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"TV Shows 'The Bear' and 'Shogun' Win Many Emmys"
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This image released by FX shows Eita Okuno as Saeki Nobutatsu, from left, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko, Hiromoto Ida as Kiyama Ukon Sadanaga in a scene from "Shogun." (Katie Yu/FX via AP)

"TV Shows 'The Bear' and 'Shogun' Win Many Emmys"

July 17th, 2024

On a Wednesday morning, a show called "The Bear" did really well and got 23 nominations for a TV award show called the Emmys. Another show called "Shogun" got even more nominations, with 25. These two shows are some of the best on TV. The funny show "The Bear" is about people making sandwiches and trying to make their place fancy. It could win awards for being very funny and for the actors in it. The show "Shogun" is about old stories from Japan and it has won a lot of awards too. There's also another show called "True Detective: Night Country" that did very well. It's about a police chief and her team trying to solve a mystery in Alaska. Some people from this show might win awards for acting. Shows like "The Crown" and "Hacks" are coming back and people think they can win awards because they are really good. "The Crown" is about a princess and "Hacks" is about a funny lady who tells jokes. There's also a happy story about the show "Abbott Elementary." It has many actors from different backgrounds and it's the only show like that on regular TV that might win big awards. These TV shows and actors are all hoping to win an Emmy award. The Emmy award show will happen on September 15 and people can watch it on a channel called ABC.
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💭 Discussion Questions


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. What is the show 'The Bear' about?
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. Which show has received the most nominations?
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. When and where can people watch the Emmy award show?

📖 Vocabulary


🌐 Cultural context


The article is from the United States where the Emmys are a major TV awards event. It describes popular TV series competing for recognition in comedy, drama, and acting. "The Crown" references British royalty, while "Shogun" is set in Japanese history.

🧠 Further reading


Brent Butt
Brent Butt is a funny man from Canada. He acts, tells jokes, and writes stories. Many people know him because he made a funny show called "Corner Gas". Brent made other shows and even wrote a movie. Recently, he wrote a book about funny people who travel. Brent was born on August 3, 1966, in a place called Tisdale. He went to school there and then went to college for a short time. After college, he returned home to Saskatchewan. Before he became famous, Brent worked in construction and tried to make comic books with his friend. They did not have enough money to keep going though. Brent started telling jokes in 1988 at a comedy club in Saskatoon. He was very good at it and moved to a big city called Toronto to tell more jokes. Brent made people laugh on TV and radio in Canada and other countries. He sang funny songs about the place he grew up. In 2003, he made "Corner Gas" which was a very popular TV show in Canada. In 2005, a very important event happened. Brent told jokes and sang in front of Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Saskatchewan.

Mr. Sunshine (South Korean TV series)
There is a South Korean TV show called "Mr. Sunshine." It is about a time in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, around the year 1900. The show tells the story of people who wanted Korea to be free from other countries. The show was on TV from July to September in 2018. It was also on Netflix for people around the world to watch. Many people liked it, and it got very high scores for watching on TV in Korea. A man named Lee Byung-hun played a very important role in the show and won a big award. People said the show was really good because it looked beautiful and had a good story. It had strong women characters and showed how life was hard for poor people. But some people did not like the way the show told history. They thought it was not completely correct. The main story of "Mr. Sunshine" is about a boy named Eugene Choi. Eugene was born as a slave in Korea but went to America when he was young. He grew up and became a soldier. Later, he came back to Korea and met a girl named Go Ae-shin. Go Ae-shin was from a rich family but she was fighting for Korea's freedom in secret. Eugene and Go Ae-shin fell in love but it was difficult because they came from different parts of society. There was also another man from a rich family who was part of their story.

Schaffer–Vega diversity system
In 1975, a man named Ken Schaffer made a new type of guitar system that did not use wires. It was made in New York City and later produced by Vega Corporation in California. Bands could play their guitars without being stuck in one place. This was very good for musicians who played on big stages. Famous rock bands like Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, and Kiss used this system in the late 70s and early 80s. Ken Schaffer traveled with a famous band, the Rolling Stones, and saw that the old systems for guitars without wires did not work well. He decided to make a better one. His new system let guitar players move around freely and it sounded good. The first bands to try it were Kiss and Electric Light Orchestra. Kiss really liked it because their guitar player had been hurt on stage before, and using this new system was safer. This special guitar system worked by using two places to pick up the guitar's sound. This made it work better than the old systems. It was a big change for musicians who wanted to move around on stage and still sound great.