So How Long Is A TV Comedy !?

30 minutes, after that a comedy is a drama.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ruled that for the purposes of the Primetime Emmys, it will now consider comedies to be 30 minutes long, while dramas will be presumed to have one-hour episodes. “Orange Is the New Black” and “Shameless,” which have competed in the comedy category even though they are 60 minutes long may be affected when it comes time to nominate series for the Emmy Awards.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Bruce Rosenblum, chairman of the Television Academy, said that in the future shows that claim to be comedies but are still longer than the allotted 30 minutes could petition the Academy and these shows would be looked at on a case by case basis.

Can’t wait for Louis CK’s next drama special!

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