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  "id": 7446652,
  "title": "Hiro Murai Becomes First Asian Director to Win Emmy for Comedy Directing With ‘Widow’s Bay’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/hiro-murai-becomes-first-asian-director-to-win-emmy-for-comedy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T01:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/hiro-murai-comedy-directing-asian-emmys-history-1236858124/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hiro Murai has made Emmy history. Murai on Monday won outstanding directing for a comedy series for the “Widow’s Bay” premiere, “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!,” becoming the first Asian director ever to win the category — and only the third Asian director to win in any Emmy category. He prevailed over a deep field that […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Hiro Murai Becomes First Asian Director to Win Emmy for Comedy Directing With Apple TV’s ‘Widow’s Bay’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/hiro-murai-becomes-first-asian-director-to-win-emmy-for-comedy-7451266",
        "published": "2026-09-15T02:18:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "‘Widow’s Bay’s Hiro Murai Makes History As First Asian Director To Win Emmy For Comedy Directing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/widows-bays-hiro-murai-makes-history-as-first-asian-director-to-win",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:02:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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