PremiumEmmys 2024: From Shōgun, The Bear to Hacks, Baby Reindeer; top winners and where to stream on OTT
From drama to comedy, discover the 2024 Emmy winners and find out where to stream them in India.
Last Updated: 12.30 PM, Sep 16, 2024
At the 2024 Emmy Awards, which recognized the finest in television, Hacks and Shōgun took home huge prizes. In addition to winning Best Comedy Series, Best-Supporting Actors, and Best Lead Actors, FX's The Bear received a record-breaking 23 nominations. However, the award for Outstanding Comedy Series went to Hacks on HBO.
Of all the shows nominated, Shōgun had the most, with 25, and it won major accolades, including Best Drama. Hiroyuki Sanada earned the title of Best Actor in a drama series, and Anna Sawai secured the best actress award. Shōgun made records for the most Emmys ever won in a single season, with a total of 18 (including its Creative Arts Emmy Awards).
Find out where to stream all the Emmy-winning series on OTT in India.
The Bear (Disney+ Hotstar)
Christopher Storer created the psychological comedy-drama series The Bear. Jeremy Allen White portrays Carmy Berzatto, a multi-award-winning chef who returns to his childhood home in Chicago to take over the sandwich restaurant his late brother ran. Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, and Liza Colón-Zayas round out the supporting cast.
The show has won 21 Primetime Emmys in total, including Outstanding Comedy Series. White and Moss-Bachrach have each won two acting awards, and Edebiri and Colón-Zayas have each received one.
The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are the main stars of the drama TV series The Morning Show. Brian Stelter's 2013 novel Top of the Morning serves as the series' inspiration. The show delves into the personalities and work environments of a network morning news program. Claims of sexual misbehavior led to the dismissal of the program's male co-host. The series explores the #MeToo movement from various angles as more details about the wrongdoing emerge. The following seasons have a wide range of political and current affairs themes, from the COVID-19 epidemic and racial injustice to the Capitol rebellion and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
At the 2024 Primetime Emmys, Billy Curdrup was named Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
The Crown (Netflix)
Peter Morgan conceived and primarily wrote the script for the historical drama television series The Crown, which follows Queen Elizabeth II's reign. From its inception in 1947, just before Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten's wedding, to its conclusion in 2005, with the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, the series spans over sixty years. Every two seasons, a new main cast member takes over for the previous one. For example, Claire Foy played Elizabeth in seasons 1 and 2, Olivia Colman in seasons 3 and 4, and Imelda Staunton in seasons 5 and 6.
Elizabeth Debecki received the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series trophy at the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Princess Diana, which aired in the series' final season.
Hacks (Netflix and JioCinema)
Written by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, Hacks is a comedy-drama series that follows a young comedy writer's and a famous stand-up comic's professional connection; it stars Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, and Carl Clemons-Hopkins.
Highly regarded by critics, the show won several Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing, and Smart, Outstanding Lead Actress (renewal).
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Based on Richard Gadd's autobiographical one-man show, Baby Reindeer is a British miniseries that combines psychological black comedy with drama and thriller elements. Gadd stars in the show. Weronika Tofilska and Josephine Bornebusch directed the show, which stars Tom Goodman-Hill, Nava Mau, and Jessica Gunning. After its distribution on Netflix, where it attracted a large audience and garnered high praise, the miniseries received eleven Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
The 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards were a night of celebration for Baby Reindeer, with several awards bestowed upon the show. The show won several awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Richard Gadd, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Jessica Gunning, and Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Gadd.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (JioCinema)
Hosted by comedian John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver airs late at night and features commentary and satire. Similar to Oliver's time as a journalist and fill-in presenter on The Daily Show, this show also examines politics, news, and current events with a satirical lens, but it does it weekly instead of daily.
At the end of the day, Oliver had racked up three hosting nominations (winning one), eight wins for the writing team at the Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Series, and twelve nominations (five wins) for the editors at Variety Programming for Outstanding Picture Editing.
Ripley (Netflix)
Steven Zaillian devised, wrote, and directed the neo-noir psychological thriller miniseries, Ripley, based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. It is the first television adaptation of Highsmith's work, and it features Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Marge Sherwood played by Dakota Fanning, and Dickie Greenleaf as Johnny Flynn. The series consists of eight episodes.
In particular, Scott's performance as Tom Ripley earned high marks from critics who praised the film's screenplay, direction, production design, photography, score, and acting. Out of the thirteen nominations it garnered at the 76th Primetime Emmys, two were for acting (Scott and Fanning) and one was for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. Steven Zaillian took up the trophy for Outstanding Directing in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Fargo (Prime Video)
Showrunner Noah Hawley is mostly responsible for creating and writing the scripts for the black comedy-crime drama television series Fargo. The Coen brothers, who produced and wrote the film of the same name in 1996, served as its inspiration. Hawley's pilot script captured the Coen brothers, who, despite their initial lack of engagement, became executive producers.
Despite paying tribute to the film in multiple places, this season is unique in that it does not tie in with any of the prior seasons or the film itself. Taking place in the autumn of 2019 in North Dakota and Minnesota, it stars Juno Temple as Dorothy "Dot" Lyon, a seemingly ordinary housewife from the Midwest residing in Scandia, Minnesota. However, her enigmatic history resurfaces when she unwittingly gets herself into trouble with the law.
At the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards, Lamorne Morris won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role in the Fargo episode "Blanket."
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Mick Herron's Slough House book series serves as the inspiration for the spy thriller TV series Slow Horses. This year marked the premiere of the fourth series, Spook Street. An unlovely MI5 dumping site known as Slough House is the setting for the darkly comic espionage Slow Horses, which follows a dysfunctional squad of British intelligence agents. An explosion in the first episode of season four reveals long-buried secrets and further shakes Slough House to its very core.
Writer Will Smith took up the trophy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series at the 2024 Primetime Emmys for his work on "Negotiating With Tigers."
Shōgun (Disney+ Hotstar)
Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks are the creators of the historical drama television series Shōgun. James Clavell published the original novel in 1975 and later turned it into a miniseries in 1980. It features an ensemble cast that includes Fumi Nikaido, Tommy Bastow, Tadanobu Asano, Anna Sawai, Cosmo Jarvis, and Hiroyuki Sanada. The cast is primarily Japanese, and the majority of the dialogue is in Japanese.
It earned 18 of its 25 Emmy nominations in 2024, making it the first Japanese-language series to win the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. Following the Korean-language Squid Game, it was the first non-English series to win the prize and the second non-English series to get a nomination.
True Detective: Night Country (JioCinema)
True Detective: Night Country is the title of the fourth season of Nic Pizzolatto's anthology crime drama series on HBO. The eight guys from a research station go missing, and this season takes place in the made-up town of Ennis, Alaska, which follows the inquiry into their abduction. Evangeline Navarro and Liz Danvers, played by Kali Reis and Jodie Foster, respectively, are the season's featured detectives.
With a total of nineteen nominations, the show became the most nominated season in Primetime Emmy history. Foster took home the trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress, while nominations included Hawkes for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Reis for Outstanding Supporting Actress, and Lopez for Outstanding Directing and Writing, among others.