Fans Express Disappointment in the Emmy Awards After ‘The Bear’ Sweeps Comedy Categories

The Bear had a real winning streak at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, which would typically be celebrated, but not this time, apparently.

On Sunday, Sept. 15, the FX original series nabbed the wins for Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Jeremy Allen White), Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Liza Colón-Zayas) and Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), beating out other fan-favorite hits like Only Murders in the Building, Abbott Elementary and Curb Your Enthusiasm again this year.

"Is everyone ready for a CRAZY opinion??? The Bear is great and the cast is all doing stellar work, but the show is not a comedy and if I were an actor saying actual jokes in an actual comedy I’d be so f---in annoyed watching every award get snatched away!!! #Emmys," one top-liked post on X (formerly Twitter) read.

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"I really, really, *really* need the Television Academy to fix the category criteria before next year’s #Emmys because ‘The Bear’ sweeping comedy over shows like ‘Abbott Elementary’ is actually infuriating. All those actors and actual comedies deserve better," a different viral post suggested. 

"Jeremy Allen White is an amazing actor in a great show… who hasn’t delivered one funny line in three seasons. The #Emmys are broken. Martin Short, Steve Martin & Larry David are three of the funniest humans ever. Comedy needs to be factored into Best Actor in a COMEDY Series," a third declared.

"I love The Bear," one Instagram user wrote. "But it’s not a comedy and I’m sick of it snubbing awards from actual comedy shows."

"As a fan of The Bear, this is genuinely insane ??," another wrote. "It's no comedy. It may have comedic moments, but......"

"Great show. Not a comedy. How long are we going to keep doing this?" someone else quipped.

Viewers weren't the only ones upset with the categorization and subsequent wins, as the show's hosts, Eugene and Dan Levy, also cracked a joke about it in their opening monologue.

The genre of the show, which follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (White), Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri) and Richard “Richie” Jerimovich (Moss-Bachrach) as they work to transform and elevate their beef stand-turned-fine-dining restaurant while navigating life's tough, stressful and incredibly dark situations, has been a contentious topic even between its cast as seen in a video of Edebiri and Moss-Bachrach discussing it on the red carpet.

The night's controversy wasn't exclusive to The Bear, as audiences said they were also confused by the song choice during the "In Memoriam" segment of the annual awards show.

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