The Peacock Theater in Los Angeles handed out its second batch of Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday night, and one show walked away with the most hardware nobody saw coming.

DTF St. Louis picked up wins across four categories: David Harbour for supporting actor in a limited series or movie, Linda Cardellini for supporting actress, plus directing and writing honours for the same title. That's a clean sweep of the acting and craft races it was up against, beating out stacked fields that included Richard Jenkins, Charles Melton and Youn Yuh-jung.

Julie Andrews took the character voice-over award for her work on Bridgerton, edging out Hank Azaria's long-running Simpsons voice and Trey Parker's South Park. South Park itself had a night. Beyond Andrews' win in the voice category, the show took Best Animated Program over The Simpsons, Rick and Morty and Bob's Burgers, and picked up an original song award for "Christian Woman."

On the drama side, Shailene Woodley won her first Emmy in the guest actress category for Paradise, beating a field that included Merritt Wever for The Gilded Age and three separate nominees from The Pitt. The Pitt didn't leave empty-handed though. Ernest Harden Jr. Took guest actor, and the show also picked up prosthetic makeup and drama casting.

Rob Reiner won guest actor in a comedy series for his appearance on The Bear, beating Michael J. Fox and Brett Goldstein, both nominated for Shrinking. Betty Gilpin took the comedy guest actress prize for Widow's Bay, a show that also collected casting, half-hour cinematography and music supervision awards on the night, putting it among the evening's quieter multi-win titles alongside DTF St. Louis.

Pluribus and the below-the-line spread

Apple's Pluribus, still building buzz ahead of the main ceremony, won three craft categories on the night: drama picture editing for the episode "We Is Us," main title theme music and drama casting. Beef, last year's awards magnet, wasn't shut out either, taking contemporary limited-series costumes and a nomination-heavy showing across directing and writing that lost out to DTF St. Louis in both.

Remarkably Bright Creatures took Best Movie over Heads of State and the latest Jack Ryan instalment, and Love Story picked up limited series casting. Bridgerton, beyond the Andrews win, also took period hairstyling.

None of this touches the marquee categories. Night two, like night one before it, was built around unscripted work, technical craft and the guest and supporting slots that rarely get airtime during the main telecast. That show is still to come, and with DTF St. Louis, The Pitt and Pluribus all walking in with real momentum from these craft wins, the lead-acting and top series races at the Primetime ceremony just got a lot more interesting to call.