'Shogun' wins top drama in historic night for show

‘The Bear’ wins acting awards but Hacks’ takes best comedy

- ANDREW DALTON

Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama for "Shogun" on Sunday night at the Emmy Awards, and Anna Sawai won best actress as they became the first two Japanese actors to win Emmys.

Their wins gave the FX series momentum going into one of the night's top awards, where "Shogun" won best drama series.

"Hacks" won the comedy series, topping "The Bear," which took home several of the night's honours.

"The Bear" 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 "Baby Reindeer" won four of its own, including best limited series.

The star of FX's "The Bear" Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a comedy for the second straight year, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach repeated as best supporting actor.

A surprise came when Liza ColónZayas won best supporting actor over major competition.

"How could I have thought it would be possible to be in the presence of Meryl Streep and Carol Burnett," Colón-Zayas said as tears welled in her eyes as she accepted the award on the stage of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

She is the first Latina to win in the to achieve." category.

"To all the Latinas who are looking at me," she said, "keep believing and vote."