• The 2024 edition of the Emmy Awards has come and gone and Shogun came out of the ceremony and creative arts portion as the biggest winner
• The Bear and Baby Reindeer were the other major successes of the awards, again showing the dominance of streaming on television.
• Comedian Lamorne Morris was just as surprised by his Emmy win as we were.

It was a streaming-heavy Emmy Awards in 2024, with FX shows The Bear and Shogun receiving the most nominations, and most of the major streaming platforms from Netflix, Apple TV+, Prime Video, HBO Max and Peacock well represented across the categories.

If you’re a fan of TV watching, and we’d venture you are if you clicked this article, then you may be surprised that a show that is 80 percent in Japanese with subtitles was the biggest winner for the 2024 Emmy Awards, with Shogun taking home 18 awards in what is being considered a record-setting haul.

The show, streaming on Disney+ for South Africans, also took home the coveted Best Drama award, which is not a surprise for us. Shogun also netted awards for Best Drama Actor and Actress for Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai and in the process saw the pair become the first Japanese-born actors to win Emmys.

Sanada beat out a heck of a number of established Hollywood actors for the prize, including Idris Elba, Donald Glover, the fantastic Walton Goggins and finally the legendary Garry Oldman. In his victory speech, an emotional Sanada, who portrays the titular Shogun, said that the show was an example of what can be accomplished if we put aside our cultural and national differences.

He took to the podium later in the evening to accept Best Drama for the show.

What actually is surprising is the number of awards that the limited Netflix series Baby Reindeer took home.

We loved the seven-episode miniseries and raved about it when it launched in April. It won Best Limited Series, as well as Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Writing for its category.

While Shogun won many of the awards in the Drama category, its FX compatriot The Bear was taking home Comedy awards, including Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, as well as awards for directing, and Guest Actors with Jamie-Lee Curtis and (he’ll always be The Punisher to us) Jorn Bernthal getting the nod.

Another big surprise was New Girl-famous funny man Lamorne Morris taking home the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for Fargo, beating out the likes of Robert Downey Jr for the award. You can see by his reaction to the win that he was expecting it as much as we were – that is to say, not at all.

Congrats to Winnie the Bish.

Here are all the winners from the 2024 Emmy Awards:

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Lionel Boyce –The Bear
• Paul W Downs – Hacks
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear
• Paul Rudd – Only Murders in the Building
• Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
• Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun
• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
• Mark Duplass – The Morning Show
• John Hamm – The Morning Show
• Takehiro Hira – Shōgun
• Jack Lowden – Slow Horses
• Jonathan Pryce – The Crown

Actor in a Comedy Series

• Matt Barry – 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
• Jeremy Allen White –  The Bear
• D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
• Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
• Carol Burnett – Palm Royale
• Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear
• Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
• Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Christine Baranski – The Gilded Age
• Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show
• Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown
• Greta Lee – The Morning Show
• Lesley Manville – The Crown
• Karen Pittman – The Morning Show
• Holland Taylor – The Morning Show

Actress in a Comedy Series

• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
• Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building
• Maya Rudolph – Loot
• Jean Smart – Hacks
• Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale

Reality Competition Programme

• The Amazing Race
• RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Top Chef
• The Traitors
• The Voice

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV movie

• Lily Gladstone – Under the Bridge
• Dakota Fanning – Ripley
• Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
• Aja Naomi King – Lessons in Chemistry
• Diane Lane – Feud: Capote vs The Swans
• Nava Mau – Baby Reindeer
• Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country

Writing for a Variety Series

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Saturday Night Live
• The Daily Show

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

Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series of Movie

• 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
• Ripley – Steven Zaillian
• True Detective: Night Country – Issa Lopez

Writing for a Comedy Series

• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary, “Career Day”
• Meredith Scardino, Sam Means – Girls5eva, “Orlando”
• Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo – The Bear, “Fishes”
• Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs, Jen Statsky – Hacks, “Bulletproof”
• Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider – The Other Two, “Brooke Hosts A Night Of Undeniable Good”
• Jake Bender, Zach Dunn – What We Do In The Shadows, “Pride Parade”

Talk Series

• The Daily Show
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers
• Robert Downey Jr – The Sympathizer
• Tom Goodman-Hill – Baby Reindeer
• John Hawkes – True Detective: Night Country
• Lamorne Morris – Fargo
• Lewis Pullman – Lessons in Chemistry
• Treat Williams – Feud: Capote vs The Swans

Writing for a Drama Series

• Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner – Fallout, “The End”
• Francesca Sloane, Donald Glover – Mr & Mrs Smith, “First Date”
• Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks – Shōgun, “Anjin”
• Rachel Kondo, Caillin Puente – Shōgun, “Crimson Sky”
• Will Smith – Slow Horses, “Negotiating With Tigers”
• Peter Morgan, Meriel Sheibani-Clare – The Crown, “Ritz”

Writing for a limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
• Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror – “Joan Is Awful”
• Noah Hawley, Fargo – “The Tragedy Of The Commons”
• Ron Nyswaner, Fellow Travelers – “You’re Wonderful”
• Steven Zaillian – Ripley
• Issa López, True Detective: Night Country – Part 6

Directing for a Comedy Series

• Randall Einhorn – Abbott Elementary
• Lucia Aniello – Hacks
• Christopher Storer – The Bear
• Ramy Youssef – The Bear
• Guy Ritchie – The Gentleman
• Mary Lou Belli – The Ms Pat Show

Directing for a Drama Series

• Hiro Murai – Mr & Mrs Smith
• Frederick E O Toye – Shōgun
• Saul Metzstein – Slow Horses
• Stephen Daldry – The Crown
• Mimi Leder – The Morning Show
• Salli Richardson-Whitfield – Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Néstor Carbonell – Shōgun
• Paul Dano – Mr & Mrs Smith
• Tracy Letts – Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty
• Jonathan Pryce – Slow Horses
• John Turturro – Mr & Mrs Smith

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• Michaela Coel – Mr & Mrs Smith
• Claire Foy – The Crown
• Marcia Gay Harden – The Morning Show
• Sarah Paulson – Mr & Mrs Smith
• Parker Posey – Mr & Mrs Smith

Television Movie

• Mr Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie
• Quiz Lady
• Red, White & Royal Blue
• Scoop
• Unfrosted

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

• Olivia Colman – The Bear
• Jamie Lee Curtis – The Bear
• Kaitlin Olson – Hacks
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – Only Murders in the Building
• Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live
• Kristen Wiig – Saturday Night Live

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jon Bernthal – The Bear
• Matthew Broderick – Only Murders in the Building
• Ryan Gosling – Saturday Night Live
• Christopher Lloyd – Hacks
• Bob Odenkirk – The Bear
• Will Poulter – The Bear

Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
• Matt Bomer – Fellow Travelers
• Jon Hamm – Fargo
• Tom Hollander – Feud: Capote vs The Swans
• Andrew Scott – Ripley

Actress in a Limited Series or TV 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

Best Limited Series

• Baby Reindeer
• Fargo
• Lessons in Chemistry
• Ripley
• True Detective: Night Country

Actor in a Drama Series

• Idris Elba – Hijack
• Donald Glover – Mr & Mrs Smith
• Walton Goggins – Fallout
• Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
• Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
• Dominic West – The Crown

Actress in a Drama Series

• Imelda Staunton – The Crown
• Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show
• Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age
• Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show
• Anna Sawai – Shōgun
• Maya Erskine – Mr & Mrs Smith

Best Drama Series

• Shōgun
• The Crown
• Fallout
• The Gilded Age
• The Morning Show
• Mr & Mrs Smith
• Slow Horses
• 3 Body Problem

Best Comedy Series

• The Bear
• Hacks
• Abbott Elementary
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Only Murders in the Building
• Palm Royale
• Reservation Dogs
• What We Do in the Shadows

Variety Special

• 66th Grammy Awards
• 76th Annual Tony Awards
• The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher
• The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady
• The Oscars

Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

• Billy Joel: The 100th – Live At Madison Square Garden
• Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
• Dick Van Dyke 98 Years Of Magic
• Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die
• Trevor Noah: Where Was I