GAME OF THRONES - EMMYS: CREATIVE ARTS 2012 EMMY WINNERS
HBO Leads Winners at 2012 Creative Arts Emmys, CBS First Among Networks, Show Airs September 22 on ReelzChannel
HBO’s medieval fantasy Game of Thrones leads program winners with six statuettes, three others follow with four each
September 15 2012
HBO topped the night at the 2012 Creative Arts Emmy Awards with 17 golden statuettes. The premium cable network was followed by CBS, with 13 Emmys, and PBS with 11.
Leading the recipients of multiple awards was HBO’s period drama Game of Thrones, with six Emmys. Based on A Song of Fire and Ice, a series of medieval-era fantasy novels by author George R.R. Martin. The series earned a total of 11 Emmy nominations in this, its second season.
Following Game of Thrones, with four Emmys each, were Discovery’s Frozen Planet, PBS’s Great Expectations (Masterpiece) and NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
The ceremony was held at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. An edited version of the event will air as a special on Saturday, September 22, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), on ReelzChannel.
Winners included: