2024-09-19 04:47:25
Historical epic Shogun won a record 18 TV Emmys on Monday night, including best drama series. In the comedy category, the judges surprisingly preferred the saga Still on Course, about an aging Las Vegas business star and a screenwriter several generations younger than the favored new series Bear.
Shogun, which depicts the political machinations in feudal Japan at the end of the 16th century, also brought awards for acting to 63-year-old Hiroyuki Sanada and 32-year-old Anna Sawai.
According to the AFP agency, the award for the best drama was the first time in history that a series in which English is not spoken was awarded. Shogun, which was released by Disney+ and will continue with a second series, was filmed in Canada with a mostly Japanese-speaking cast. American viewers also have to watch it with subtitles, which the audience there, unlike Europeans, is not used to.
The creator of the winning project, Justin Marks, thanked the producers for their courage. “Shogun is a series about translation. But not about what is lost in translation, but what is found in it,” he said. According to the New York Times, this is an unprecedented situation. The three-year-old Korean series The Squid Game won several Emmys, but due to the language barrier, at the time, no one considered it a serious candidate for main statuettes.
The best miniseries was Netflix’s Reindeer, dealing with the theme of stalking based on a true story. Among others, actress Jodie Foster won her first Emmy for her role as an Alaskan policewoman in the last series of the crime drama Dark Case: Nightscape.
However, even the favored Medved from the gastronomy environment did not leave empty-handed. During the evening, he collected 11 Emmy awards, including several of the most watched in the comedy category. Two of its main stars are rejoicing, Jeremy Allen White for best actor in a leading role and Ebon Moss-Bachrach for a supporting role.
Actor Jeremy Allen White from The Bear also succeeded. | Photo: Reuters
White, 33, plays chef Carmy, who tries to turn a Chicago family sandwich shop into a better restaurant. “This series changed my life and taught me to believe that change is possible,” White said as he accepted the trophy. Moss-Bachrach succeeds with the character of Richie, a choleric operator raising a daughter.
The couple was already honored at the last Emmy Awards ceremony, which was postponed this January due to last year’s Hollywood strike. Both ceremonies were hosted by Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater.
Liza Colón-Zayas won the surprising third acting statuette of the Medved series in the comedy category this time for the best female performance in the supporting role of the cook Tina. The judges preferred her over celebrities such as Meryl Streep, nominated for the crime drama Just Murders in a Building. “I would like to say to all the Latin American women who are looking at me now to keep believing. And also to go to the polls,” said the actress less than two months before Americans choose a new president.
Only the award for best female performance in a comedy series goes to Jean Smart for the third time for her lead role as veteran stand-up comedian Deborah in the series Still on Course. “I appreciate this because I’m perpetually suffering from attention deficit,” the actress joked on stage.
Other winners include Elizabeth Debicki, who received the award for her portrayal of Princess Diana in the Netflix series The Crown, and Billy Crudup for his performance in The Morning Show. The 61-year-old host Jon Stewart, who renewed his talk show The Daily Show in February and has now defeated competitors Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers, is also happy.
The ceremony was moderated by the Canadian actor and director Eugene Levy and his son Dan Levy, who are behind the successful sitcom The Town of Schitt’s Creek. Among other things, they joked about the controversy over whether the darkly satirical series Medvěd is rightly classified as a comedy, when many perceive it primarily as a drama. “In the spirit of the Bear, we will not joke today,” declared Eugene Levy on stage, among others.
The winners were chosen by almost 22 thousand actors, directors, producers and other members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Selected Emmy Award Winners
The best drama
Shogun
The best comedy
Still on course
The best miniseries
A room
Actor in drama
Hirojuki Sanada – Šógun
Actress in a drama
Anna Sawai – Šógun
Comedy actor
Jeremy Allen White – Bear
Comedy actress
Jean Smart – Still on course
Actor in a supporting comedy role
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – Bear
Actress in a supporting comedy role
Liza Colón-Zayas – Medvedev
Actor in a minor dramatic role
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Actress in a supporting dramatic role
Elizabeth Debicki – Crown
Actor in miniseries
Richard Gadd – Sobík
Actor in a supporting role in the miniseries
Lamorne Morris – Fargo
Actress in the miniseries
Jodie Foster – Dark Case: Nightscape
Actress in a supporting role in the miniseries
Jessica Gunning – Sobík
Fun show
John Oliver: What the week gave and took
Talk show
The Daily Show