Set to air on January 9th on both TBS and The CW is the 2022 Critics Choice TV Awards, a yearly award given out by primarily internet journalists (not me, I refuse to be a part of the organization behind it) represented by the Critics Choice Association. Like most award shows for television, the categories are rife with “what the hell is going on here?” and that isn’t much different here for the Best Animated Series category which features both entries for kids AND adults, thereby showcasing internet journalism’s ineptitude in being able to accept animation not as an industry, but as a genre.
The majority of the nominees are of the adult animation ilk with both FOX and Netflix well-represented. The bigger issue is the fact that Disney+’s Bluey series is occupying a spot that is way more well-deserved for say Invincible on Amazon or Inside Job on Netflix or Solar Opposites on Hulu or Rick and Morty on Adult Swim or Tuca & Bertie on Adult Swim or M.O.D.O.K. on Hulu or Ten Year Old Tom on HBO MAX.
This is partly the reason why I’m not part of the CCA. They continue to do things incorrectly, and I’m fixing it a different way. Nominees for the Critics Choice TV Awards in the “Best Animated Series” category can be seen below.
BEST ANIMATED SERIES Big Mouth (Netflix)
Bluey (Disney+) Bob’s Burgers (Fox) The Great North (Fox) Q-Force (Netflix) What If…? (Disney+)