The Simpsons walked away from this year’s Creative Arts Emmys without an award. After being nominated in three categories, the show was beaten by various rivals. In the Outstanding Animated Program category, ‘The Way We Weren’t’ lost to an episode of Cartoon Network’s Samurai Jack. Alf Clausen’s composition in Treehouse Of Horror XIV lost to Ray Bunch for Star Trek Enterprise in the Outstanding Music Composition category. Clausen lucked out again in the Outstanding Music and Lyrics nomination where the “Vote For A Winner” song from ‘The President Wore Pearls’ lost to “Because You Are Beautiful” from Lifetime program ‘Until The Violence Stops’. It wasn’t all bad news for The Simpsons, with Dan Castellaneta late last month earning an Emmy for his voice work on the show. An edited presentation of the Creative Arts Emmys will air on E! on September 18, at 8 PM.
