Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show and Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ Concert Film Land Emmy Nominations
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- Bad Bunny's "The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny" received nine Emmy nominations, making it the most-nominated Super Bowl halftime show in Emmy history.
- The halftime show's nods span outstanding variety special (live), production design, choreography, technical direction and camerawork, directing for a variety special, hairstyling, and lighting design.
- Taylor Swift earned her second Emmy nomination for "The Eras Tour: The Final Show" concert film in the variety special (pre-recorded) category; the film also scored nominations for picture editing, directing, technical direction/camerawork, and sound mixing.
- Sabrina Carpenter was nominated in outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) for Disney's "The Muppet Show."
- Among Creative Arts artisan nominees, Colleen Atwood earned her second Emmy nod for "Wednesday," makeup effects head Barrie Gower landed his 11th nomination for "Stranger Things," and composers Kris Bowers, Hans Zimmer, and Daniel Pemberton scored nods for "Spider-Noir" and other projects.
- Emmys voting closes Aug. 26, with the Creative Arts Emmys handed out Sept. 5 and 6 and the Primetime Emmy Awards announced Sept. 14.
Why it matters: Bad Bunny's record nine nominations for a Super Bowl halftime show mark an unprecedented benchmark for live music events in the variety categories, reframing them as prestige television rather than one-off spectacles. The Creative Arts Emmys will be decided Sept. 5–6 with voting closing Aug. 26, ahead of the Primetime ceremony on Sept. 14.
