“It Is A Miracle That Everyone Still Has Their Jobs,” Co-Creator Justin Marks Quips After ‘Shōgun’ Wins Drama Series Golden Globe

FX’s Shōgun continued its awards sweep from the Emmys at the Golden Globes, winning the Best Television Series – Drama category in addition to Lead Actor in a Television Series – Drama for Hiroyuki Sanada, Lead Actress for Anna Sawai and Supporting Actor for Tadanobu Asano.

Unlike the Emmys, where FX’s adaptation of James Clavell’s novel competed as a drama and the 1980 NBC take as a miniseries, at the Globes both incarnations were classified as drama series, so Season 1 of the FX saga took the same Drama Series category its predecessor did 44 years ago.

Just as he did at the Emmys, Justin Marks, Shōgun co-creator, executive producer and showrunner alongside his wife, Rachel Kondo, accepted the top drama award. He framed his speech with an amusing domesticity anecdote.

“Yesterday, Rachel and I were scouring the ferns of our house looking for a 50-pound tortoise that we adopted for some reason that keeps escaping. And now here we are, and Han Solo is looking at us,” he said, referring to Harrison Ford, attending the ceremony as a nominee for Shrinking.

“Nothing about this show has ever been expected,” Marks continued. “Truly, it was made on the backs of thousands of fearless yeses that we received over the years from our East-meets-West cast and crew.

“To our writers and our directors and our partners at Disney Television, FX and Hulu, all of you guys said yes so many times over the years to show that on paper you should, quite frankly, have never said yes to. It is a miracle that everyone still has their jobs. It is a miracle that we still have our marriage, and it is a miracle If we ever find that tortoise again, so we are going to get a GPS tracker soon girls, I promise.”

Marks’ reference to their marriage caught Kondo off-guard, with her endearing reaction drawing laughs from the audience. You can watch the video above.

This is the fourth time FX has topped the category at the Globes; previous Best Drama Series winners include The Shield, Nip/Tuck and The Americans.

In September, Disney/FX’s Shōgun went for a historic sweep with a staggering total of 18 Emmy awards in one season, a new record that may never be reached again. The series has been renewed for a third season, which is slated to begin production later this year.