In 1999, David E. Kelley's hourlong legal comedy-drama Ally McBeal won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series over four half-hour comedies - multi-cam Friends, Frasier and Everybody Loves Raymond and single-camera Sex and the City -- and thus the big debate began whether hourlong dramedies belong in the comedy categories. There have been ebbs and [...]
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'Young Sherlock' To Compete As Comedy At Emmys, Joining Sizable Contingent Of Hourlong Contenders That's Bringing Back Old Dramedy Category Debate
April 10, 2026
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