Looking at the deep, distinguished slate of comedy series Emmy nominees this year, you might wish that the television academy could splinter the category into subsections — best comedy you watch through splayed fingers, occasionally without laughing once through an episode ("Barry"), best comedy in which someone is killed but remains an absolute delight to watch ("Only Murders in the Building"), best workplace comedy about how we fail our teachers and their students ("Abbott Elementary"), best comedy about female friendship and the dangers of violating an NDA ("Hacks") and best comedy about failure, accountability and compassion ("Ted Lasso").
They're all gems. But only one can win when the Emmys are presented on Sept. 12. (Categories below are ranked in order of preference.)
Comedy series
