Emmy Awards: The lowdown on winners, including big night for ‘Shogun’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’

‘Shogun’ and ‘Hacks’ win top series Emmy Awards; ‘The Bear’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ take four apiece. ‘Shogun’ had an unmatched performance with 18 overall wins for one season.

Shogun had historic wins in an epic 18-Emmy first season, Hacks scored an upset for best comedy on what was still a four-trophy night for The Bear, and Baby Reindeer also took home four awards.

Shogun, the FX series about power struggles in feudal Japan, won best drama series, Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama, and Anna Sawai won best actress. Sanada was the first Japanese actor to win an Emmy; Sawai became the second just moments later.

“Shogun taught me when we work together, we can make miracles,” Sanada said in his acceptance speech from the stage of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Sanada is a 63-year-old longtime screen star whose name is little known outside Japan, even if his face is through Hollywood films like The Last Samurai and John Wick Chapter 4.

Sawai, 32, who was born in New Zealand and moved to Japan as a child, is significantly less known in the US.

Along with 14 Emmys it claimed at the precursor Creative Arts Emmys, it had an unmatched performance with 18 overall for one season. Indeed, Shogun shattered the record for Emmys for one season previously held by the limited series John Adams in 2008.

Hacks was the surprise winner of its first best comedy series award, topping The Bear, which most had expected to take it after big wins earlier in the evening.

Jean Smart won her third best actress in a comedy award for the third season of Hacks, in which her stand-up comic character Deborah Vance tries to make it in late-night TV. Smart has six Emmys overall.

Despite losing out on the night’s biggest comedy prize after winning it for its first season at January’s strike-delayed ceremony, FX’s The Bear star Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a comedy for the second straight year, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach repeated as best supporting actor.

The Bear would finish second with 11 overall Emmys, including guest acting wins at the Creative Arts ceremony for Jamie Lee Curtis and Jon Bernthal.

Liza Colón-Zayas was the surprise best supporting actor winner over competition that included Meryl Streep, becoming the first Latina to win in the category.

“To all the Latinas who are looking at me,” she said, her eyes welling with tears, “keep believing, and vote.”

Netflix’s darkly quirky Baby Reindeer won best limited series. Creator and star Richard Gadd won for his lead acting and his writing and Jessica Gunning, who plays his tormentor, won best supporting actress. Accepting the series award, Gadd urged the makers of television to take chances.

“The only constant across any success in television is good storytelling, » he said. « Good storytelling that speaks to our times. So take risks, push boundaries. Explore the uncomfortable. Dare to fail in order to achieve.”

Baby Reindeer is based on a one man-stage show in which Gadd describes being sexually abused along with other emotional struggles. 

Accepting that award, he said, “no matter how bad it gets, it always gets better.”

Jodie Foster won her first Emmy to go with her two Oscars when she took best actress in a limited series for True Detective: Night Country. In the HBO show, Foster played a police chief investigating a mass killing in the round-the-clock dark of an Alaskan winter. While her castmate Kali Reis missed out on becoming the first Indigenous actor to win an Emmy in the supporting category, Foster praised her, and the show’s collaboration with Indigenous contributors.

“The Inupiaq and Inuit people of northern Alaska who told us their stories, and they allowed us to listen, » Foster said. « That was just a blessing. It was love, love, love, and when you feel that, something amazing happens.”

Greg Berlanti, a producer and writer on shows including Dawson’s Creek and Everwood, received the Television Academy’s Governors Award for his career-long contributions to improving LGBTQ visibility on television. He talked about a childhood when there was little such visibility.

“There wasn’t a lot of gay characters on television back then, and I was a closeted gay kid, » Berlanti said. « It’s hard to describe how lonely that was at the time.”

The long decline of traditional broadcast TV at the Emmys continued, with zero wins between the four broadcast networks.

In the monologue that opened the ABC telecast, Dan Levy, who hosted with his father and Schitt’s Creek co-star Eugene Levy, called the Emmys “broadcast TV’s biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services.”

Other than Foster, movie stars didn’t fare too well. Her fellow Oscar winners Streep and Robert Downey Jr. had been among the favorites, but came up empty.

“Robert Downey Jr. I have a poster of you in my house!” said Lamorne Morris, who beat Downey for best supporting actor in a limited series, said from the stage as he accepted his first Emmy.

The evening managed to meet many expectations but included several swerves like the win for Hacks.

“We were really shocked,” Hacks co-creator Jen Statsky, who also won for writing, said after the show. ”We were truly, really surprised. »

Elsewhere, Elizabeth Debicki took best supporting actress in a drama for playing Princess Diana at the end of her life in the sixth and final season of The Crown.

“Playing this part, based on this unparalleled, incredible human being, has been my great privilege, » Debicki said in her acceptance. « It’s been a gift.”

Here is the full list of winners (in bold)

Outstanding drama series 

• Shogun 

• The Crown 

• Fallout 

• The Gilded Age 

• The Morning Show 

• Mr & Mrs Smith 

• Slow Horses 

• 3 Body Problem

Outstanding comedy series 

• Hacks 

• Abbott Elementary 

• The Bear 

• Curb Your Enthusiasm 

• Only Murders in the Building 

• Palm Royale 

• Reservation Dogs 

• What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding limited or anthology series 

• Baby Reindeer 

• Fargo 

• Lessons in Chemistry 

• Ripley 

• True Detective: Night Country

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series 

• Hiroyuki Sanada – Shogun 

• Idris Elba – Hijack 

• Donald Glover – Mr & Mrs Smith 

• Walton Goggins – Fallout 

• Gary Oldman – Slow Horses 

• Dominic West – The Crown

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series 

• Anna Sawai – Shogun 

• Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show 

• Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age 

• Maya Erskine – Mr & Mrs Smith 

• Imelda Staunton – The Crown 

• Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series 

• Jeremy Allen White – The Bear 

• Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows 

• Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm 

• Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building 

• Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building 

• D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series 

• Jean Smart – Hacks 

• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary 

• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear 

• Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building 

• Maya Rudolph – Loot 

• Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale

Outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie 

• Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer 

• Matt Bomer – Fellow Travelers 

• Jon Hamm – Fargo 

• Tom Hollander – Feud: Capote vs The Swans 

• Andrew Scott – Ripley

Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie 

• Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country 

• Brie Larson – Lessons in Chemistry 

• Juno Temple – Fargo 

• Sofía Vergara – Griselda 

• Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs The Swans

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series 

• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show 

• Tadanobu Asano – Shogun 

• Mark Duplass – The Morning Show 

• Jon Hamm – The Morning Show 

• Takehiro Hira – Shogun 

• Jack Lowden – Slow Horses 

• Jonathan Pryce – The Crown

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series 

• Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown 

• Christine Baranski – The Gilded Age 

• Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show 

• Greta Lee – The Morning Show 

• Lesley Manville – The Crown 

• Karen Pittman – The Morning Show 

• Holland Taylor – The Morning Show

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series 

• Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear 

• Lionel Boyce – The Bear 

• Paul W Downs – Hacks 

• Paul Rudd – Only Murders In The Building 

• Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary 

• Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series 

• Liza Colon-Zayas – The Bear 

• Carol Burnett – Palm Royale 

• Hannah Einbinder – Hacks 

• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary 

• Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary 

• Meryl Streep – Only Murders In The Building

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie 

• Lamorne Morris – Fargo 

• Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travellers 

• Robert Downey Jr – The Sympathizer 

• Tom Goodman-Hill – Baby Reindeer 

• John Hawkes – True Detective: Night Country 

• Lewis Pullman – Lessons In Chemistry 

• Treat Williams – Feud: Capote vs The Swans

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie 

• Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer 

• Dakota Fanning – Ripley 

• Lily Gladstone – Under the Bridge 

• Aja Naomi King – Lessons in Chemistry 

• Diane Lane – Feud: Capote vs The Swans 

• Nava Mau – Baby Reindeer 

• Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country

Outstanding reality competition program 

• The Traitors 

• The Amazing Race 

• RuPauls Drag Race 

• Top Chef 

• The Voice

Outstanding scripted variety series 

• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 

• Saturday Night Live

Outstanding talk series 

• The Daily Show 

• Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

• Late Night With Seth Meyers 

• The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Outstanding writing for a drama series 

• Slow Horses, Negotiating With Tigers – Will Smith 

• The Crown, Ritz – Peter Morgan & Meriel Sheibani-Clare 

• Fallout, The End – Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner 

• Mr & Mrs Smith, First Date – Francesca Sloane & Donald Glover 

• Shogun, Anjin – Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks 

• Shogun, Crimson Sky – Rachel Kondo & Caillin Puente

Outstanding writing for a comedy series 

• Hacks, Bulletproof – Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs & Jen Statsky 

• Abbott Elementary, Career Day – Quinta Brunson 

• The Bear, Fishes – Christopher Storer & Joanna Calo 

• Girls5eva, Orlando – Meredith Scardino & Sam Means 

• The Other Two, Brooke Hosts A Night Of Undeniable Good – Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider 

• What We Do In The Shadows, Pride Parade – Jake Bender & Zach Dunn

Outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie 

• Baby Reindeer – Richard Gadd 

• Black Mirror, Joan Is Awful – Charlie Brooker 

• Fargo, The Tragedy of the Commons – Noah Hawley 

• Fellow Travelers, You’re Wonderful – Ron Nyswaner 

• Ripley – Steven Zaillian 

• True Detective: Night Country, Part 6 – Issa Lopez

Outstanding writing for a variety special 

• Alex Edelman: Just For Us 

• Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees 

• John Early: Now More Than Ever 

• Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man And The Pool 

• The Oscars

Outstanding directing for a drama series 

• Shogun, Crimson Sky – Frederick EO Toye 

• The Crown, Sleep – Stephen Daldry 

• The Morning Show, The Overview Effect – Mimi Leder 

• Mr & Mrs Smith, First Date – Hiro Murai 

• Slow Horses, Strange Games – Saul Metzstein 

• Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty, Beat LA – Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Outstanding directing for a comedy series 

• The Bear, Fishes – Christopher Storer 

• Abbott Elementary, Party – Randall Einhorn 

• The Gentlemen, Refined Aggression – Guy Ritchie 

• Hacks, Bulletproof – Lucia Aniello 

• The Ms Pat Show, I’m The Pappy – Mary Lou Belli

Outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie 

• Ripley – Steven Zaillian 

• Baby Reindeer, Episode 4 – Weronika Tofilska 

• Fargo, The Tragedy of the Commons – Noah Hawley 

• Feud: Capote vs The Swans, Pilot – Gus Van Sant 

• Lessons In Chemistry, Poirot – Millicent Shelton 

• True Detective: Night Country – Issa Lopez