Nobody wants The Bear to take up space in Emmy’s Outstanding Comedy Series race — except, well, Emmy voters, who once again chose to nominate FX’s ultra-intense and dramatic restaurant-set series in this category for the third year in a row.

But Academy members’ appetite for the show appears to be waning. First off, this year The Bear netted “just” 13 nominations, vs. 23 in 2024. Also, and even more damning, it lost the top comedy prize last year to the more conventionally funny Hacks .

Conventional wisdom has the Jean Smart-led satire scoring a repeat win, but we strongly caution awards watchers against underestimating Apple TV+’s Shrinking , which is riding a huge wave of industry goodwill coming off of its well-received sophomore season.

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