Shogun The series proved its staying power Sunday night by winning 18 Emmy Awards, including Best Drama Series.
After a year of nominating the category for many distinguished stars in multiple seasons such as succession, The crown, Better call Saul.and Yellow vestsjust one of this year's nominees — The crown — It had been nominated for Best Drama Series before. The rest of the nominated dramas were either coming off a critically acclaimed first season (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, He falls, 3 body solutionsand Shogun) or finally get some well-deserved Emmy recognition.slow horses, golden ageand Morning program).
On Amy's night, it was finally over. Shogun Which came in the forefront. Shogun — Adapted from James Clavell’s historical novel about an Englishman in 17th-century Japan and the basis for a critically acclaimed 1980 miniseries — it racked up 25 nominations at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, already winning 14 of those nods before Sunday’s main event. It went on to win four more, breaking the record previously held by HBO’s 2008 miniseries. John AdamsWhich won 13 awards at the time.
However, Outstanding Drama Series wasn't supposed to be one of those 25 nominations: It was originally categorized as a limited series upon its release, but the critical success and popularity it achieved Shogun Instead, he convinced producers to start work on new seasons based on Clavell's original story, which prompted ShogunThe series qualified from the Outstanding Limited Series category to the Outstanding Drama Series category, which it won.
Executive producer Justin Marks took the stage and thanked Hulu, Fx, and the team behind the scenes who brought Shogun To life.
“You gave the green light to a very expensive Japanese film about a poetry competition,” he said. “I have no idea why you did this, but thank you for believing in this wonderful team.” He later added,Shogun “It's a show about translation, not about what we've lost but what we've found.”
In addition to Best Drama Series, Shogun is the second non-English language series to be nominated in this category after squid game — Also receiving acting nominations were Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira. Sanada and Sawai won their categories on Sunday night.
