FX Series Shōgun Breaks Emmy Record With 14 Awards for a Single Season

The feudal Japan-set FX series Shōgun has won 14 Primetime Emmy awards and set a new record for the most earned by a single season of TV.

As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Shōgun claimed awards including Best Cinematography, Best Casting for a Drama, Best Production Design, Best Special Visual Effects, and many more.

The full list of awards is as follows:

• Best Casting for a Drama
• Best Cinematography
• Best Guest Actor in a Drama (for Néstor Carbonell)
• Best Main Title Design
• Best Period Costumes
• Best Period/Fantasy Hairstyling
• Best Period/Fantasy Makeup
• Best Picture Editing
• Best Production Design
• Best Prosthetic Makeup
• Best Sound Editing
• Best Sound Mixing
• Best Special Visual Effects
• Best Stunt Performance

Shōgun arrived earlier in 2024 as a retelling of James Clavell's classic novel, which recounts the story of Lord Toranaga as he navigates a complex political battlefield to overcome his rivals.

It earned high praise from critics, with IGN's own review giving Shōgun a 10/10. "FX’s adaptation of James Clavell’s Shōgun places characters over combat for a complex and beautiful tale of intrigue set in feudal Japan," we said.

The show was originally planned as just a single season, adapting the entirety of Clavell's novel, but was later renewed for a second and likely a third season too. FX CEO John Landgraf said in July that the team were already working on the second season, meaning it may arrive sooner rather than later too.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.