“Shogun,” “The Bear” and “Baby Reindeer” top the list at the Emmy Awards

LOS ANGELES – “Shogun” could have an epic night, “The Bear” could win for the second time in less than a year and “Baby Reindeer” has gone from underdog to contender when the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards are handed out on Sunday.

After a single strike-related delay in January, the Emmys will be broadcast again in their usual slot in mid-September. The show will be broadcast live on ABC from the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The hosts will be father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, who won the 2020 Emmys with their show “Schitt’s Creek.”

Here’s a look at how the evening might unfold in the main categories.

How to watch and stream the Emmys

The show begins at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) and airs live on ABC, which can be received with an antenna or through cable and satellite providers.

The Emmys can also be streamed live on live TV streaming services that have ABC in their lineup, such as Hulu+ Live TV, YouTube TV and FuboTV. For those without a live TV streaming service, the show will stream on Hulu on Monday.

Who is nominated for the drama series at the Emmys

It may be impossible to slow down the Shogun’s progress.

With 14 awards at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards last weekend, the FX series about the ruling politics of feudal Japan has already set the record for the most Emmys for a single season of a series.

On Sunday evening, the company can extend its record by six wins and industry forecasters expect it to achieve all six victories.

The series secured all of its Emmy slots in the top categories by moving from miniseries to the drama category in May as it began development on additional seasons. And in some ways, it was Emmy royalty from the start. During the golden age of the miniseries, the 1980 original “Shogun,” based on James Clavell’s historical novel, won three awards, including best miniseries.

If there is any competition at all in the battle for the award for best drama, it could be the sixth and final season of “The Crown”, the only series among the nominees to have previously won in a category that has recently been dominated by the canceled series “Succession”.

Veteran film star Hiroyuki Sanada, who is nominated for best actor, and Anna Sawai, who is nominated for best actress, have the best chances to become the first Japanese actors to win an Emmy.

Sanada may face a challenge from Gary Oldman, who quietly created one of Apple TV+’s career-defining roles as sloppy spy chief Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses.

Sawai’s competition is Emmy star Jennifer Aniston from “The Morning Show,” who has won only once out of 10 nominations. Imelda Staunton could win her first award for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Crown.”

The comedy landscape at the Emmys

This seems to be FX’s year, and The Bear is likely to make a victory lap as well.

“The Bear” took home most of the major comedy Emmys for its first season in January and is expected to do the same for its second season on Sunday. The series is nominated for best comedy series, best actor (Jeremy Allen White) and best supporting actor (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), among others.

Ayo Edebiri, the reigning best supporting actress, moves to the lead actress category for a character who is essentially a co-lead in the culinary dramedy. That means she’ll be up against Jean Smart, the two-time winner in the “hacks” category who is back in the competition after a year off.

Meryl Streep, one of several Oscar winners among the evening’s nominees, could win her fourth Emmy in addition to her three Oscars. She is nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy for “Only Murders in the Building.”

Limited series categories at the Emmys

Another multiple Oscar winner, Jodie Foster, could receive her first Emmy for best actress in a miniseries for “True Detective: Night Country.”

The HBO series, in which Foster plays a police chief investigating mysterious deaths in the darkness of a northern Alaskan winter, was the most nominated miniseries or anthology series. Kali Reis could be the first Indigenous woman to win an Emmy in the supporting actress category.

A few months ago, it looked like the series would be vying with “Fargo” for the top awards, but Netflix’s darkly quirky “Baby Reindeer” shot through the roof on the eve of nominations and is now considered a popular choice for best miniseries, best actor for creator and star Richard Gadd and best supporting actress for the woman who plays his tormentor, Jessica Gunning.

Also represented in Gadd’s category are Andrew Scott for Netflix’s “Ripley” and Jon Hamm, who has two chances to win his second Emmy with his nomination here for “Fargo” and his nomination for supporting actor in a drama for “The Morning Show.”

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