AP—LOS ANGELES If the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards were on the horizon, and it was clear there was still a buzz on Sunday, then “Shogun” might be in for a big night even with ”The Bear“ apparently already winning for a second time this year and ”Baby Reindeer“ making a dark horse bid.
The Emmys are returning to ABC live from the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles in mid-September after one strike-delayed broadcast last January. Father-son pair Eugene and Dan Levy, 2020 Emmy winners for “Schitt’s Creek,” will host.
This is how the evening might go across the major categories.
ABC broadcasts the presentation live at 8 p.m. Eastern via antenna, cable, and satellite.
ABC, Hulu+ Live TV, YouTube TV, and FuboTV streaming services broadcast the Emmys live. The show will air on Hulu on Monday for those without live TV.
Slowing “Shogun” may be difficult.
The FX series about feudal Japan’s lordly politics established a record for most Emmys in a season, with 14 wins at the preliminary Creative Arts Emmy Awards last weekend.
It can expand its record by six on Sunday night, and industry experts expect it to win them all.
When it began creating extra seasons in May, the program switched from limited series to drama and captured all Emmy power in the top categories. Early on, it was Emmy royalty. The 1980 miniseries “Shogun,” based on James Clavell’s historical novel, won three awards, including best limited series.
The sixth and final season of “The Crown,” the only program among the contenders to win in a category recently dominated by “Succession,” could challenge it for the best drama prize.
Veteran actor Hiroyuki Sanada and actress Anna Sawai could become the first Japanese Emmy winners.
Gary Oldman, who plays schlubby spy chief Jackson Lamb on Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses,” may challenge Sanada.
Sawai faces Jennifer Aniston of “The Morning Show,” who has only won once in 10 nominations. Imelda Staunton may earn her first for playing Queen Elizabeth II on “The Crown.”
FX and “The Bear” may both win this year.
“The Bear” won most of the main comedy Emmys in January for its first season and is likely to do the same Sunday for its second, which includes nominations for Best Comedy Series, best actor for Jeremy Allen White, and Best Supporting Actor for Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Ayo Edebiri, the greatest supporting actress, plays a co-lead in the culinary drama. That means she’ll face Jean Smart, a two-time “Hacks” winner who returned to the tournament after a year.
Meryl Streep, one of the night’s nominees, might win her fourth Emmy after three Oscars. “Only Murders in the Building” nominated her as best comedy supporting actress.
Jodie Foster, who has two Oscars but no Emmy (yet), looks good to win her first as outstanding actress in a limited series for “True Detective: Night Country.”
Foster’s limited or anthology series nominee was the HBO drama about a police commander looking into a series of unexplained deaths in a north Alaskan winter. Kali Reis could be the first Indigenous supporting actress Emmy winner.
A few months ago, the show looked like it would compete with “Fargo” for the top prizes, but Netflix’s darkly quirky “Baby Reindeer” surged on the eve of nominations and is now the favourite for best-limited series, best actor for creator and star Richard Gadd, and best supporting actress for Jessica Gunning, who plays his torment
Gadd’s category also includes Andrew Scott, the star of Netflix’s “Ripley,” and Jon Hamm, the nominee for “Fargo” and “The Morning Show.”
