Snubbed! Lady Gaga And Trey Parker Lose Emmy To 'The Pitt' Songwriters As Bad Bunny & Sabrina Carpenter Score Big Wins

Night two of the 2026 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards brought plenty of high-stakes drama to the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, September 6. While pop purists expected chart-topping A-listers to sweep the night's musical honors, the Television Academy handed out a few unexpected shockers instead. The biggest surprise arrived when songwriters Gavin Brivik and Andrew Bird pulled off a massive upset in the Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics category. The duo took home the statuette for their track "Need Someone," written for the hit drama series *The Pitt*, beating out some of the biggest names in the entertainment business.

Among the A-list contenders left empty-handed was Lady Gaga. Mother Monster scored a nomination for "The Dead Dance," a track she co-wrote alongside hitmakers Andrew Watt and Henry "Cirkut" Walter Russell for the smash Netflix series *Wednesday*. Legendary *South Park* creator Trey Parker also missed out on the prize, having earned a nod for his original comedic song "Christian Woman." Even with Gaga's surprise loss, major pop superstars still walked away with plenty of gold throughout the evening. Latin trap powerhouse Bad Bunny clinched his very first Primetime Emmy Award for his headlining 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show. Meanwhile, pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter picked up her own inaugural Emmy statuette following her acclaimed appearance on *The Muppet Show*.

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“ a track she co-wrote alongside hitmakers Andrew Watt and Henry ”

The critically acclaimed Apple TV+ drama *Widow’s Boy* also enjoyed a standout night, sweeping two of the seven total music categories. Composer David Fleming earned the trophy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for his work on the show. The triumph marks Fleming's second career Emmy win, having previously picked up hardware for his score on the documentary project *Jim Henson Idea Man*. Adding to the show's total, Toko Nagata snagged another category win for *Widow’s Boy*, crowning the prestige series as one of the evening's premier musical triumphs. Between shocking snubs for pop queens and career milestones for global chart-toppers, the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys made sure television's musical landscape remained entirely unpredictable.