Just call 'em the not-ready-for-primetime winners.
Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys awarded trophies for outstanding achievement in TV categories ranging from cinematography to sound mixing. Even a few guest actors saw some action, including John Lithgow and Neil Patrick Harris. The remaining 26 other categories will be presented at the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards telecast this Sunday, Aug. 29.
Here's the complete list of early winners.
Guest Actor
• Comedy Series: Neil Patrick Harris, Glee
• Drama Series: John Lithgow, Dexter
Guest Actress
• Comedy Series: Betty White (host), Saturday Night Live
• Drama Series: Ann-Margret, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Animated Program: Disney Prep & Landing
Animated Program, Short-Format: Robot Chicken
Art Direction
• Single-Camera Series: The Tudors
• Miniseries or Movie: The Pacific
• Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming: 82nd Annual Academy Awards
Casting
• Comedy: Modern Family
• Drama: Mad Men
• Miniseries, Movie or Special: The Pacific
Children's Program: Wizards of Waverly Place
Children's Nonfiction Program: Nick News With Linda Ellerbee, The Face of Courage: Kids Living With Cancer
Choreography: So You Think You Can Dance, "Gravity/Addiction," "Koop Island Blues" and "One" (Mia Michaels)
Cinematography
• Half-Hour Series: Weeds
• One-Hour Series: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Miniseries or Movie: Return to Cranford (Masterpiece)
• Nonfiction Programming: Life
• Reality Programming: Survivor
Commercial: Old Spice Body Wash, "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like"
Costumes
• Series: The Tudors
• Miniseries, Movie or Special: Return to Cranford (Masterpiece)
Directing
• Variety, Music or Comedy Special: Saturday Night Live
• Nonfiction Programming: My Lai
Hairstyling
• Single-Camera Series: Mad Men
• Multi-Camera Series or Special: Dancing With the Stars
• Miniseries or Movie: Emma (Masterpiece)
Interactive Media
• Nonfiction: The Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience
• Fiction: Star Wars: Uncut
Lighting Direction for Variety, Music or Comedy Programming: Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony
Main Title
• Design: Bored to Death
• Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic): Grey's Anatomy
• Multi-Camera Series or a Special (Non-Prosthetic): Saturday Night Live
• Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic): The Pacific
• Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special: The Pacific
• Series (Original Dramatic Score): 24
• Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score): Temple Grandin
Music Direction: Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony
Nonfiction
• Special: Teddy: In His Own Words
• Series: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
• Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking: Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)
Picture Editing
• Single-Camera, Drama Series: Lost
• Single or Multi-Camera, Comedy Series: Modern Family
• Single-Camera, Miniseries or Movie: Temple Grandin
• Short Form: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
• Special: The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
• Nonfiction Programming: By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
• Reality Programming: Intervention
Reality
• Program: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
• Host: Jeff Probst, Survivor
Sound Editing
• Series: 24
• Miniseries, Movie or a Special: The Pacific
• Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera): America: The Story of Us
Sound Mixing
• Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour): Glee
• Miniseries or a Movie: The Pacific
• Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation: Entourage and Modern Family (tie)
• Variety or Music Series or Special: The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (tie)
• Nonfiction Programming: Deadliest Catch
Special Class Programs: 63rd Annual Tony Awards
Stunt Coordination: FlashForward
Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control
• Series: Dancing With The Stars
• Miniseries, Movie or a Special: The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
Variety, Music or Comedy Special: The Kennedy Center Honors
Voice-Over Performance: Anne Hathaway, The Simpsons
Writing
• Variety, Musical or Comedy Special: The Colbert Report
• Nonfiction Programming: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
PHOTOS: 10 Years of Emmy Winners