Shogun

FX's sprawling adaptation of James Clavell's 1975 novel swept the 2024 Emmys with 18 wins — the most for any single season in television history, and a record that is 50% higher than the average award tally for comparable prestige dramas. Hiroyuki Sanada's decades-in-the-making lead performance as Lord Toranaga was the culmination of a career that Hollywood had chronically underused, earning him a historic Best Actor win. The show proved that subtitled, non-English-language prestige drama could dominate American awards season, generating $240 million in global streaming revenue and outpacing #9 Baby Reindeer's viewership among international audiences by a factor of 1.4.