For the second year in a row, the actor in a comedy series category is dominated by “SNL” alums., Bill Hader and Martin Short all made the cut for the 75th ceremony. It’s a repeat of last year, when the same trio nabbed nominations, in addition to Short’s co-star Steve Martin, who was never an official “SNL” cast member but served as a frequent host and is forever associated with the show.
But it’s actually a pretty impressive feat at this moment in Emmy history. The sheer breadth of television since the advent of streaming has shifted affection for comedy offerings away from network sitcoms to the series taking big swings in the genre. However, considering that every show around a half hour still gets lumped in as a comedy, some have called for an overhaul of the definition of what is funny — and what is just drama in small doses.
Then there’s HBO’s “Barry,” a hitman-turned-actor saga serving up a brand of laughs that, over the course of its four seasons, became just about as dark as the blood it spilt on a weekly basis. Toeing that line between comedy and carnage was always part of what was so enticing about Hader’s vision for the series, on which he served as producer, director, writer and star.
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