FX’s Shogun Wins 18 Emmy Awards, Breaking Records for a Single Season

FX’s series Shogun has been awarded 18 Emmys, breaking all-time records for a single season of TV. The series has a combined 14 wins from the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys and four from the 76th Primetime Emmys broadcast, making it a bonafide smash hit critically.

Shogun, the series available on Disney+ in Canada, is based around feudal Japan. It stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Tommy Bastow and Fumi Nikaido. The series is loosely based on the historical English navigator William Adams who became a samurai. It tells the story of the character Blackthorne, an English sailor shipwrecked in Japan and Lord Toranaga, a powerful daimyo.

A full breakdown of the 18 Emmy awards Shogun has received is as follows:

• Best Drama
• Best Casting for a Drama
• Best Cinematography
• Best Directing
• Best Guest Actor in a Drama (Néstor Carbonell)
• Best Lead Actor (Hiroyuki Sanada)
• Best Lead Actress (Anna Sawai)
• Best Main Title Design
• Best Period Costumes
• Best Period/Fantasy Hairstyling
• Best Period/Fantasy Makeup
• Best Production Design
• Best Prosthetic Makeup
• Best Sound Editing
• Best Sound Mixing
• Best Special Visual Effects
• Best Stunt Performance
• Best Picture Editing

In other notable Emmy news, Apple walked away with a few awards. For instance, Billy Crudup accepted the ‘Best Supporting Actor, Drama’ award for The Morning Show. The Gary Oldman-led series Slow Horses also got some love at the Emmys. The series won ‘Best Writing for a Drama Series’.

FX’s The Bear also broke records during the 2024 Emmy awards. While debatable if the series truly is a comedy, The Bear walked away with 11 total wins, including ‘Directing For a Comedy Series’, ‘Lead Actor in a Comedy Series’, ‘Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series’, ‘Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series’, and more.