By all accounts, "The Bear" . The FX series broke its own record for most wins by a comedy, garnering 11 wins across acting, writing and directing categories for its second season. "Hacks," however, won outstanding comedy series.
The show's series of victories also re-stoked a debate from the series' first Emmys run: Is "The Bear" a comedy at all? The tense series unfolds in the kitchen of a Chicago sandwich shop-turned-gourmet restaurant. Characters grapple with all manner of hardship, ranging from childhood trauma to substance abuse. "Fishes," which won best directing at the Emmys, was called ; there are rankings of the .
In their opening monologue, hosts Dan and Eugene Levy poked fun at the debate of the night. “Now, I love the show,” Eugene Levy said, introducing “The Bear.” “And I know some of you might be expecting us to make a joke about whether ‘The Bear’ is really a comedy.
But in the true spirit of ‘The Bear,’ we will not be making any jokes.” Online, viewers poked fun — and critiqued — the categorization. Comedian "Every time I think about The Bear being in the comedy category for the Emmys I can feel an ulcer developing.
" "The bear’ is committing voter fraud and stealing the election," one Another "The joke of the bear might be how the series is categorized as comedy series after all," . Viewers believed the categorization shut out other, truer comedies, like “Abbott Elementary” or “Only Murders in the Building.” "Jeremy Allen Whi.