The 76th Annual Emmy Awards Was Held at Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, Period Epic ‘Shogun’ Wins 18 Awards

The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards was held on September 16 (IST) at Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

The grand event was hosted by father and son duo Eugene and Dan Levy.

Stars who presented the awards to winners included: Billy Crystal, Viola Davis, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Maya Rudolph and Martin Sheen.

‘Hacks’, the series about two female comedians from different generations won the Emmy for best comedy series.

The FX period epic ‘Shogun’ was the biggest winner ! It won the Emmy for best drama. Last weekend it won 14 Creative Arts Emmys thus creating a record for becoming a show to win the most Emmys in a single year. At the award ceremony, ‘Shogun’ won a whopping 18 awards.

‘Shogun’ is set in seventeenth century Japan. The story is about an English sailor John Blackthorne played by Cosmo Jarvis who gets caught up in a political conflict involving shrewd Lord Toranaga (Sanada) and his translator, Lady Mariko (Sawai).

Anna Sawai won the best actress in a drama for ‘Shogun’ while Hiroyuki Sanada won the best actor in drama series. This also made Hiroyuki Sanada the first Japanese actor to win an acting award from the TV Academy for a performance not in English.

Winners list below:

Supporting actor in a comedy series – Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Supporting actor in a drama series – Billy Crudup, The Morning Show

Actor in a comedy series – Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Supporting actress in a comedy series – Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear

Supporting actress in a drama series – Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

Actress in a comedy series – Jean Smart, Hacks

Reality competition program – The Traitors, Peacock

Supporting actress limited – Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer

Scripted variety series – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO/Max

Writing for a variety special – Alex Edelman, Just for Us

Directing for a limited or anthology series – Steven Zaillian, Ripley

Writing for a comedy series – Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs and Jen Statsky, Hacks

Talk series – The Daily Show, Comedy Central

Supporting actor in a limited or anthology series – Lamorne Morris, Fargo

Writing for a drama series – Will Smith, Slow Horses

Writing for a limited series, anthology or movie – Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer

Directing for a comedy series – Christopher Storer, The Bear

Governors award – Greg Berlanti

Directing for a drama series – Frederick EO Toye, Shogun

Actor in a limited, anthology series or movie – Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer

Actress in a limited, anthology series or movie – Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country

Limited, anthology series or movie – Baby Reindeer

Actor in a drama series – Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun

Actress in a drama series – Anna Sawai, Shogun

Drama series – Shogun

Comedy series – Hacks