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Every year, the Academy of Television Arts and Science hands out hundreds of Emmys in categories that cover every inch of TV minutiae except “Best use of eyebrows by a cable newscaster” and “Best catering.” One major category of meta-TV awesomeness, however, has been unjustly ignored by the Academy: shows within shows.
These fictional blocks of television programming creep up in a variety of situations — a character may work as a TV personality in the narrative, or we may just see characters watching the tube while they’re chilling on couch. They may fill up just 30 seconds of screen time, but shows within shows have to be flawless in order to drive the story and serve their often-comedic purposes. So here’s our attempt to recognize the best TV shows within TV shows.
May I have the envelope, please?
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