- The FX show won 11 Emmys in total for its second season
- Among the honours were Liza Colón-Zayas becoming the first Latina Emmy winner for supporting actress in a comedy series
- Hacks beat The Bear to Best Comedy Series award
The cast and crew of The Bear enjoyed another banner evening at The Emmys, last night, taking home 11 awards between them for the second season of the FX show.
However, despite the litany of glowing reviews the Christopher Storer-helmed series has amassed over the last few years, not everyone was happy to see chef Carmy and co. dominate the comedy category.
Mainly because, well, The Bear isn’t really a comedy.
There are, of course, plenty of funny moments to be had across all three seasons of The Bear, with every interaction between Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s lovable f**k up Richie and Matty Matheson’s manchild handyman Fak resulting in hysterics. Oliver Platt’s Uncle Jimmy may definitely know some people you never, ever want to meet and you should probably never speculate as to where a large amount of his fortune comes from, but he will guarantee a good few laughs with his deadpan delivery of the most scathing putdowns.
Carmy and Richie fighting over an inflatable hotdog and then accidentally spiking a party full of kids with Xanas-tainted ecto cooler is, undeniably, hilarious television. Roughly 95% of the time the miraculously great Chris Witaske appears on screen, you’re going to be laughing.
The Sopranos is legitimately one of the funniest TV shows of all time. It is also a psychological insight into a sociopathic crime lord’s mommy issues and the mercilessly violent and depraved world he operates and lives within.
In other words, plenty of shows can work a hearty amount of knee slappers into their scripts. It doesn’t make them comedies. And The Bear, with it’s devastating portrayals of addiction, depression, self loathing, jealousy, loss and heartbreak is certainly not a comedy.
And plenty of people watching last night’s Emmys agreed.
Starting with co-host Eugene Levy slipping in an effortless one-liner about the very subject in his opening monologue…
And the reactions poured in on social media throughout the night as Chicago’s most loved fictional Italian beef joint cleaned up for the second Emmys running.
With The Bear’s third season proving to be a little more divisive than the previous two, it remains to be seen if Carmy, Syd and The Gang can continue their dominance of their unlikely division at next year’s awards.
