Shōgun
2024 American historical drama television series
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| February 23 2025 | Won Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor (Hiroyuki Sanada), Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor (Anna Sawai), Outstanding Ensemble Performance, and Outstanding Stunt Ensemble. |
| February 22 2025 | Won Best New Scripted Series at the Independent Spirit Awards, with nominations for lead and supporting performances. |
| January 12 2025 | Won multiple Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Drama Series, Best Actor for Hiroyuki Sanada, Best Supporting Actor for Tadanobu Asano, and Best Supporting Actress for Moeka Hoshi. |
| January 5 2025 | Won multiple Golden Globe Awards, including Best Television Series – Drama, Best Actor for Hiroyuki Sanada, Best Actress for Anna Sawai, and Best Supporting Actor for Tadanobu Asano. |
| 2024 | IGN named Shōgun the best TV show of 2024. |
| 2024 | Takashi Murakami was influenced by the first season of Shōgun for his Gagosian art show 'Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami'. |
| 2024 | Anna Sawai's performance was included in Variety's '100 Greatest TV Performances of the 21st Century', with special praise for her nuanced emotional portrayal. |
| 2024 | Shōgun becomes the top-streamed show in Canada and the United States in 2024, according to JustWatch. |
| 2024 | The first season won 18 categories at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards and 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, setting a record for the most awarded single season of television in Emmy history. |
| 2024 | Received four Golden Globe Awards, including Best Television Series – Drama and acting wins for Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, and Tadanobu Asano. |
| November 20 2024 | Won Best Original Score for TV Show/Limited Series at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. |
| November 12 2024 | Shōgun won the Game Changer Award at the Asia Society Game Changer Awards. |
| October 12 2024 | Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks received the Halekulani Golden Maile Career Achievement Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival. |
| September 15 2024 | Won major Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, with Hiroyuki Sanada winning Outstanding Lead Actor and Anna Sawai winning Outstanding Lead Actress. |
| September 8 2024 | Won multiple Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor, Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Cinematography, Outstanding Period Costumes, Outstanding Hairstyling, Main Title Design, Makeup, Music Editing, Production Design, Sound Editing and Mixing, Special Visual Effects, and Stunt Performance. |
| August 5 2024 | The series was nominated for Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a One Hour Period Series at the Set Decorators Society of America Awards. |
| July 12 2024 | Shōgun won multiple awards at the Television Critics Association Awards, including Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Drama, and Outstanding New Program. Hiroyuki Sanada was nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama, while Anna Sawai won in the same category. |
| June 4 2024 | Shōgun was nominated for Breakthrough Limited Series at the Gotham TV Awards. |
| April 23 2024 | Completion of the first season's weekly episode releases on FX on Hulu and FX. |
| April 22 2024 | Nielsen Media Research estimates Shōgun was watched for 608 million minutes from April 22-28. |
| March 6 2024 | The show is revealed to have drawn 9 million views across Hulu, Disney+, and Star+ in its first six days of release. |
| February 27 2024 | Shōgun TV series premiered its first two episodes on FX on Hulu and FX, marking the beginning of the weekly release of the first season. |
| February 26 2024 | Shōgun becomes the most-streamed program across all platforms between February 26 and March 3, according to Samba TV analytics. |
| June 30 2022 | Principal photography for the first season concluded, taking two months longer than initially expected. Filming occurred in multiple locations in southern British Columbia including Vancouver, Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Ucluelet on Vancouver Island. |
| September 22 2021 | Principal photography for the first season began in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| January 2020 | Writing team was restructured after original writer Ronan Bennett became unavailable. Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo joined as new writer and supervising producer, with additional team members Shannon Goss, Matt Lambert, Maegan Houang, and Emily Yoshida. |
| 2019 | Hiroyuki Sanada filmed for a single day to help FX retain the rights to the property while the series was being retooled. |
| March 2019 | Original principal photography for the series was scheduled to commence in Japan and the United Kingdom, but was delayed due to the network's concerns about the production's readiness. |
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