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won the comedy series at Sunday's Emmy Awards, topping , which took home several of the night's honors, the reports. won the best drama series win, collecting a whopping 18 Emmys for its first season, just one of several historic wins. Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama for , and Anna Sawai won best actress as they became the first two Japanese actors to win Emmys.
came back for seconds in a big way at the ceremony four times including best actor, best supporting actor and best supporting actress in a comedy, while British upstart won four of its own, including best limited series. The father-son hosting duo of Eugene and Dan Levy in their monologue at the top of the show mocked the very dramatic being in the comedy category. "In honor of , we will be making no jokes," Eugene Levy said, to laughs.
Coming into the show the big story was , a series about lordly politicking in feudal Japan, which had already taken the most Emmys for a show in a single season with 14 at the Creative Arts ceremony. (Click for .).
