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There’s never been a better time to be a TV fan as Disney+ and Sky have launched some mega money-saving deals that are too good to miss. Disney+ has just brought back its popular deal allowing new and returning customers to join the Standard with Ads plan for £1.99 a month for three months.

Elsewhere, Sky is giving away free TV and a Netflix subscription with the return of its Sky Stream free trial that coincides with the latest HBO blockbuster. Both deals come at the perfect time for telly lovers as both Disney+ and Sky are the exclusive UK home to a bevy of award-winning shows and the hottest new releases.

On Sunday (September 15), a raft of Disney+ shows cleaned up at the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. One of the big winners on the night was acclaimed comedy-drama, The Bear, which took home four awards including best actor in a comedy series for its lead Jeremy Allen White for the second consecutive year.

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Series creator Christopher Storer – who developed the series using a real Chicago sandwich shop as inspiration – was named best director for the revered season two episode ‘Fishes’. The series also won seven Creative Arts Emmys last week, making it the comedy series with the most wins in a single season.

Also on the night, hit samurai series Shōgun – which centres around a military leader at the dawn of a brutal civil war – made history when it became the first non-English-language show to win the Emmy for best drama. Ahead of the ceremony, Shōgun had already broken records to earn the most wins by any series in a single year, having won 14 awards at