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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I'm a little surprised by The Studio. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but thought it was more good than great. Maybe it wasn't a great year for comedy series?
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Originally Posted by Cappy
They need to change the criteria to 30 min and 60 min programs.
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They did change it for a few years after some shows in the late-90s and early-2000s started entering the comedy category (and often winning) -- like Ally McBeal, Desperate Housewives, Shameless, and Orange is the New Black -- despite being hour long shows that had some comedic elements but weren't pure comedies.
Of course, around that time, streaming became more popular and was getting more awards consideration, and they weren't beholden to commercial tv's structure where everything had to fit within the commercial breaks, so you can get comedies that push an hour and dramas that barely hit a half hour. As a result, the changed the rules again a few years ago.