58th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

The 58th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2005, until May 31, 2006, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented on August 19, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. A total of 79 Creative Arts Emmys were handed out across 67 categories. The ceremony preceded the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, held on August 27.

The miniseries Elizabeth I led all programs with five wins, followed by Baghdad ER and Rome with four wins each and the 78th Annual Academy Awards with three wins. For overall program fields, awards went to Baghdad ER, Before the Dinosaurs, Dance in America: Swan Lake with American Ballet Theatre, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, High School Musical, I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me, Rome: Engineering an Empire, The Simpsons, 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, The XX Olympic Winter Games – Opening Ceremony, and Two Days in October. HBO led all networks with 17 wins.

Winners and nominees


Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2005–2006 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.