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A win forHackswasnt just a win for a show about a comedian but a win for comedy itself.

Social media told the rest of the story:

The Emmys said The Bear is not a comedy.

As the Emmys season began, I was more than ready to dismiss the isThe Bearreally a comedy?

This undercurrent continued throughout Emmy voting season, if not always publicly.

Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach both repeated their victories from last year.

Jean Smart did win the head-to-head against Ayo Edebiri, but its Jean Smart!

The irony is thatHacksisnt exactly the broadest of comedies itself.

In the end, we can never know for sure if the fraudulent comedy argument was the reasonThe Bearlost.

The only way to know for sure is to runThe Bearas a drama next year.

Just as an experiment!

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