“Shogun” and “Hacks” lead TCA awards

“Shogun” and “Hacks” dominate this year’s Television Critics Association awards.
The top overall awards – program of the year and best new program– .go to “Shogun.” So do the two drama awards, for best show and best individual (Anna Sawai, shown here). The comedy ones go to “Hacks” and its star (Jean Smart).
There are also awards for the “Baby Reindeer” mini-series, some non-fiction shows and two Disney+ family shows, “Bluey” and “Doctor Who.”
Overall, the awards are a sign that traditional television – or semi-traditional – can still do well, if given some modern touches.
“Shogun” is the sort of project TV savored decades ago– a large, lush mini-series set in a distant time and place/ It was a mini-series in 1980, drawing high ratings, three Emmys and a Peabody.
But the new version spent much more time focusing on the Japanese people (speaking their language),, not the English mariner who was shipwrecked there. Sawai played someone wedgd between those worlds.
Both shows were from forces that have long dominated awards. “Shogun” is produced by the FX cable channel, which shared it with the Hulu streamer; “Hacks” – about a veteran comedian and her young writer – is produced by HBO, for the Max streamer.
One other show rreflects the old: “Dpctpr Who” began in 1963 as a British youth show, long on whimsy and short on budget. In the U.S., it struggled to find a consistent home; now the Disney+ has taken over, The awards:
— OVERALL: program of the year, “Shogun”;“new show, “Shogun.”
— DRAMA: show, “Shogum”; individual, Anna Sawai, “Shogun.”
— COMEDY: show, “Hacks”; individual, Jean Smart.
— MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES: “Baby Reindeer” (Netflix).
–NON-FICTION: news and information, “Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” (Investigation Discovery); variety talk or sketch, “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA” (Netflix); reality, “The Traitors” (Peacock).
— YOUNGER VIEWERS: children’s show, “Bluey”; family show, “Doctor Who,” both Disney+.
— LONG-RANGE: heritage, “Twin Peaks”; career, Andre Braugher.