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    ‘Shogun’ Sets Record for Most Emmys Won In a Single Year

    “Shogun,” the hit FX series that expansively reimagined a hugely popular previous version of the show, took home the Emmy on Sunday for best drama.The win capped a successful evening for the remake, which picked up several other Emmys as the awards ceremony progressed. “Shogun” came into the night leading all programs with 25 Emmy nominations; last weekend, it won 14 Creative Arts Emmys, setting a record for the most Emmy wins by a show in a single year before Sunday’s ceremony even began. On Sunday, it won several more, including Emmys for Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, the lead actor and actress in the series. Frederick E.O. Toye also won for outstanding directing.“You guys greenlit a very expensive, subtitled Japanese period piece whose central climax revolves around a poetry competition,” the showrunner Justin Marks said while accepting the best drama award. “I have no idea why you did that, but thank you for your faith in this incredible team.”“Shogun” is a remake of the 1980 NBC mini-series of the same name. And that mini-series was itself an adaptation of the 1975 novel by James Clavell.Set in 17th-century Japan, the story involves an English sailor, John Blackthorne (played by Cosmo Jarvis), who lands in Japan and becomes embroiled in a deadly political conflict involving the shrewd Lord Toranaga (Sanada) and his translator, Lady Mariko (Sawai). Unlike the 1980 mini-series, which was centered on Blackthorne, the new “Shogun” is told primarily through the viewpoints of its main Japanese characters.After its debut in February, many viewers and critics praised the new version’s epic scope and attention to authenticity. It was initially billed as a limited series, but the designation changed when FX announced in May that it was developing additional seasons.Other nominees for best drama included: “3 Body Problem,” “The Crown,” “Fallout,” “The Gilded Age,” “The Morning Show,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and “Slow Horses.” More

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    In a Surprise, ‘Hacks’ Wins the Emmy for Best Comedy

    “Hacks,” the Max series about two female comedians from different generations, won the Emmy on Sunday for best comedy series.A comedy show about comedy, “Hacks” has established itself as a favorite in the industry, drawing praise for its exploration of changing norms in entertainment. The series has been a late-career showcase for Jean Smart, who plays a septuagenarian comedian on a quest to reclaim relevancy, and has delivered a breakthrough role for Hannah Einbinder, whose character is a headstrong Gen Z writer with more progressive instincts than her boss.“Hacks” has been nominated for the top comedy award twice before, but this is its first win. The Emmy is for its third season, which finished in May. Max has announced plans for a fourth.“Please support comedy — it speaks truth to power,” said one of the show’s creators, Lucia Aniello, in the acceptance speech. “We have to go because we start shooting the next season in five days.”Since it premiered in 2021, the show has been regularly recognized by Television Academy voters, with 48 total nominations and nine wins. Smart has won the award for lead comedy actress three times, including on Sunday, and Einbinder received supporting actress nominations in each of the three seasons. The series also won on Sunday for best comedy writing.“Hacks” beat out “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Palm Royale,” “Reservation Dogs” and “What We Do in the Shadows.” More

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    Candice Bergen Takes a Jab at JD Vance at the Emmys

    The actress Candice Bergen was summoned to the Emmys this year to present an award. She also landed a political jab.Bergen is perhaps best known for playing the titular character in “Murphy Brown.” In her brief remarks, she recalled that her character, an unmarried news anchor, was rebuked by Vice President Dan Quayle in 1992 after she gave birth to a baby boy.The criticism from Quayle came during his unsuccessful re-election campaign with President George H.W. Bush. While Quayle was talking about family values, he said that Bergen’s character was “mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another ‘lifestyle choice.’”Bergen won five Emmys for her work on “Murphy Brown.” At Sunday’s ceremony, she recalled the kerfuffle with Quayle, which became front-page news, and offered a quip.“Oh, how far we’ve come,” Bergen said. “Today, a Republican candidate for vice president would never attack a woman for having kids.”It was a thinly veiled reference to Senator JD Vance of Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate, who has complained that the United States is being run by Democrats, specifically “a bunch of childless cat ladies.”Aware of this, Bergen continued, “So, as they say, my work here is done.”Then she added some onomatopoeia: “Meow.” More

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    Jeremy Allen White, of ‘The Bear,’ Wins Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy

    Another Emmy? Yes, Chef.Jeremy Allen White, who plays a chef always on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the FX series “The Bear,” won the Emmy for best actor in a comedy on Sunday.In the show, White plays Carmen Berzatto, known as Carmy, a high-profile chef in New York who comes home to Chicago to take over an Italian beef sandwich shop, after his brother dies by suicide. In Season 2, which was under consideration in Sunday’s ceremony, Carmy tries to transform the spot into a Michelin-worthy destination. This was his second nomination and win for the role.“My heart is just beating right out of its chest,” White said in his acceptance speech before professing his love for his castmates.“This show has changed my life,” White said. “It has instilled a faith that change is possible. If you are able to reach out, you are really truly never actually alone.”White beat Steve Martin and Martin Short of “Only Murders in the Building,” Matt Berry of “What We Do in the Shadows,” D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai of “Reservation Dogs” and Larry David of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”“The Bear” was a heavy favorite heading into the 76th Emmy Awards, as the show made Emmy history in July when it notched 23 nominations for its second season, setting a record for most nominations for a comedy series in a single year. (The record belonged previously to “30 Rock.”) White was also widely favored.In an unusual quirk of timing, this is the second time this calendar year that White has won an Emmy for playing Carmy. For his work in Season 1, he accepted the best lead actor award in January, when the 75th Emmy Awards aired because of delays caused by the writer and actor strikes. More

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    Jean Smart Wins a Third Emmy for ‘Hacks’

    Jean Smart has just won a third Emmy for her starring turn in the Max series “Hacks,” the gleefully sardonic half-hour sitcom set in the rarefied, ruthless world of stand-up comedy.It is her sixth Emmy overall.“It’s very humbling. It really is. I appreciate this,” Smart said in a low voice, as she accepted the trophy. Then she went in for the punchline. “Because I don’t get enough attention. I’m serious.”Smart beat out a roster of actresses including Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of “Abbott Elementary,” who won the award in the previous Emmy ceremony, in January; and Ayo Edebiri of FX’s “The Bear,” who moved into the lead actress category after winning best supporting actress in January. Also nominated were Selena Gomez, for “Only Murders in the Building,” and the former “S.N.L.” co-stars Maya Rudolph, for “Loot,” and Kristen Wiig, for “Palm Royale.”As Deborah Vance, a celebrated comedian enjoying a late-career triumph, Smart, 72, is able to play smart, sexy, callous, vulnerable and very, very funny. In this latest season, she executes a mercenary plan to achieve something typically denied to women: a host gig on a major late-night show.In May, Smart told The New York Times, “I’ve always been part way to between leading lady and a character actress.” Who could doubt her leading-lady chops now? More

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    Emmy Awards Live Updates: Stars of ‘The Bear’ Win Best Acting Awards

    Jeanie Bacharach, speaking, and the team from “The Bear” accepting the Emmy for outstanding casting for a comedy series during Night 2 of the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards last Sunday. Phil McCarten/Invision, via Associated Press“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.Jamie Lee Curtis presents the Emmy for outstanding guest actor in a drama series during night two of the Television Academy’s 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 in Los Angeles. Curtis won the Emmy for outstanding guest actress for her guest appearance on The Bear.Phil Mccarten/Invision, via Associated Press“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. More

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    Emmy Awards Winners: Updating List

    The list of winners for the 76th Emmy Awards.[Follow live updates of the Emmy Awards here.]The 76th Emmy Awards is now underway at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and is being broadcast live on ABC. The father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, of “Schitt’s Creek” fame, are hosting.Because of the writers’ and actors’ strikes last year, this is actually the second Emmys ceremony of 2024: The first one took place in January after it was postponed from last September.“The Bear” is up for the most awards in the comedy category, with its 23 nominations alone breaking a record for a comedy (“30 Rock” previously held the record for 15 years). Because of the eligibility period, these nominations are for Season 2 of “The Bear,” not the third season, which came out this summer. For drama, “Shogun” has the most nods.New shows including “Palm Royale” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” as well as the limited series “Baby Reindeer,” also have a chance to end the evening with multiple statuettes.At the Creative Arts Emmys, held last weekend, the songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul reached EGOT status after winning in the outstanding original music and lyrics category for their song “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from “Only Murders in the Building.”These are this year’s Emmy winners so far.Best Actor, ComedyJeremy Allen White in “The Bear.”FXWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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    Emmy Hosts Eugene and Daniel Levy Open Ceremony With Playful Jokes

    Eugene and Dan Levy, the father-and-son acting duo best known for the sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” opened the Emmy Awards on Sunday with playful digs at the changing television industry and its audience, calling the ceremony “broadcast TV’s biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services.”“The creators of ‘Shogun’ actually had their scripts translated into Japanese, rewritten and then translated back into English subtitles that you missed because you were also on your phone watching Sabrina Carpenter eat a hot wing,” joked Dan Levy, referring to one of one of the top contenders for best drama series.The Levys’ rapport is self-deprecating and inoffensive — a fitting mix for prime-time television.“I wouldn’t actually even call us hosts — we’re more like actors acting like hosts,” Dan Levy said.The actors drew their own accolades from the Television Academy as creators and stars of “Schitt’s Creek,” which earned them both acting Emmys. In 2020, Dan Levy became the first performer to collect four Emmys during a prime-time telecast — for writing, directing, best supporting actor and for best comedy.The hosts poked at one of the most nominated shows, “The Bear,” after some in the industry have questioned whether it qualifies a comedy.“In the true spirit of ‘The Bear,’ we will not make any jokes,” Eugene Levy said. More