The hit FX series landed 13 Emmy Award nominations on Tuesday - an impressive total, until you consider the prior Emmys. This time last year, season two of The Bear set a new comedy series record with 23 Emmy noms.

For many TV watchers The Bear and controversial Emmy nominations go hand in hand. For the last few years, every time the show scores Emmys nominations — like this year’s 13 nods — the same statement inevitably gets cranked out of the discourse machine: “The Bear is not a comedy.

The Bear dominated at the 2024 Emmy Awards on Sunday. ... Storer's win brought The Bear to a record-breaking 11 awards for most Emmy wins ever for a single comedy season, ...

The Bear is once again an Emmys darling, scoring another 13 nominations Tuesday morning for its third season, including a historic one for Ayo Edebiri. That brings the FX series’ total to 49 Emmy noms across three seasons.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves—the nominations were just announced this morning. Brenda Song and Harvey Guillén took the stage in L.A. to present the nominees. The two did a pretty decent bit about how no one wanted them to do a bit at 8:30 in the morning, which was honestly a pretty solid bit, even if they had to play it to an empty room.

How “Severance,” “The Studio” and “Adolescence” could follow in the footsteps of past Emmy sweepers like "Schitt's Creek," “The Crown” and “The Bear."

Severance” separated itself from the field with 27 Emmy nominations, while “The Studio” led comedies with 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+.