Seriously, you’re days behind before Monday night’s ceremony even starts.
Guys, last weekend in La La Land was BIZZY (read: busier than busy), as the below-the-line, behind-the-scenes stars—and a few famous faces—were celebrated at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which were given out over a two-part ceremony that will air this Saturday at 8pm ET on FXX.
Now, you know I would never let you look like an uninformed fool at your Emmys viewing party (I pity ‘em, Mr. T-style), so here’s a hot take on the good-as-gold highlights you need to know before Monday’s big show.
- Game of Thrones and Saturday Night Live are tied for the most wins so far, snagging seven each—making them the ones to beat in their respective series categories
- Fellow Drama Series hopefuls The Handmaid’s Tale, The Crown and Westworld come the closest to nipping at Game of Thrones’ dragon tail with three wins each on the board
- On the comedy side, the couldn’t-be-more-different duo of Atlanta and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel are neck-and-neck, also scoring a hat trick with three wins apiece— setting up a no-laughing-matter showdown between the two Comedy Series frontrunners
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown won every Emmy it was nominated for—a total of five—in a posthumous salute to its celebrated star and creator
- Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert scored five wins, including Best Variety Special (Live), simultaneously anointing three of its uber famous producers— John Legend (also up for Lead Actor in a Variety Special on Monday), Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice—EGOTs, the illustrious group of folks who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
- For the first time in Emmy history, all four (very deserving) guest acting winners were African-American: Tiffany Haddish (Saturday Night Live), Katt Williams (Atlanta), Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) and Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
- The Academy most definitely did not tell RuPaul’s Drag Race to sashay away: the show has scored three Emmys so far, including a third straight (can’t resist a play on words!) win for RuPaul Charles for Host For a Reality-Competition Series, making it the show to beat as it bucks for its first Outstanding Reality-Competition Series trophy on Monday
- In other fabulous news, the Queer Eye reboot also nabbed three wins, including the highly coveted Structured Reality Program award
- The limited series that’s gotten the most love so far is American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, with four statuettes under its designer belt, boding well for its prospects on murdering the competition come Monday night