Rafu Wire Service and Staff Reports
“Shōgun” broke the record for most Emmy wins for any single season of TV with 14 awards as the two-night 2023-24 Creative Arts Emmy Awards concluded Sept. 8 at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live.
Awards were presented in 49 categories of scripted programming, mainly in such technical categories as hairstyling, makeup, costuming, production design, picture editing, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects. Guest acting was also included.
“Shōgun,” an FX historical drama based on the novel by James Clavell, won in the following categories:
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) — Sam McCurdy, ASC, BSC, director of photography
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series — Néstor Carbonell as Spanish sailor Vasco Rodrigues, who befriends Pilot Major John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis)
Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
Outstanding Period Costumes for a Series
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series — Aika Miyake, editor
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy
Program (One Hour or More) — Helen Jarvis, production designer; Chris Beach, art
director; Lisa Lancaster, set decorator; Jonathan Lancaster, set decorator
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie
Outstanding Stunt Performance
“Shōgun” is expected to win even more honors at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 15, also at the Peacock Theater. Awards will be presented in the top 25 categories in comedy, drama, competition, limited, variety and talk series.
Hiroyuki Sanada, who is also one of the producers, is nominated for best lead actor for his role as Yoshii Toranaga, a warlord modeled on historical figure Tokugawa Ieyasu. Toshiro Mifune received an Emmy nomination in 1981 for portraying the same character in the 1980 miniseries.
Sanada’s co-star Anna Sawai is nominated for outstanding lead actress, while Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira have received nods in the supporting actor category.
“Shōgun” is only the second mostly non-English-language series to be nominated for the top award in the drama series category after South Korea’s “Squid Game” in 2022.
Including the technical categories, “Shōgun” has received a total of 25 nominations.
The Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie went to “Quiz Lady,” a comedy starring Awkwafina as a game show-obsessed woman and Sandra Oh as her estranged sister. Jessica Yu directed. After 14 nominations, this was the first Emmy win for Oh, who was also one of the producers.
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” which stars Maya Erskine and Donald Glover as spies in an arranged marriage, won for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Michaela Coel) and Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming.
Jamie Lee Curtis, who won a best supporting actress Oscar in 2023 for her portrayal of an IRS inspector and other versions of the character in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” won for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her two appearances on the FX on Hulu psychological comedy-drama “The Bear” as the troubled mother of the Berzatto siblings. This was her first Emmy.
“The Bear” was the second-biggest winner over the weekend with seven Emmys.
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards began Sept. 7 with presentation of awards in 50 categories of reality, variety, documentary, nonfiction and animated programming and game shows with Pat Sajak, Alan Cumming and Angela Bassett among the individual winners and “Jeopardy!” among the program winners.
“Blue Eye Samurai” won for Outstanding Animated Program and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Brian Kesinger for character design, Toby Wilson for production design, Ryan O’Loughlin for storyboard).
“The Making of Shōgun” won for Outstanding Short-Form Nonfiction or Reality Series.
An edited presentation of the two nights will air Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. on FXX and be available on Hulu from Sept. 15 through Oct. 9.
Programming had to initially be broadcast or streamed between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024 to be eligible for all three shows.