The Emmys in the Shadow of 'Shōgun' – How the Unprecedented Has Become Predictable

Something remarkable happened on the first weekend in September last year, when the two Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies took place a week before the Primetime Emmys telecast. At the Creative Arts shows, the FX drama series "Shōgun" won 14 awards, breaking the record for the most Emmys ever won by a program in a single year. It was not surprising that "Shōgun" topped the 13 Emmys that the limited series "John Adams" had won in 2008; most people expected the Japanese-language juggernaut to take a run at that record. The crazy part was that it set a new record before . . .