For years, HBO restricted sequence John Adams‘ 13 Emmys in 2008 appeared untouchable, with plenty of acclaimed ongoing and restricted sequence coming shut however not having the ability to match the feat in a single yr. FX‘s Shōgun did it forward of the principle telecast on Sunday, scoring report 14 wins on the Artistic Arts Emmy Awards.
It was one in every of a number of highlights in a congratulatory e-mail from Disney Leisure Co-Chairman Dana Walden who took a second from the tense carriage negotiations with DirecTV which have entered a second week to have a good time the achievement.
“We kicked off the 76th Emmy Awards this weekend in SPECTACULAR vogue, taking house an unbelievable 51 Artistic Arts Emmys,” she wrote.
It is a mixed whole for the assorted Disney distribution platforms which are tallied individually by the TV Academy. Greater than half of it got here from FX, which additionally broke its all-time Emmy report with 27 awards, with Shōgun (14 Emmys) and The Bear (7) as the highest two packages heading into Sunday. With the 2 reveals thought-about frontrunners in most drama and comedy sequence classes on the principle telecast, FX and Shōgun are set to eclipse their very own information, and The Bear has a shot at doing the identical; it at the moment holds the report for many wins for a comedy sequence in a single yr, 10.
If the projections maintain, FX may do the unthinkable, topping Emmy juggernauts Netflix and HBO (which is having an off yr with most of its high contenders in-between seasons) to say the highest spot amongst networks and platforms.
Even when that doesn’t occur and Netflix, which has 18 Emmys after the Artistic Arts portion, rallies to shut the hole with robust performances for reveals like Child Reindeer, the frontrunner within the longform discipline, Disney already is assured to complete as No. 1 within the unofficial rankings by firm with its 51 Emmys to this point, greater than double its 2023 whole.
Different Artistic Arts highlights famous by Walden in her e-mail embody 5 wins for Disney Branded Tv’s Disney+ documentary Jim Henson Thought Man; songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s EGOT-clinching win for Hulu’s Solely Murders In The Constructing; ABC’s Shark Tank‘s first Excellent Structured Actuality Program win since 2017; ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel-hosted Oscars’ report exhibiting, together with first ever Excellent Selection Particular (Dwell) trophy; and Jamie Lee Curtis and Angela Bassett’s first-ever Emmys for The Bear and Nat Geo’s Disney+ docu Queens, respectively.
Fittingly, a condensed model of the 2024 Artistic Arts Emmy Awards, which had been dominated by FX, will air on an FX community, FXX, on Saturday. It is going to be obtainable on Hulu as would be the major telecast, which is carried by ABC this yr, with Eugene and Dan Levy internet hosting.
