Shogun and Baby Reindeer on the verge of dominating the Emmys – 2nd in 2024 | Emmys

The massive epic film Shogun is expected to become a historic winner at this week’s Emmys, a ceremony that is also making history.

It’s the second Emmy Awards in the same year, and it’s an unprecedented and costly challenge for the industry, as last year’s double strike caused traffic congestion that forced the ceremony to be postponed.

The rescheduled Emmys in January saw big wins for The Bear and the final season of Succession but in the absence of the latter, all eyes are on any major drama series coming up.

Shōgun leads the nominations with 25 awards, making the long-awaited historical epic the first Japanese-language series to earn a nomination for best drama series and the second non-English-language series after Squid Game. At last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, which hand out technical and some smaller acting awards, the series took home 14 awards, the most of any series at the ceremony.

“It’s completely unrealistic to imagine that this show, after the last five or six years, is a show that has been recognized by that many people,” said co-creator Justin Marks. Hollywood Reporter“Because we were just trying to survive, all of us together, and trying to figure out how to make it happen — there wasn’t really a template for this.”

The series is set to win more awards on Sunday, which could see historic wins for the cast at a ceremony that has not tended to honor actors of Asian descent. In January, Beef star Ali Wong became the first woman of Asian descent to win a top Emmy.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences still has more work to do on gender equality after a report from the Women’s Media Center found that women remain underrepresented in non-representative categories, receiving just 34 percent of this year’s nominations.

Netflix’s hit series Baby Reindeer, about Richard Judd’s alleged encounter with a stalker, is also expected to win in the limited series categories with 11 nominations. The awards come the same week that a defamation trial was announced that is set to begin in May 2025. The streaming platform is facing a $170 million lawsuit after Fiona Harvey, the inspiration for Judd’s stalker, alleged that the show is promoting “the biggest lie in television history.”

After winning a total of 10 awards in its first season, the hit series “The Bear” is expected to dominate the comedy categories once again, beating out “Only Murders in the Building” and “Abbott Elementary.” Last weekend, the series won seven awards, including one for Jamie Lee Curtis as a guest star. “I’m the luckiest girl in the world,” she said of her first Emmy.

Producers of this week’s awards show have promised to continue the cheerful January theme, and steer clear of the crass and sarcastic. They’ve tapped father-son duo and Schitt’s Creek stars Eugene and Dan Levy as “relatable” hosts.

“For two Canadians who won Emmys in a real quarantine tent, the idea of ​​being invited to host this year’s ceremony in a real theatre was incentive enough,” the statement said.

The evening will also feature important on-stage reunions from the casts of shows including Happy Days, The West Wing and Saturday Night Live, celebrating their 50th anniversary.

Producers are also hoping to boost viewership after the last telecast drew an audience of just 4.3 million, a new low for the awards show.