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Nikki Glaser during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes held at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Rich Polk/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Nikki Glaser wins as Golden Globes host

Melanie McFarland
Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama Award for “Shogun” (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty)

"Shōgun" sweeps 2025 Golden Globes

Nardos Haile
(L-R) Justin Marks, Shannon Goss, and Hiroyuki Sanada accept the Outstanding Drama Series award for “Shōgun” onstage during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Emmys honors humanity, not politics

Melanie McFarland
(L-R) Dan Levy and Eugene Levy attend the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

2024 Emmys winners list

Nardos Haile
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Emmy Awards Trophy between Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige on "Shogun" and Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto on "The Bear." (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Katie Yu/FX Networks)

Our Emmys gripes are different this time

Melanie McFarland
(Getty/Evan Agostini)

"Shōgun," "The Bear" top 2024 Emmy noms

Nardos Haile
Hiroto Kanai as Omi and Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga in "Shogun" (Katie Yu/FX)

Shōgun bosses discuss finale & great men

Melanie McFarland
Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko in "Shogun" (Katie Yu/FX)

Anna Sawai is her own savior in "Shōgun"

Melanie McFarland
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Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko and Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne in "Shogun" (Katie Yu/FX)

Hollywood discredits the white saviors

Kelly Pau
Toshiro Mifune (1920 - 1997, left), as Yoshi Toranaga, and American actor Richard Chamberlain as John Blackthorne, examine a samurai sword in the TV miniseries 'Shogun', 1980. (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

How 1980's "Shogun" evoked Japanophilia

Melanie McFarland
Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne and Anna Sawai as Today Mariko in "Shogun" (Katie Yu/FX)

"Shōgun" is what a TV epic looks like

Melanie McFarland
Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga in "Shogun" (Kurt Iswarienko/FX)

Shogun star: "We need that kind of hero"

Nancy Wang Yuen
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