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Fri, Jul 3 Which is funnier, Weeds or Rescue Me? United States of Tara or Dexter? The Office or Boston Legal? When you're watching them, it doesn't really matter if your favorite show is technically a comedy or a drama, but come Emmy time it sure does, and things grow a little blurrier every year.

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