Saturday Night Live Wins Record 11 Emmys at 2025 Creative Arts Awards

The 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards marked a historic night for Saturday Night Live (SNL), with the show and its 50th Anniversary Special winning a combined 11 Emmys, the most the series has ever received in one ceremony. These wins spanned categories including directing, writing, production design, makeup, hairstyling, sound mixing, and technical direction, bringing SNL's total Emmy count to a record 112, the highest for any television program in Emmy history. The SNL50 special also won for its immersive experience in emerging media programming. Former President Barack Obama won his third Emmy for Outstanding Narrator for the Netflix documentary "Our Oceans," while Kendrick Lamar secured his second Emmy for music direction of his Super Bowl halftime show. Other notable winners included The Traitors with four Emmys, Pee-wee as Himself with four, and Love on the Spectrum and Queer Eye for reality programming categories. The ceremony celebrated both on-screen talent and behind-the-scenes contributors, with performances and achievements from a broad spectrum of television programming.