Working in its favor: In addition to cheaper price tags, when compared with the hour-long drama, no genre reruns or syndicates better than the sitcom.

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The same was not true in film categories when compared with last year when Colin Firth won best actor in a drama for The King's Speech - a precursor to his Oscar success.

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