Transfer over, “The Bear.” There’s a brand new comedy champ on the town.
“The Studio” ended Emmy season in glory on Sunday evening, taking residence 12 awards and setting two new data earlier than the tip of the evening. Its document haul was made up of 9 wins on the Inventive Arts Emmys on Sept. 6 — together with Excellent Visitor Actor in a Comedy Collection (Bryan Cranston) and Excellent Casting for a Comedy Collection — and an extra set of wins on the Primetime Emmys on Sunday, together with Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Collection (Seth Rogen), Excellent Directing for a Comedy Collection and Excellent Writing for a Comedy Collection. The award for Excellent Comedy Collection has but to be given out.
The trophy trove made the Apple TV+ sequence the brand new holder of two data beforehand set by FX’s “The Bear.” “The Studio” broke the document because the comedy sequence with probably the most Emmy wins in a single season, pushing forward of “The Bear,” whose 11 Emmys for its second season set a brand new milestone simply final 12 months. (Regardless of its record-breaking haul, “The Bear” misplaced the Excellent Comedy Collection award to “Hacks.”)
“The Studio” additionally had the winningest first season of a comedy sequence — an achievement “The Bear” claimed in 2023 with 10 awards.
“The Studio” follows Seth Rogen as Matt Remick, a lifelong film fan promoted to studio chief. As Remick ascends to his dream job, he realizes that he should stroll the uncomfortable line between artwork and commerce. Rogen and longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg created the present with Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez.
Causes for “The Studio’s” dominance embrace its displaying on the Inventive Arts Emmys. Whereas “The Bear’s” document season scored seven CAE wins in 2024, “The Studio” earned 9. Along with being a compelling comedy, “The Studio” is technically subtle, making in depth use of lengthy, sophisticated takes. Its craftsmanship enabled it to take all the Inventive Arts classes by which “The Bear” received — cinematography, image modifying, sound modifying, sound mixing and visitor appearing — but in addition add wins for manufacturing design, up to date costumes and music supervision.
Fervor for “The Studio” additionally displays how the Tv Academy has cooled on the as soon as unbeatable FX sequence about culinary greatness. In only one 12 months, “The Bear” dropped from 11 wins to scoring none earlier than Excellent Comedy Collection was given out. It’s a document decline that comes amid weaker opinions for “The Bear” Seasons 3 and 4 and, maybe much more important, widespread debate over whether or not the largely dramatic present ought to compete as a comedy.
One signal that voters is likely to be paying attention to that debate got here final 12 months, when the present set its document for wins however then notably misplaced the Excellent Comedy Collection Emmy to Season 3 of HBO Max’s “Hacks,” a present about…comedians.
With this in thoughts, it’s not laborious to see how “The Studio” crossed the end line as the brand new champ. The present is each a throwback to and evolution of conventional sitcoms, with every episode following a single, largely non-serialized premise with excessive manufacturing worth — and a gentle stream of guffaws.
