This was the FIFTH of five Creative Arts Emmys shows. The first four were streamed by the Television Academy: Monday - Reality; Tuesday - Variety; Wednesday and Thursday - Scripted. Saturday's show on FXX was an eclectic mix of categories selected by the Academy. Dur the the Co Vid-19 Pandemic, the Host (Nicole Byer) and 11 presenters were recorded outside in front of the TV Academy in North Hollywood. The rest self-taped remotely.
All nominees were asked to submit acceptance speeches of up to 30 seconds. The winners were not known to the Producers until the award was being shown live. Once they were informed who the winners were by the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, they played the appropriate acceptance. After the show ALL of the unused acceptances (i.e. non-winners) were destroyed.