John Landgraf says that there’s still “magic” in the television business as evidenced by the likes of actors such as The Bear ’s Liza Colón-Zayas beating Carol Burnett and Meryl Streep to win her first Emmy or Shōgun winning major awards. It was a fantastic night for both FX and The Walt Disney Company, which broke a range of records at this year’s Emmys. FX won 36 awards across Primetime Emmys and the Creative Arts Awards – its best ever total – and Disney took home 60 awards, beating previous records set by CBS and Netflix.
Shōgun snapped up the Outstanding Drama Series win and stars Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada took home the top drama acting awards, while The Bear scored wins for Jeremy Allen White , Liza Colón-Zayas , Ebon Moss-Bachrach as well as Chris Storer for directing and Fargo’s Lamorne Morris beat the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Jonathan Bailey in Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Landgraf spoke with Deadline about the wins, and also shared updates on the future of Shōgun , which is currently prepping for its second season, The Bear, which will have its fourth season ready for next June, as well as some new projects in the works.
DEADLINE: How are you feeling about last night’s achievements? JOHN LANDGRAF : Just great, especially with the breadth and depth of the nominations and the wins across so many different crafts and so many different genres. I think we counted up 297 people that were ass.