Yes, Chef! “The Bear” Wins Best Comedy or Musical Series at 2024 Golden Globes

The Bear's Lionel Boyce gave a special shout-out to the "restaurant community" as he accepted the 2024 Golden Globe award for best television series - musical or comedy on the show's behalf

The 2024 Golden Globes has cooked up a winner best musical or comedy series: The Bear!

The FX series, led by Jeremy Allen White, faced off against Barry, Abbott Elementary, Only Murders in the Building, Jury Duty and Ted Lasso.

Although the entire cast took the stage upon being announced as the night's winner, accepting the award on their behalf was Lionel Boyce, who plays the show's bread baker-turned-pastry chef Marcus Brooks.

"First of all, I want to thank [series creator] Chris [Storer] for bringing this incredible show alongside [executive producer] Joanna Calo and all of our great writers," Boyce began. "[Josh] Senior, Tyson [Bidner], Cooper and every single production person in every department for being not only being great at what you do, but also just being people who don't suck."

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After giving a special "shout out to everyone" at FX, Hulu and Disney, Boyce expressed his gratitude for real-life restaurant workers. "[I] also just want to say, most importantly, thank you to the entire restaurant community," he said.

"You know, we play these characters for a couple of hours a day for a couple of months out of the year. But this is y'all's reality, the highs and the lows," he added. "So thank you for embracing us while we tell the story."

The Bear follows a Chicago restaurant’s struggle for success. Carmy (White), a classically trained chef and star in the fine dining world, takes over his family's iconic sandwich shop in the wake of his brother's death at the start of the show's first season. In the second season, he's attempting to transform the space into a fine dining establishment.

Since its June 2022 debut, the series has received acclaim from critics and fans alike. Celebrities including Mindy Kaling have shared their love of the story — and its recipes — as they've made their efforts to duplicate some of Carmy's dishes from the show in real life.

At last year's Golden Globe Awards, White took home the award for best musical or comedy actor and was up for the same award at this year's ceremony. His costar Ayo Edebiri was in contention for best actress in a television series alongside Abby Elliott and Ebon Moss-Bachrach who were nominated for best supporting actress and actor in a television series in the comedy or musical genre respectively.

The Bear was up against a stacked roster of comedy heavyweights at this year's ceremony, including Abbot Elementary.

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Abbott Elementary, created by Quinta Brunson who plays second-grade teacher Janine Teagues, made its debut in December 2021 as a midseason entry. The mockumentary sitcom follows a dedicated group of Philadelphia-based teachers and their daily lives working at one of the worst public schools in the country.

In addition to the show's best comedy or musical nod, Brunson received a nomination in the best performance by a female actor in a television series - musical or comedy category. The show won in this category last year.

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The Bill Hader co-created series Barry was honored with its last Golden Globes nomination for its fourth and final season.

Hader created Barry with Alec Berg and played the title character, a former U.S. Marine who worked as a hitman before he stumbled into an acting class in taught by Henry Winkler's Gene Cousineau. Hader won two Emmys for his performance. The fourth season, which wrapped in May, earned Hader Emmy nominations for acting, directing, writing, and Outstanding Comedy Series.

Among the accolades Hader has received for his work on the HBO dark comedy, the Saturday Night Live alum was also a contender for best performance by a male actor in a television series - musical or comedy.

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Amazon Freevee's Jury Duty followed a mock jury selection and trial. Everyone on set was a paid improv actor — except for Ronald Gladden, who really thought he was part of a documentary about serving jury duty. He met a cast of characters, including actor James Marsden — who played an elitist version of himself.

In addition to the court comedy's nomination for best musical or comedy series, Marsden was nominated for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role.

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Only Murders in the Building was also nominated for best television series, comedy or musical. The hit Hulu series follows three neighbors Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short who share an obsession with true crime. The trio, who live in the same New York City building called the Arconia, find themselves working together to solve murder mysteries in their own complex.

Gomez, who was nominated for her first Golden Globe award in 2022, was up for best performance by an actress in a television series, comedy or musical, and Martin and Short were nominated for best performance by an actor. The show was also nominated in 2022 and 2023.

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With Ted Lasso wrapping up with its third and final season in May, the beloved Apple TV+ series received its third and final Golden Globe nomination for best comedy series.

The show first premiered in August 2020 and viewers quickly became attached to Jason Sudeikis' affable character Ted Lasso and his friends and players. Similarly, the actors and actresses on the project developed quite a bond with one another: Sudeikis has called his Ted Lasso castmates his "chosen family," and several others have echoed his sentiment.

Sudekis was up for best performance by a male actor in the genre; his costar Hannah Waddingham was also a contender for best performance by a female actor.

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