78th Emmys: Masked Singer, Traitors Among Juried Winners
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- The Television Academy named the juried winners for the 78th Emmy Awards, covering Animation, Costume Design, Innovation in Emerging Media Programming, and Motion and Title Design — categories decided by peer panels rather than nominee voting.
- The Masked Singer (FOX, Fox Alternative Entertainment) and The Traitors (Peacock, Studio Lambert) won Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming, with named costume supervisors and designers credited on each.
- Eyes of Wakanda (Disney+, Marvel Animation) and Star Wars: Visions (Disney+, Kamikaze Douga + ANIMA, Lucasfilm) were among four individual achievement honors in Animation, alongside two Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal entries (Adult Swim) and The Mighty Nein (Prime Video).
- Crafting Crimes, a TARGO-produced title for Meta Quest, won Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming, the lone winner in that category.
- Outstanding Motion Design went unawarded — the panel chose not to issue an Emmy in that category.
- The juried awards will be presented Saturday, Sept. 5 and Sunday, Sept. 6 at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live, with an edited presentation airing Saturday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FXX and streaming next-day on Hulu.
- Mariska Hargitay will host the main 78th Emmy Awards broadcast, airing live on NBC Monday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, streaming on Peacock.
Why it matters: Juried Emmys skip the nominee stage entirely — panels screen entrants and can award zero, one, or multiple trophies — so this list, not a shortlist, is the final word in those peer-group categories. The Sept. 14 NBC broadcast is still the main event, but these juried wins lock in recognition for unscripted costuming (Masked Singer, Traitors), individual animation artists, and emerging-media work like the Meta Quest title ahead of the ceremony.
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