During the event, which was hosted by W. Kamau Bell, “Lakota Nation vs. the United States,” which details the 1876 seizure of Black Hills and the indigenous Lakota people’s fight to reclaim the land, and Netflix’s “World War II: From the Front Lines,” narrated by John Boyega, each took home two trophies apiece. All other docs won one.

Netflix was the top winner among all networks and streaming platforms with six awards, followed by National Geographic and PBS with five, AMC+ and Max with two, and CNN Films, HBO, Showtime, MSNBC Films, Disney+, Life Stories and WMAQ each with one.

As previously announced, Alex Gibney won the Lifetime Achievement Award. The Oscar-winning director of “Taxi to the Dark Side” also previously won four News & Documentary Emmys, a Grammy, six Peabodys and six Writers Guild Awards. His latest project, the two-part HBO series “Wise Guys: David Chase & The Sopranos” debuted earlier this month.

The News & Documentary Emmys honor television achievements from the 2023 calendar, chosen from more than 2,200 submissions by a judging body of more than 980 people who work in the television and streaming/digital media news and documentary industry.

The complete list of winners is below. The full list of winning people and companies in each category is available at theemmys.tv.

Winners of the 45th News & Documentary Emmy Awards

Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary: “Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food” (Netflix)
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary: “Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court (Frontline, PBS)
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary: “Eat Your Catfish” (POV, PBS)
Outstanding Investigative Documentary: “Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus” (Frontline, PBS)
Outstanding Historical Documentary: “Free Chol Soo Lee” (Independent Lens, PBS)
Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary: “Little Richard: I Am Everything” (CNN Films, Max)
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary: “Science Fair: The Series” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Nature Documentary: “Path of the Panther” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary: “Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul” (Netflix)
Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary: “Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning” (HBO, Max)
Outstanding Short Documentary: “The Silent Witness” (Life Stories)
Best Documentary: “Lakota Nation vs. United States” (AMC+)
Outstanding Writing: Documentary: “Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Research: Documentary: “Victim/Suspect” (Netflix)
Outstanding Direction: Documentary: “Lakota Nation vs. United States” (AMC+)
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary: “Murder in Big Horn” (Showtime)
Outstanding Editing: Documentary: “American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing” (Netflix)
Outstanding Graphic Design: Documentary: “World War II: From the Front Lines” (Netflix)
Outstanding Music Composition: Documentary: “World War II: From the Front Lines” (Netflix)
Outstanding Sound: Documentary: “Incredible Animal Journeys” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Lighting Direction: Documentary: “To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb” (MSNBC Films)
Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design: Documentary: “Stan Lee” (Disney+)
Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Documentary: “JFK: One Day in America” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Regional Documentary: “The Lost Story of Emmett Till: Then and Now” (WMAQ)

Lifetime Achievement: Documentary: Alex Gibney
Gold Circle Documentary Inductee: Tom Spain
Silver Circle Documentary Inductees: Raney Aronson-Rath, Ric Esther Bienstock, Abby Ginzberg, Mette Hoffmann Meyer

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The project documents Owda’s daily life in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war that has devastated the region since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 of last year. She previously won a Peabody Award for “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive” earlier this year.

At the News & Documentary Emmys, Owda was nominated alongside media outlet AJ+. But soon after it was announced, her nomination drew outrage from Jewish nonprofit Creative Community for Peace, which accused her of being a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a United States-designated terrorist organization. 

As evidence, CCFP cited speeches she purportedly gave at PFLP rallies, and events she hosted to honor Palestinians injured or killed in violent confrontations with Israeli soldiers. The PFLP also referred to her as a member of the Progressive Youth Union of the organization in 2018. 

Five days ago, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said it wouldn’t rescind her nomination, noting that all documented ties between her and PFLP occurred “between six and nine years ago,” when Owda was still a teenager. NATAS added that it “unable to corroborate” reports of other ties, and that it wasn’t able “to date, to surface any evidence of more contemporary or active involvement by Owda with the PFLP organization.”

“The content submitted for award consideration was consistent with competition rules and NATAS policies. Accordingly, NATAS has found no grounds, to date, upon which to overturn the editorial judgment of the independent journalists who reviewed the material,” the group also said.

Owda is an activist and filmmaker best known through Instagram (4.7 million followers) and TikTok (191,500 followers), where she documents her experience during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Other winners from Wednesday’s ceremony included ABC and CNN, both with multiple wins. You can read the complete list of winners here.

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CNN’s Nada Bashir won the award for Outstanding Emerging Journalist, while Univision’s Pedro Ulteras won the award for Outstanding Journalist in Spanish Language Media.

Bashir was also one of the hosts of the shows, along with Jim Axelrod, Jamelle Bouie, Maria Antonieta Collins, Joe Fryer, Amna Nawaz, Rachel Scott and Del Walters.

Coverage of the war in the Middle East won in a number of categories, including Outstanding Breaking News Coverage (CNN’s “Israel-Hamas War”); and Outstanding Continuing News Coverage Short Form and Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form (Clarissa Ward’s and Anderson Cooper’s coverage of the conflict, respectively).

In the Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form category, “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive” won an Emmy for journalist Bisan Owda less than a week after the National Television Academy declined to rescind her nomination in the face of a campaign asking them to do so.

The Barbara Walters tribute on ABC’s “2020,” “Our Barbara,” won the award for Outstanding Recorded News Special.

CNN led all outlets with 11 wins, while ABC won six, plus three others for ABC News Studios. “The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper” and “Trafficked With Marianna van Zeller” led individual shows with five wins each.

As previously announced, Jane Pauley won the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her more than five decades in broadcast journalism. She is also the winner of four Daytime Emmys, five News & Documentary Emmys, a Sports Emmy, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Gracie Allen Award from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television.

The News & Documentary Emmys honor television achievements from the 2023 calendar, chosen from more than 2,200 submissions by a judging body of more than 980 people who work in the television and streaming/digital media news and documentary industry.

The complete list of winners is below. The full list of winning people and companies in each category is available at theemmys.tv.

Winners of the 45th News & Documentary Emmy Awards — News Categories

Outstanding Live News Program: “ABC World News Tonight With David Muir” (ABC)
Outstanding Recorded News Program: “The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper” (CNN)
Outstanding Emerging Journalist: Nada Bashir (CNN)
Outstanding Breaking News Coverage: “Israel-Hamas War” (CNN)
Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Short Form: “Clarissa Ward Covers the Israel-Hamas War” (CNN)
Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form: “Terror in Israel / The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” and “Anderson Cooper 360” (CNN)
Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Short Form: “South Sudan: Isolated by Water and War” (ABC World News)
Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form: “It Happened Here: A Year in Uvalde” (ABC 2020)
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form: “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive” (Aj+ Reports)
Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form: “Inside Wagner: The Rise of Russia’s Notorious Mercenaries” (VICE Special Report)
Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Short Form: “Poisoned Water” (Scripps News)
Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form: “Going Home: The War in Sudan” (Anderson Cooper, CNN)
Outstanding Live News Special: “A CNN Town Hall: Toxic Train Disaster, Ohio Residents Speak Out” (CNN)
Outstanding Recorded News Special: “Our Barbara” (ABC 2020)
Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis: “Guns: Three American Stories” (Meet the Press Reports)
Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis: Editorial and Opinion: (TIE) “The Night Doctrine” (ProPublica, the New Yorker) and “Meet the World’s Most Honorable Bank Robbers (New York Times Opinion)
Outstanding Live Interview—Short Form: “Israeli Leader Speaks Out / ABC News Live (ABC)
Outstanding Live Interview—Long Form: Christiane Amapour Interviews Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian” (CNN)
Outstanding Edited Interview: “The Hostage Story” (60 Minutes, CBS)
Outstanding Science and Technology Coverage: “Cyber Pirates: Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Climate, Environment and Weather Coverage: “The Shark Fin Hunters” (Fault Lines)
Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage: “IMPACT x Nightline” (Hulu)
Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage: “Rap Trap: Hip Hop on Trial” (Hulu)
Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage: “Black Market Babies: Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller” (National Geographic)
Outstanding Crime and Justice Coverage: “Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK” (Hulu)
Outstanding News Program in Spanish: “Noticiero Univision” (Univision)
Outstanding Journalist in Spanish Language Media: Pedro Ulteras (Univision)
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in Spanish: “Huracan Otis – Furia Repentina (Telemundo)
Outstanding Investigative News Coverage in Spanish: “Las Armas de Ovidio” (N+ Focus)
Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish: “Los buscadores de migrantes perdidos en el desierto de Sonora (BBCMundo)
Outstanding Writing: News: “The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America” (Anderson Cooper, CNN)
Outstanding Research: News: “Adrift: An AP Investigation” (The Associated Press)
Outstanding Direction: News: “Black in Vegas” / A Soul of a Nation Presentation (ABC)
Outstanding Video Journalism: “Terrorist Oil” (NatGeo)
Outstanding Editing: News: “Ghost Guns” (NatGeo)
Outstanding Graphic Design: News: “The Night Doctrine” (ProPublica, The New Yorker)
Outstanding Music Composition: News: “The Night Doctrine” (ProPublica, The New Yorker)
Outstanding Sound: News: “The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America” / “The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper” (CNN)
Outstanding Lighting Direction: News: “MDMA” (NatGeo)
Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design: News: “The 17th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” (CNN)
Technical Excellence: News: “FloodFX-Florida Storms (Idalia) / Tracking Idalia” (The Weather Channel)
Outstanding Promotional Announcement: News: “60 Minutes: It’s Time for…” (CBS)
Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot or Breaking News: December Tornado Outbreak (WDSU)
Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report: “Disabled & Denied” (WFFF)
International News: “Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas at War” (Channel 4 News)
International Current Affairs: “The Last Hospital: 30 Days in Myanmar” (Sky News)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jane Pauley
Gold Circle News Inductees: Rodney Batten, Rita Braver, Maria Antonieta Collins, Marvin Kalb
Silver Circle News Inductees: Catherine McKenzie, Javier Morgado, Eduardo Suarez, Pierre Thomas

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Two distinct fashion trends emerged out of the swirl of events: women have returned to classically chic, beautifully made clothing; and men are wearing heels, twinset sweaters, dresses and even a kilt or two. And lots of pearls were sported on both sexes (and even a few pairs of Chucks), combined with lots of talk of the coming election, a subject of much chatter along the way.

Emmys Fashion = Chic and Sophisticated

Peacock Theater, Los Angeles

These are some of our favorite looks worn to the 76th Emmy Awards, which celebrated the 2023-2024 television season including nominated shows airing on traditional networks and streaming services. From young Hollywood like Selena Gomez and Ayo Edebiri to veterans like Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep, the fashions were fabulous!

Television Academy’s Performer Nominee Celebration

The Wallis, Beverly Hills

The Television Academy (also known as the Academy of Television Art and Sciences) had a posh party at The Wallis in Beverly Hills on the Friday night before Sunday’s big Emmy Awards ceremony. The Performers Nominee Celebration was all about the actors whose work is honored this year, who gathered on a perfect early evening night in the garden to sip on Justin Vineyards’ fine wines, test out the “Hollywood Highball” made with Johnny Walker Blue and blood orange or try the sober choice called “Bright Eyes” made with Seedlip non-alcoholic spirits.

Everyone gathered around the massive paellera pans to try the classic version brimming with seafood, sausage and chicken, or the vegetables-only option as the sun set and suffused the sky with soft colors and the space quickly filled with familiar faces. Liza Colón-Zayas, Richard Gadd, Kali Reis, Tig Notaro, Tom Goodman-Hall and many others filled the bash with hopefuls.

Past winner and current nominee Sheryl Lee Ralph brought her “Abbott Elementary” co-star Lisa Ann Walter (the show is up for Best Comedy) and reminded us of how it feels to be nominated again.

“I’m just enjoying everything,” she told TheWrap. “It’s amazing to go on this ride again, and if I don’t win this year, well, I am so happy, as I already have!”

As all the nominees in attendance crowded the stage for what TV Academy president Chris Abrego called their “class picture,” he commented on the hard road to get to where they all are, as there are now so many shows across the home viewing platforms.

“We all know how much work and how many people are now needed to make content,” he said, as he exhorted the happy gathering to raise a glass for a toast, “ALL of you bring these projects to life, congratulations!”

BAFTA North America’s TV Tea

The Maybourne Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills

The annual BAFTA North America Tea Party is always a fun, star-studded afternoon get-together on the day before the Emmy Awards; and the 2024 edition did not disappoint. It was a gorgeous day to eat scones and cucumber sandwiches, drink iced green tea and, in the most whimsical thing we’ve seen at a Hollywood party in a long time, drink champagne delivered in a very special way.

Patton Oswalt, the comedian and host of “The 1% Show” (produced by the tea’s co-host BBC Studios), and his wife, actress Meredith Salenger discovered the quirky way to grab a glass of bubbly at the bash, where a large shrubbery held a bell and a sign reading: Ring for Champagne. Put to the test, the ring caused a white-gloved hand to appear out of the bushes, holding a fresh glass! That bell rang all afternoon, to lots of laughter every time.

That bell caused quite a stir, as did the arrival of Jodie Foster and her “True Detective: Night Country” co-star Kali Reis as the tea was in full swing. They joined the jam-packed garden terrace that was filled with other nominees and stars of top-rated shows, including Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning, Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jonathan Pryce and Bowen Yang.

Yang, who sported a pearl-embellished sweater set, revealed that despite being on his fourth Emmy nomination for his “Saturday Night Live” performances, he wasn’t prepared for Emmy night. “I haven’t written a speech,” he admitted, then promised he would to be ready. Sadly, he didn’t need it on Sunday, but Jodie Foster did, as she won her first Emmy Award after making her first TV appearance 55 years ago!

Glamour x Tory Burch Celebrate Women in Television

SoHo House Holloway, West Hollywood

Fashionable actresses who lunch spent Saturday decked out in Tory Burch clothing and accessories, joining Glamour magazine’s editor-in-chief Samantha Barry for a sophisticated luncheon that celebrated women in Hollywood. We’re sure some of the discussions centered on the fact that women directors are still struggling to achieve parity with men in the business, but hope springs eternal.

As Barry said, “This luncheon is a testament to the incredible women who are driving innovation and excellence in television,” and everyone seated at the long single table cheered her on. Guests ranged from Oscar-and-Emmy winner Allison Janney, along with 2024 Emmy nominees Hannah Einbinder, Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Awkwafina and former Oscar winners Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Marcia Gay Harden, along with many other accomplished women making strides in Hollywood and beyond. 

GBK & MEND Luxury Prime Time Television Awards Lounge

Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills

There were all kinds of gifting lounges in Tinseltown during the days leading into Emmy Awards Sunday (we counted 10 of them), but the one that brought EGOT winner Viola Davis, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, and 2024 Emmy nominees like Alan Cumming and Mark Duplass to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel garden was the GBK & Mend Lounge. Lured by the prospect of trying out the MEND scientific skincare line based on stem-cell and nanoparticle treatments while sipping Napa Valley’s AXR Winery’s lush red wine blend, they found even more to smile about as they mixed and mingled.

All told, the stars took home $70K worth of trips to exclusive resorts (Raiwasa Private Resort in Fiji, Sailrock in Turks and Caicos), jewelry with a cause (Glory), a VIP game day at SoFi Stadium with the LA Chargers and GBK’s popular food favorite, a large gift certificate for Ike’s Sandwiches that keeps Hollywood fed on his unique “made with love” sammies and a supply of Harry Hamlin’s new rosemary wine tomato sauce known as “Harry’s Famous Sauce.” Mekhi Phifer, Tabitha Brown, Adina Porter, Cat Cora and many others turned out at the popular lounge that went for two full days.

Netflix 2024 Post-Emmy Awards Celebration

Hilex, Los Angeles

There were plenty of sizzling after parties once all the 76th Emmy Awards were handed out, including the Netflix bash, which started slow and heated up considerably as the clock headed toward midnight.

The mega-streamer had 107 nominations across 35 titles and took home 24 trophies (some awarded the weekend before the Primetime Emmys on Sept. 15), led by Richard Gadd and his soul-bearing “Baby Reindeer” series. The Scottish actor-writer still sported his kilt and was surrounded by his gaggle of giddy winners and co-stars as they converged on pop-up space Hilex almost three hours after the bash began. Charmingly, their pack didn’t even realize they had a special VIP seating pit front and center to the dance floor, but soon discovered they were in the hot spot. 

Gadd, along with Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau, Tom Goodman-Hill and a host of the show’s producers and directors greeted the even later crowd that got the party going on the dance floor and beyond, including Sofia Vergara, Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Heidi Klum, Carrie Coon, Tracy Letts, Jonathan Pryce, Nikki Glaser, Gillian Anderson, Giancarlo Esposito and Aaron Moten.

Once the DJs figured out that Hollywood types like dancing to Latin music rather than EDM, things on the dance floor went from empty to packed, only pausing for people to down In-N-Out burgers in between songs. And the winner of the night for most interesting fashion statement was “Queer Eye” star Jonathan van Ness, whose full beard, long gown and golden slippers made for an unforgettable late-night Emmy vision.

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The 76th annual Emmys rebounded from its record-low viewership last year with a double digit percentage increase.

The second Emmys of 2024 drew 6.87 million viewers as it debuted from 5-8 p.m. ET on ABC, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures. That’s up 54% from the 75th annual awards ceremony, which scored 4.46 million viewers as it aired in January 2024 on Fox.

Overall, Sunday’s ceremony drew in the biggest audience the Emmys have seen in three years, since the show scored 7.8 million viewers during its CBS airing in September 2021, which was boosted by an NFL lead-in. Not only did the 76th annual ceremony outpace viewership for January’s record-low audience, but viewership for Sunday’s show also exceeded the previous all-time low of 5.9 million viewers for the 2022 show.

The 76th Emmys also saw an 8% uptick in viewership compared to their previous airing on ABC in September 2020, when TV’s biggest night drew in a viewership of 6.39 million.

Notably, viewership for Sunday’s Emmys was outpaced by the debut of the 57th season of “60 Minutes,” which scored an impressive 10.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched non-sports program of the night, according to early viewing figures.

Despite airing against NFL programming in local markets, when accounting for only ABC’s eight Owned Television Stations, the Emmys scored a combined 2.56 million total viewers, up 68% from the 75th Emmys on Fox. 

Sunday’s ceremony was expected to see “The Bear” and “Shogūn” sweep their respective categories, and while both FX series did shine brightly in the awards, there were several unexpected moments of recognition for “Hacks” and “The Morning Show,” with “The Morning Show” star Billy Crudup winning outstanding supporting actor in a drama series while the “Hacks” team took home the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.

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“The Bear” can’t stop setting new milestones, actually. In July, it received 23 nominations for its second season — one more than the previous record-holder, “30 Rock,” picked up in 2009. Part of the strength of “The Bear” is its deep bench of formidable actors and a powerhouse episode, “The Fishes,” that was packed with eventual nominees. Season 2 racked up 10 nods for acting — from leads Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri to supporting players Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Liza Colón-Zayas and Lionel Boyce to guest actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Olivia Colman, Jon Bernthal, Bob Odenkirk and Will Poulter — and in doing so, tied the high bar set by “30 Rock” 15 year ago.

Victories for White, Moss-Bachrach, Colón-Zayas, Curtis and Bernthal this year, plus a win for Christopher Storer for directing “Fishes,” helped push “The Bear” past its own record. It also won sound editing, sound editing, picture editing, cinematography and casting.

Whether the series can best itself again next year is less certain. The third season, which debuted in June, was met with mixed reviews for the first time since the show premiered to ecstatic critical response in 2022. While the first two seasons have 100% and 99% fresh averages on Rotten Tomatoes, Season 3 went down 89% fresh. A high B+ is nothing to sneeze at, but if Season 2 lost the top prize, it’s hard to imagine Emmy voters handing it to the Berzatto family and friends for a so-so Season 3. As many have noted, maybe the TV Academy has decided the show really isn’t a comedy after all.

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The FX drama extended its record for most Emmys won by a series in a single year at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards by picking up four more wins, bringing its total to a staggering 18. “Shōgun” already made history last weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys when it collected 14 awards, easily surpassing the previous record for a drama series set in 2015 and 2019 by “Game of Thrones,” when it won 12. The HBO limited series “John Adams” took home 13 Emmys in 2008 and held first place for the TV show — comedy, drama or limited series — with the biggest haul…until “Shōgun” breezed onto the scene.

During the main ceremony, “Shōgun” picked up several top awards, though not nearly as many or as quickly and steadily as some had predicted. After a slow start, it won Emmys for drama series, lead drama actress for Anna Sawai, lead drama actor for Hiroyuki Sanada and directing. Both Sawai and Sanada became first-time Emmy winners, joining Nestor Carbonell, who took home the guest drama actor award at the Creative Arts Emmys.

Coming into Sunday, “Shōgun” was up for eight nominations in six categories. It had dual nominations in two of those categories: supporting actor (Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira) and writing (“Anjin” and “Crimson Sky”). It lost in both categories.

The new hardware adds to the impressive milestone set by “Shōgun” at the Creative Arts Emmys, where it dominated the competition, winning 14 out of the 16 categories it was competing for. Showcasing its mastery in almost all facets of the production, the series was victorious in guest acting, casting, costumes, makeup (non-prosthetic and prosthetic), hairstyling, stunt performance, production design, editing, visual effects, main title design, sound editing, sound mixing and cinematography.

The remarkable Emmy haul for “Shōgun’s” critically acclaimed first season, which topped all shows with 25 nominations, cements it as the drama to beat in coming years. With FX and Hulu in early development on Seasons 2 and 3 with core members of the creative team in place, including co-creators Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks and star/producer Sanada, “Shōgun” is in prime position to be the heavy favorite in any awards race it’s in contention for.

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Below, the 7 biggest unexpected moments of the night.

Billy Crudup Beats Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira from “Shōgun”

Yes, Crudup won this category in 2020 for “The Morning Show,” but that was in the pre-“Shōgun” times. And considering Crudup was up against two other “Morning Show” cast members, Mark Duplass and Jon Hamm, it seemed likely that that voters would split the vote among the three of them, opening up a potential path to victory for Tadanobu Asano from “Shōgun” — or his cast mate Takehiro Hira. In the end, voters more likely split the “Shōgun” vote, clearing the way for Crudup’s second win.

Liza Colón-Zayas Beats, uh, Everyone to Win Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

“The Bear” was expected to clean up on Sunday, but few had bet on Colón-Zayas adding to the show’s victory tally. Most prognosticators had their money on Hannah Einbinder taking the prize for Season 3 of “Hacks.” It could just as easily been “Abbott Elementary” powerhouses Sheryl Lee Ralph or Janelle James. And then there were the two, you know, legends in her category: Carol Burnett and Meryl Streep. She beat them all and delivered a lovely, breathless and teary speech.

“The Traitors” Dethrones “RuPaul’s Drag Race”

Season 2 of the reality series set in Scotland had already bested the category’s reigning champ at the Creative Arts Emmys, when Alan Cumming beat RuPaul for best host of a reality competition. Still, it wasn’t a given that “The Traitors” would also end the five-year winning streak for “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” But it did.

“Alex Edelman: Just for Us” Wins Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

Edelman’s stand-up show had made waves out there in the real world before it became a well-received HBO comedy special. And yet, most awards experts predicted that “The Oscars” (which won four times at the Creative Arts Emmys) would win here for the first time since Billy Crystal, Bruce Vilanch and company did it in 1992. Nope.

The “Fishes” Episode of “The Bear” Loses to “Hacks” for Comedy Writing

The Season 2 episode packed with powerhouse actors (two of whom won at the Creative Arts Emmys) is one of the most nominated episodes in Emmy history, but it ended up losing to “Bulletproof” from “Hacks,” written by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky. To quote my colleague Jose Bastidas, who quipped during the show, “Maybe the Academy does know what a comedy is.”

“Slow Horses” Beats “Shōgun” for Drama Series Writing

Steve Pond wondered if “Shо̄gun” was vulnerable here since it was running against itself with two episodes in contention: “Anjin” and “Crimson Sky.” He was right. It made for a great moment from “Slow Horses” creator and EP Will Smith, who started his acceptance speech with a sly reference to a certain slap at the 2022 Oscars: “Despite my name, I come in peace.”

“Hacks” Bests “The Bear” for Best Comedy Series

In the biggest upset of the night, the comedy about the stand-up comic bested the comedy whose classification as a comedy confounds everyone. After “The Bear” supporting actress Liza Colón-Zayas won over “Hacks” favorite Hannah Einbinder early on, “Hacks” sprang forward in the evening’s last moments to take the top prize that most people thought was a done deal for “The Bear.”

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Her historic Emmy win comes six years after Sandra Oh became the first Asian performer to be nominated in the lead drama actress category in 2018 for BBC America’s “Killing Eve.” Oh was nominated three more times for the same role (2019, 2020 and 2022), but never won.

Sawai wasn’t the only Asian actress hoping to make a stamp on history. Maya Erskine was also nominated in Sawai’s category for her lead role in Prime Video’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”

Sawai, who was born in New Zealand to Japanese parents and is mainly based in Japan, was considered the frontrunner to win her category, which had heavy competition. The 32-year-old actress was up against Erskine, Imelda Staunton (“The Crown”), Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”), Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”) and Carrie Coon (“The Gilded Age”) for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

In “Shōgun,” which is primarily in Japanese and adapted from a 1975 James Clavell novel, Sawai has been widely praised for her searing performance as Mariko. Sawai was surprised by the impact the series has had on Western audiences. “It’s been so surreal. I don’t know how everyone was feeling about it, but I was not expecting it to be this talked about,” she told TheWrap, adding that the most gratifying reaction has come from Japan.

“That means a lot to me because I know the feeling of being Japanese and watching Western productions make a Japanese-themed project and being like, ‘It’s not really authentic or accurate,’ or ‘It doesn’t feel real to me,’” she said. “But this one, people see their own culture being reflected in a very accurate way. It’s been amazing.”

Other Asian performers have won acting Emmys over the years, though the list is fairly short. In January 2024, Ali Wong was the first Asian woman to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for “Beef,” while Archie Panjabi was the first actress of Asian descent to win in 2010 for her supporting role in the CBS drama “The Good Wife.”

In 2017, Riz Ahmed was the first male actor of Asian descent to win lead actor in a limited series for “The Night Of”; Steven Yeun won the Emmy in the same category in 2024 for “Beef.” In 2022, Lee Jung-jae became the first Asian actor to take home the lead drama actor Emmy for “Squid Game.”

“Shōgun” was the top nominated series at the Emmys with 25 nods, including drama series, lead actor in a drama series for Hiroyuki Sanada, supporting actor in a drama series for Tadanobu Saano and Takehiro Hira and guest actor in a drama series for Nestor Carbonell.

FX/Hulu is in development on potential second and third seasons, renewing its deal with Sanada (who will also exec-produce) and entering discussions with the James Clavell estate to continue “Shōgun.” Co-creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo, and executive producer Michaela Clavell are all on board for more episodes.

Set in 1600s feudal Japan, “Shōgun” follows a shipwrecked Englishman, John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), who is found marooned in a fishing village and comes bearing secrets that could help Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Sanada) tip the scales of power and weaken the influence of Blackthorne’s enemies. Their fates become tied to their translator, Toda Mariko (Sawai), a mysterious Christian noblewoman and the last of a disgraced line. While serving her lord, Mariko is forced to come to terms with her newfound companionship with Blackthorne, her commitment to the faith that saved her and her duty to her late father.

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With the acting Emmy win — Sanada’s first of his six decade–long career — he follows in the footsteps of Lee Jung-jae’s history-making accomplishment in 2022 when Lee became the first Asian actor to win the lead drama actor Emmy for Netflix’s non-English series “Squid Game.”

Nominated alongside Sanada were Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”), Donald Glover (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”), Dominic West (“The Crown”), Idris Elba (“Hijack”) and Walton Goggins (“Fallout”).

Sanada is also a producer on “Shōgun,” and he worked closely with showrunners Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo, as well as the Japanese crew to keep true to the authenticity of the Japanese culture. If “Shōgun” wins the top drama series prize, a category it is considered a favorite in, Sanada would be the first Asian person to receive Emmys for acting and producing a drama series. (Steven Yeun and Ali Wong accomplished this in 2024, but for limited series, when they each won their respective acting categories and took home the top prize for Netflix’s “Beef,” which they executive produced.)

“Shōgun” was the top Emmy-nominated series with 25 nods. It is up for several top categories, including drama series, lead actress (Anna Sawai), supporting actor (Tadanobu Saano and Takehiro Hira) and guest actor (Nestor Carbonell).

Only a handful of Asian performers have won acting Emmys in previous years, though more have been nominated: Wong and Yeun in 2024 for “Beef,” Lee in 2022 for “Squid Game,” Archie Panjabi in 2010 for CBS’s “The Good Wife” and Riz Ahmed in 2017 for HBO’s “The Night Of.”

FX/Hulu is in development on potential second and third seasons, having renewed its deal with Sanada (who will also exec-produce) and entering discussions with the James Clavell estate to continue “Shōgun.” Marks and Kondo, and executive producer Michaela Clavell are all on board for more episodes.

“If the story includes our culture, a historical thing, maybe I want to produce as well. But if not, I want to enjoy acting,” Sanada, who would continue in his role as Lord Toranaga if “Shōgun” officially resumes, told TheWrap.

Set in 1600s feudal Japan, “Shōgun” follows a shipwrecked Englishman, John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), who is found marooned in a fishing village and comes bearing secrets that could help Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Sanada) tip the scales of power and weaken the influence of Blackthorne’s enemies. Their fates become tied to their translator, Toda Mariko (Sawai), a mysterious Christian noblewoman and the last of a disgraced line. While serving her lord, Mariko is forced to come to terms with her newfound companionship with Blackthorne, her commitment to the faith that saved her and her duty to her late father.

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