Hannah Einbinder’s mother Laraine Newman has some kind words to The bears comedy nominations at the 2024 Emmy Awards.

Shortly thereafter The bearLiza Colón-Zayas won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – a category for which Newman’s daughter was also nominated, for Hacking – The Saturday Night Live Alum made a short but powerful statement about the FX series’ inclusion in this year’s Comedy category.

“F—. THAT. BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,” she posted on X (formerly known as Twitter).

She later deleted the post and replied to a fan: “I removed it. Not my best moment.” Instead, she replaced it with a post that read: “I think The Bear is a great show, but in my opinion it’s not a comedy – not even a black comedy.”

The bear – starring Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach – led the biggest night of television with 23 Emmy nominations, breaking the record for most nominations for a comedy originally set by NBC’s 30 rocks in 2009 with 22 nominations.

Critics and fans alike have questioned whether the FX series can truly be considered a comedy or whether the show would be better suited as a drama due to its sometimes dark subject matter.

Questions about The bear The Best Comedy Series category was also brought up at the 2023 Emmy Awards, where the show received ten awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor.

According to the Emmy nomination rules, producers can choose which category a show will be nominated in, but require final approval from the Academy’s Industry Panel.

The rules also state that for a show to be considered a comedy, it must be “primarily comedic most of the time” (at least six episodes in a season). Once a show has been placed in a particular category, “all submissions must conform to a show’s specific categorization.”

This means that if a show is submitted as a comedy, all prizes – for example for acting and directing – must be awarded in the comedy series category.

This year’s Emmy presenters Eugene Levy and Dan Levy also made fun of the series’ nomination in the comedy category in their opening monologue.

“I know some of you might expect us to make a joke about whether The bear is really a comedy,” Eugene joked. “But in the true spirit of The bear we will not joke”

On September 15, Colón-Zayas won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, her first Emmy ever. She starred alongside Einbinder, Carol Burnett (Palm Royale) And Abbott Elementary School’by Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

In her acceptance speech, she said, among other things: “How I would have thought it would be possible to be in the presence of Meryl Streep and Carol Burnett and Janelle and Sheryl Lee Ralph. I love you all, I adore you from the bottom of my heart.”

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