Surprise! Creative Emmy winners named

An off-color “Saturday Night Live” video featuring Justin Timberlake and strategically placed gift boxes was honored at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

December’s fake music video “. . . in a Box,” performed by Timberlake and “SNL’s” Andy Samberg, is about wrapping a part of the male anatomy and presenting it as a holiday gift.

“I think it’s safe to say that when we first set out to make this song, we were all thinking ‘Emmy!’ ” Samberg said in accepting the award Saturday for best original music and lyrics.

The Creative Arts Emmys, which recognize technical and other achievements for the 2006-07 season, will air Saturday on E!, the night before the Prime-Time Emmy Awards on Fox.

Other winners Saturday included recipients of awards for series guest roles: Elaine Stritch for “30 Rock,” Leslie Caron for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” John Goodman for “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and Stanley Tucci for “Monk.”

“I think I was nominated in 1951 for the most promising newcomer,” Caron said. “I’m glad I finally realized my potential.”

Spike Lee’s New Orleans documentary, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” received three awards, including a directing trophy.

“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” won five awards. HBO collected the most trophies, 15, followed by NBC with 12, CBS with nine and Cartoon Network with eight. Fox earned seven awards, PBS six and ABC four.