | Disney+ |
| 7 | Saturday Night Live | NBC |
| 6 | Love, Death & Robots | Netflix |
| 4 | The Crown | Netflix |
| 4 | RuPaul's Drag Race | VH1 |
| 3 | Bo Burnham: Inside | Netflix |
| 3 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Netflix |
| 3 | Pose | FX |
| 3 | Ted Lasso | Apple TV+ |
| 3 | WandaVision | Disney+ |
| 2 | David Byrne's American Utopia | HBO |
| 2 | Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square | Netflix |
| 2 | Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal | Adult Swim |
| 2 | Life Below Zero | National Geographic |
| 2 | Lovecraft Country | HBO |
| 2 | The Social Dilemma | Netflix |
Nominations and wins by network
| Nominations | Network |
| 104 | Netflix |
| 89 | HBO/HBO Max |
| 50 | Disney+ |
| 34 | NBC |
| 23 | Apple TV+ |
| 18 | ABC |
| 18 | CBS |
| 15 | Prime Video |
| 11 | FX |
| 11 | Hulu |
| 10 | VH1 |
| 9 | Fox |
| 9 | National Geographic |
| 8 | Quibi |
| 7 | Bravo |
| 6 | Paramount+ |
| 5 | YouTube |
| 4 | CNN |
| 4 | Showtime |
| 3 | Adult Swim |
| 3 | Discovery Channel |
| 3 | History |
| 3 | PBS |
| 2 | Comedy Central |
| 2 | Oculus |
| Wins | Network |
| 34 | Netflix |
| 13 | Disney+ |
| 10 | HBO/HBO Max |
| 7 | NBC |
| 6 | Apple TV+ |
| 5 | VH1 |
| 3 | ABC |
| 3 | FX |
| 2 | Adult Swim |
| 2 | CNN |
| 2 | Fox |
| 2 | National Geographic |