‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ wins 2 Emmys, including Outstanding Television Movie

The Emmys usually happen in September but due to the SAG/WGA strikes they were postponed to January. Part One of the Emmys were held on Saturday, night, recognizing “technical and other similar achievements in American television programming,” or all the categories deemed not interesting enough to the general TV viewing public for the main Emmy Awards which will be given out January 15.

Weird Al was one of the big winners of the night with comedic biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story picking up two Emmys: “Outstanding Television Movie” which went to Al and the other producers of the film, “Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special” which went to composers Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson.

Having already won five Grammys, Weird Al is now halfway to an EGOT. “It only took me 40 years,” Al told reporters backstage, “in another 40 years I’ll be there.”

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, which stars Daniel Radcliffe as Al, was nominated for eight Emmys. Al celebrated at In-N-Out Burger and you can see his Instagram of that below.

Other music Creative Arts Emmy winners: Danny Elfman won “Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music” for Wednesday; Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance, and Max Martin won “Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics” for “So Long, Farewell / Song Title: A Beautiful Game” from Ted Lasso; and The White Lotus picked up Best Music Supervision and Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.

Also: shout out to Tim Robinson who won “Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series” for I Think You Should Leave.

Check out the full list of Creative Arts Emmy winners here.