“Shogun” and “The Bear” were already the favorites going into the Emmys ceremony. And both have come blazing out of the gates.
FX’s “Shogun” won 14 technical and acting awards at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend, already setting a record for the most Emmy wins by a show in a single year. “The Bear” won seven Emmys last weekend, second most of any series this year thus far.
Though the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony is not prime-time ready — the event includes awards for guest acting achievements and specialty areas like picture editing and stunts — the trophies count just the same in the Emmys record books, so the leaderboard is officially up and running.
With wins in categories like production design, cinematography and visual effects, “Shogun” already beat a record set by HBO’s 2008 mini-series “John Adams,” which won 13 Emmys, and “Game of Thrones,” which won 12 Emmys three times.
“Shogun” is eligible in Sunday’s ceremony in six categories, including best drama, best actor and best actress, and can widen its record-breaking total even more.
The FX series also won last weekend for best casting in a drama series, an occasional bellwether for the best drama category. Likewise, “The Bear” won for best casting in a comedy series — the winner of which has gone on to win best comedy eight out of the last 10 times.
“The Bear” also won for best guest actress (Jamie Lee Curtis) and best guest actor (Jon Bernthal) for the same flashback, Christmas-themed episode, which is widely hailed as one of the series’s best.
Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” won a pair of Creative Arts Emmys, including for best cast in a limited series. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul took the best original music and lyrics category for Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” earning them their first Emmy wins and enshrining them with EGOT status — performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.
In one of the more intriguing awards from last weekend, Alan Cumming won for best host in a reality series for the Peacock hit “The Traitors,” snapping RuPaul’s eight-year winning streak.
“The Traitors” is up again for best reality series in Sunday’s ceremony, and is looking to upset “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which has won the category five times in the past six years.
Source: Television - nytimes.com
