“Shōgun” has fulfilled its future. After debuting to laudatory evaluations, drawing sturdy scores all through its 10-episode run, and touchdown a (shock) two-season renewal from FX, Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks’ historic epic took house the Emmy for Greatest Drama Sequence at Sunday night time’s ceremony. The win capped off a record-shattering run, wherein “Shōgun” landed 25 nominations in 22 classes and obliterated the previous report for many Emmys received in a single season with 18 Emmys.
Although some anticipated “Shōgun” to do nicely at this yr’s Emmys, few anticipated such unprecedented totals. The collection tallied 14 wins earlier than the Primetime Emmy ceremony even began, and “Shōgun’s” 4 wins on Sunday for a complete of 18 wins ended up besting quite a lot of Emmy data, together with:
- most Emmys received by a collection in a single season. (The earlier report was 12, set by “Recreation of Thrones” in 2015, 2016, and 2019.)
- most Emmys received by a collection in its first season. (The earlier report was 10, set by “The Bear” in 2023.)
- most Emmys received by any collection in a single season. (The earlier report was 13, set by the restricted collection “John Adams” in 2008.)
“Shogun” additionally grew to become the primary non-English-language unique collection to win Greatest Drama Sequence (though important parts of the present had been in English).
Set in 1600, the Japanese-language drama collection follows Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) as he tries to outmaneuver his political rivals to make sure peace all through the nation — and maybe a ruling place all his personal. Complicating issues is the arrival of John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), an English sailor (also known as “Anjin,” or “pilot”) with ambitions to determine a commerce route between England and Japan. Collectively, the 2 males embark on a dangerous journey to higher their positions, their individuals, and themselves — not at all times in that order.
The collection was based mostly on the 1975 novel by James Clavell, which had beforehand been tailored right into a CBS restricted collection in 1980. That model of “Shōgun” received three Emmy Awards, together with Greatest Restricted Sequence, and went on to win a Peabody Award and three Golden Globe Awards.
FX‘s “Shōgun” was initially seen as a restricted collection, as nicely, till the community ordered two extra seasons. The transfer — seen by some as intelligent awards maneuvering (to benefit from weak competitors within the Drama classes) and by others as flat-out class fraud — propelled the collection right into a wide-open Emmy race. Final yr’s dominant victor, “Succession,” had ended (as did perennial Emmy favourite, “Higher Name Saul”). Different common Greatest Drama Sequence nominees, like “The White Lotus,” “Home of the Dragon,” and “Yellowjackets,” had been ineligible, having not aired new seasons between June 1, 2023 and Might 31, 2024. The excessive turnover created room for a brand new drama collection to go away its mark, and “Shōgun” did precisely that.
The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards had been held Sunday, September 15 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. The total telecast will likely be out there to stream Monday on Hulu.
