LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 06: Jasmine Guy poses with the Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series award during the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys at Peacock Theater on January 06, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judith Light from “Poker Face” and Nick Offerman and Storm Reid from “The Last of Us” were winners at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards on a night when the theme was first-time Emmys for actors of all ages.
Light, 74, took her first Emmy in a nearly 50-year television career for playing a 1960s radical hiding out in a retirement home on an episode of “ Poker Face,” the Peacock comedy-mystery series starring Natasha Lyonne. The star of the 1980s and 1990s sitcom “Who’s The Boss?”, Light had been nominated four times previously, including twice for her acting on “Transparent.”
“I’ve been in the business a long time, and this is quite a gift,” Light said backstage.
Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer poses in the press room with the award for outstanding host for a game show for “Password” during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday Jan. 7, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Karamo Brown
Bobby Berk, from left, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, and Jonathan Van Ness pose in the press room with the award for outstanding structured reality program for “Queer Eye” during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday Jan. 7, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Andrew Law
Andrew Law poses in the press room with the award for outstanding lighting design / lighting direction for a variety series for “Dancing With The Stars – Semi Finals” during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday Jan. 7, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
RuPaul
RuPaul poses with the Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program award during the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys at Peacock Theater on January 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Stephanie Filo, Taylor Joy Mason
(Left to right) Stephanie Filo, Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason pose with the Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming during the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys at Peacock Theater on January 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshana Guy, Jonathan Classberry
(Left to right) Nikole Hannah-Jones, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshana Guy, Caitlin Roper, Kathleen Lingo, Geoff Martz, and Jonathan Classberry pose with the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award during the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys at Peacock Theater on January 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Jasmine Guy
Jasmine Guy poses with the Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series award during the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys at Peacock Theater on January 06, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Sam Richardson
Sam Richardson poses in the press room with the award for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for “Ted Lasso” during night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Storm Reid
Storm Reid poses in the press room with the award for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for “The Last Of Us – Left Behind” during night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Jon Boogz
Jon Boogz poses in the press room with the award for outstanding choreography for scripted programming for “Routines: The History / San Quentin Blues” episode of Blindspotting during night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer poses in the press room with the award for outstanding host for a game show for “Password” during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday Jan. 7, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Offerman, 53, won his first Emmy in four nominations, taking best guest actor in a drama series for his role as an angry survivalist who ends up in a tender gay relationship on “The Last of Us,” the HBO video game adaptation about a fungal apocalypse that won a leading eight Emmys on Saturday.
Offerman’s 20-year-old castmate Reid, currently a college student at nearby USC, won best guest actress in a drama in her first nomination for a similar episode, a flashback in the form of a tragic teen love story between her and best lead actress nominee Bella Ramsey.
Offerman praised “The Last of Us” for its “decency and inclusivity” and Reid said she was grateful for its “representation of young, queer Black women.”
Sam Richardson, 39, won his own first Emmy for playing a billionaire soccer enthusiast from Ghana on “ Ted Lasso,” the Apple TV+ series that is the year’s most nominated comedy with 21 nods. He had been nominated once previously for the same role.
The two-part ceremony, where nearly 100 awards are handed out, mostly to less famous crew members and crafts people, began Saturday night and continues Sunday night. It’s a precursor to the main Emmy ceremony that will air at 8 p.m. EST Jan. 15 on Fox, with “black-ish” star Anthony Anderson as host. Just like the main telecast, the Creative Arts Emmys arrive after a four-month delay because of Hollywood’s writers and actors strikes.
Another 1980s and ‘90s sitcom star, Jasmine Guy of “A Different World,” won her first Emmy on Saturday, for best actress in a short-form comedy or drama series for “ Chronicles Of Jessica Wu.” Tim Robinson won the same award on the actors’ side for “I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson.” It’s his second Emmy for performing on the Netflix show.
Best television movie went to the Roku Channel’s biopic “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” in which Daniel Radcliffe plays the title comic-music star.
Storm Reid poses in the press room with the award for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for “The Last Of Us – Left Behind” during night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
The real Yankovic, a 64-year-old five-time Grammy winner, gave some advice backstage to young people starting out in entertainment.
“Take accordion lessons,” he said. “It’ll pay off eventually.”
