Well Done! Netflix Submits Dark Comedy ‘Beef’ as Limited or Anthology Series for Emmys (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comClayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “Beef” has raised the stakes. Variety has learned exclusively that Netflix and the creative teams behind the new dark comic series have chosen to seek Emmy Awards consideration as a limited or anthology series instead of a comedy, where many pundits had assumed it would campaign.
Starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, the series dropped on the streaming platform on April 6, garnering positive reviews from critics and audiences.
Currently, the show sits at 99% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and 92% from audiences. Created by Lee Sung Jin, best known for writing and producing HBO’s “Silicon Valley” (for which he received an Emmy nom for outstanding comedy series in 2015), the darkly comical romp was announced in March 2021 and commissioned as an anthology series for Netflix.
A move into limited doesn’t mean “Beef” won’t return. On the contrary, while a second season has yet to be announced, shows in the limited or anthology race have frequently returned — with or without the original cast or story intact.
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