‘Game of Thrones’ wins 8 Creative Arts Emmys; ‘Horror Story’ takes 5

The HBO drama took home eight Emmys on Saturday at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which celebrates the achievements made behind the TV cameras.

“The 67th Emmy Awards” are still six days away, but a large portion of the statuettes were already handed out on Saturday at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at L.A.’s Nokia Theatre.

Program winners included ABC’s “Shark Tank” for structured reality program and Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” for unstructured reality program.

Elsewhere, HBO’s The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst was awarded with outstanding picture editing for non-fiction programming and outstanding documentary or non-fiction series. The fantasy drama television series received 17 nominations across 13 categories.

HBO’s Boardwalk Empire is wrapping its run in style, winning two Emmys for its final season tonight, including a fourth consecutive statuette for production design.

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Downton Abbey is also nominated for Outstanding Drama Series alongside Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones, Homeland, House of Cards, Mad Men and Orange Is The New Black.

– Unique music and lyrics: “Inside Amy Schumer”, Comedy Central.

Meanwhile, American Horror Story won for non-prosthetic makeup in a limited series, hair styling, costumes, “outstanding special visual effects in a supporting role”, and prosthetic makeup in a limited series. FX trailed closely behind in third place, taking home eight trophies – mostly thanks to the five “American Horror Story” collected throughout the night.

Cusack also became a first-time Emmy victor when she won for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for her recurring role as agoraphobic germaphobe Sheila Jackson on Showtime’s “Shameless“.

The 2015 Creative Arts Emmys will air on September 19 on FXX. Freak Show was next in the list, which received 5 awards.