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This was a very tight season, and given that Bill Hader is both star and auteur, this could be a case of stressing quality over quantity, and I’m all for that. As for the short run of episodes, I’m assuming that’s a creative (though possibly also economic) choice. But that’s the Emmys for you, and I would be surprised if any of the other awards groups would reclassify the show at this point.

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If Barry is still a comedy or, I suppose, dark-side-of-humanity comedy, it’s obviously pushing the definition to extremes, and having it compete alongside much lighter comedy fare just because it’s a half-hour series doesn’t entirely make sense.

There was humor in this season of Barry, especially in the arena of show-biz satire, particularly with Sally’s misadventures in show-running and the peculiar algorithms of streaming - though even that got awfully bleak by the end. Matt Roush: So much about the process of Emmy nominations is imperfect - as I’m sure we’ll be reminded again this week when the nominations are announced Tuesday (and I expect I’ll hear plenty about it in my mailbag afterward) - and this includes classification of programs that can’t easily be pigeonholed by genre. Finally, what is it with HBO’s obsession with making most of their comedy seasons only eight episodes? You just get this back and it is gone already. Cousineau’s hoodwinking of Barry showed Barry just what a good acting job can result in - namely his capture, which may have earned Henry Winkler at least another nomination for supporting actor. My question is: How can Barry now be categorized as a comedy or even a dramedy for that matter, as this season was by far more drama than comedy? But since half-hour shows are thought of in this matter, how exactly do we classify this? Certainly, Mr. Question: I am still stoked with not only the season finale but the entire recently concluded season of Barryon HBO. Plus, Winkler opens up about giving his costars a tour of his old 'Happy Days' set.