Since the pandemic, Americans have shown a greater tolerance for television series with subtitles. Now will Emmy voters reward one with the industry’s biggest prize?

“Shogun,” FX’s luscious, big-budget chronicle of 17th-century feudal Japan, is poised to have a big night at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, standing as the heavy favorite for best drama.

The show is off to a blazing start. “Shogun” won 14 technical and acting awards last weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys. That means it has already set a record for the most Emmys won by a show in a single year, eclipsing the 2008 HBO mini-series “John Adams,” which had won 13. “Shogun” is nominated six more times on Sunday, including for best drama, as well as best actor (Hiroyuki Sanada) and actress (Anna Sawai).

If “Shogun” wins best drama, it would be a big breakthrough for a foreign-language series. Though it was made by an American network (FX, which is owned by Disney) and appeared on a domestic streaming service (Hulu), nearly 70 percent of the show’s dialogue was in Japanese. Foreign-language series like “Squid Game” have won a handful of Emmys but never threatened in a top category like best drama.