BC-directed TV series Shogun leads Emmy Awards nominations

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The Hulu and FX-released historical drama “Shogun,” which was largely filmed in Ucluelet and Port Moody, topped the Emmy Awards nominations this year.

The Television Academy announced the nominations for the 76th Emmy Awards on Wednesday. The limited series, filmed in Hollywood North, received 25 nominations, closely followed by last year’s Emmy favorite The Bear, which won 10 awards in 2023. Those numbers helped the FX network finish second with 93 nominations behind leader Netflix with 107.

“It really surprised us, in the best way,” said FX boss John Landgraf, according to Variety. “You just feel this overwhelming pride for the artists and the nominees.”

The hit Japanese historical epic is FX’s most-watched series of all time (measured by the number of hours streamed worldwide) and only the second non-English-language series to be nominated in the “Best Drama Series” category, the first being the Korean series “Squid Games.”

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Series stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai received nominations for best actor and actress, respectively. These were the first nominations for both actors.

Also nominated in the competition for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for Shogun were Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira for his role as Ishido Kazunari.

Shogun also swept the technical categories, including production design, original dramatic music, stunt performance, sound editing and casting. It also received two awards for cinematography for Sam McCurdy and Christopher Ross and costume design, and Frederick EO Toye received a nomination for best series directing.

Seasons two and three of Shogun are in the works.

In 2024, the approximately 22,000 members of the TV Academy made their selection from a total of 229 series submitted in the key categories of drama, comedy and miniseries/anthology series. Last year, members were able to choose from a pool of 309 series.

The 76th Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on ABC on Sunday, September 15, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. The show will then be available to stream on Hulu the next day. A host for the show has not yet been named.

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