‘Shogun,’ ‘The Bear’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ are at the top of the queue as the Emmys arrive

Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The father-son hosting duo of Eugene and Dan Levy opened nan Emmys connected Sunday nighttime by poking nosy of nan show’s unusual and changing role.

“Welcome to nan 76th Primetime Emmy Awards,” Dan Levy said connected nan ABC telecast from nan Peacock Theater successful Los Angeles. “Also known arsenic broadcast TV’s biggest nighttime for honoring movie stars connected streaming services.”

The 2 Canadian stars of “Schitt’s Creek” were among nan large winners of nan pandemic-era Emmys successful 2020.

They went done nan night’s nominees, taking a changeable astatine “The Bear” being placed successful nan category.

“In grant of ‘The Bear,’ we will beryllium making nary jokes,” Eugene Levy said, to laughs.

Soon after, Ebon Moss-Bachrach won nan first Emmy handed retired Sunday, taking champion supporting character successful a drama for nan 2nd consecutive twelvemonth for “The Bear,” which could beryllium successful for a multi-course repast earlier nan nighttime is over.

“I’m truthful grateful for this show and to activity pinch these beautiful people,” Moss-Bachrach said.

Moss-Bachrach won for nan 2nd play of nan FX culinary dramedy for playing Richard “Cousin Richie” Jerimovich, whose arc takes him from foul-mouthed ruffian to mindful maître d’ of nan show’s highbrow restaurant.

“Shogun” is apt to norm nan nighttime connected nan awards front. With its 14 wins astatine nan precursor Creative Arts Emmy Awards past weekend, nan FX bid astir lordly politicking successful feudal Japan has already group a grounds for astir Emmys for a azygous play of a series.

On Sunday nighttime it tin widen its grounds by six, and manufacture prognosticators are predicting it will get them all.

The show seized each nan Emmy powerfulness successful nan apical categories by shifting from nan constricted bid to nan play class successful May erstwhile it began processing much seasons.

If it faces immoderate title astatine each for nan champion play prize, it could travel for nan sixth and last play of “The Crown,” nan only show among nan nominees that has won earlier successful a class precocious dominated by nan retired “Succession.”

Veteran surface prima Hiroyuki Sanada, up for champion actor, Anna Sawai, up for champion actress, and their castmates successful nan supporting categories are successful position to go nan first Japanese actors to triumph Emmys.

FX is besides successful for a apt triumph thigh for “The Bear,” which took astir of nan large drama Emmys location successful January for its first season, and is expected to do nan aforesaid Sunday for its second, which includes nominations for champion drama series, champion character for Jeremy Allen White and champion supporting character for Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

Ayo Edebiri, reigning champion supporting actress, moves to nan lead character class for a characteristic who is fundamentally a co-lead connected nan culinary dramedy. That intends she’ll beryllium up against Jean Smart, a two-time victor successful nan class for “Hacks” who is backmost successful nan title aft a twelvemonth off.

Meryl Streep, among respective Academy Award winners among nan night’s nominees, could triumph her 4th Emmy to spell pinch her 3 Oscars. She’s up for champion supporting character successful a drama for “Only Murders successful nan Building.”

Another aggregate Oscar winner, Jodie Foster, could get her first Emmy for champion character successful a constricted bid for “True Detective: Night Country.”

The HBO show that features Foster arsenic a constabulary main investigating mysterious deaths successful nan acheronian of a northbound Alaskan wintertime was nan apical nominee among constricted aliases anthology series, but it could suffer retired connected respective Emmys to Netflix’s darkly quirky “Baby Reindeer,” which surged connected nan eve of July’s nominations and is now nan celebrated prime for champion constricted series, champion character for creator and prima Richard Gadd and champion supporting character for nan female who plays his tormentor, Jessica Gunning.

Gadd’s class besides includes Jon Hamm, who has 2 shots astatine winning his 2nd Emmy betwixt his information present for “Fargo” and for supporting character successful a play for “The Morning Show.”
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