“Shogun” Makes History With Record 18 Trophies, “My Little Reindeer” Honored

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The series created by Disney-owned FC, which explores power struggles in 17th-century Japan, won the prestigious award for best drama series.

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The series team "Shogun"who triumphed at the Emmy Awards, collecting 18 awards on Sunday, September 15, in Los Angeles. (FRAZER HARRISON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)

Historic evening for Shogun. The series created by the Disney-owned FC channel, which explores the power struggles in 17th-century Japan, triumphed on Sunday, September 15 at the Emmy Awards, the American television awards night, in Los Angeles. This adaptation of the novel by James Clavell collected 18 trophies, including the prestigious one for best drama series.

The big favourite of the evening with its 25 nominations, it becomes the first non-English-language series to win the top award. “You have validated a very expensive, subtitled Japanese period series, the climax of which takes place around a poetry competition.”praised its screenwriter Justin Marks. Actor Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai won the Emmy for best actor and best actress respectively. The series also received the award for best direction.

In other drama categories, Elizabeth Debicki was voted best supporting actress, thanks to her portrayal of Princess Diana in the final season of The Crownthe saga about the British royal family. The HBO series Hacks a, she, created a surprise by winning the Emmy for best comedy, against the big favorite The Bear: eat in or take away.

The series, which is based on an unlikely duo between an aging American stand-up star, played by Jean Smart, and a young comedian tasked with renewing her jokes, played by Hannah Einbinder, won the award for best screenplay. Jean Smart took home the trophy for best actress.

The Bearwhich tells the story of a starred chef who takes over a family restaurant, did not leave empty-handed, with 11 trophies. Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who play two childhood friends who become a chef and a maître d’, won the best actor and best supporting actor awards respectively for the second year in a row.

It was also a great night for Netflix. In addition to the awards for The Crownthe platform has seen My Little Reindeer triumph with several major awards in the category reserved for single-season soap operas : best mini-series, best actor for Scottish comedian Richard Gadd, best screenplay and best supporting actress for actress Jessica Gunning. This series, presented as a “true story”traces the route of a London bartender harassed by a woman with mental illness.

My Little Reindeer proved that “The one constant in all television success is good storytelling. A good story that speaks to our times.”said Richard Gadd, wearing a kilt on stage. In real life, the British woman, who is said to have inspired the character played by Jessica Gunn, was trolled on social media and filed a defamation suit against Netflix. She is seeking $170 million in damages. Finally, in the mini-series category, Jodie Foster won the first Emmy of her career, that of best actress for her role in the fourth part, independent of the first three, of the anthology. True Detective.


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