Tuesday, August 18, 2026

'South Park' leads Outstanding Animated Series while 'Star Wars: Visions' has already won an Emmy


I'm resuming my awards show coverage with the animation nominations. Here are the nominees and winners (yes, already) at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Outstanding Animated Program
  • Bob's Burgers: "Grand Pre-Pre-Pre-Opening" (Fox)
  • Rick and Morty: "There's Something About Morty" (Adult Swim)
  • The Simpsons: "Homer? A Cracker Bro?" (Fox)
  • Smiling Friends: "Le Voyage Incroyable de Monsieur Grenouille" (Adult Swim)
  • South Park: "Sermon on the 'Mount" (Comedy Central)
  • Star Wars: Visions: "BLACK" (Disney+)
South Park leads with three nominations, followed by Star Wars: Visions with one nomination and a win, The Simpsons with two nominations, and Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, and Smiling Friends with just this one nomination. Gold Derby's prediction page for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards also has South Park leading, as every editor, 90.9% of experts, and 92.6% of users believe it will win with professional and user opinion split among the rest of the nominees with the remaining 9.1% of experts and 1.7% of users selecting Smiling Friends while Bob's Burgers and The Simpsons tied at 2.5% of users each, followed by Rick and Morty with the final 0.8% of users. No one at Gold Derby thinks Star Wars: Visions has a chance, but the series earned an Emmy anyway in the next category.

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Juried)
  • Eyes of Wakanda: "Into the Lion's Den" – Uzoma Dunkwu (Disney+)‡
  • Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: "Kingdom of Sorrow" – David Krentz (Adult Swim)‡
  • Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: "Vengeance of Death" – Scott Wills (Adult Swim)‡
  • The Mighty Nein: "Mote of Possibility" – Howard Chen (Prime Video)‡
  • Star Wars: Visions: "The Duel: Payback" – Takashi Okazaki (Disney+)‡
Congratulations to all the winners, including Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal twice!

I covered the next category in 'The Muppet Show' leads Taylor Swift and 'Wicked' for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) at the Emmys.

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
  • Pamela Adlon – King of the Hill: "Any Given Hill-Day" as Bobby Hill (Hulu)
  • Julie Andrews – Bridgerton: "The Waltz" as Lady Whistledown (Netflix)
  • Hank Azaria – The Simpsons: "Keep Chalm and Gary On" as Gary Chalmers (Fox)
  • Trey Parker – South Park: "The Crap Out" as Satan (Comedy Central)
  • Matt Vogel – The Muppet Show as Kermit the Frog (Disney+)
  • Steven Yeun – Invincible: "Don't Leave Me Hanging Here" as Mark Grayson / Invincible (Prime Video)
Julie Andrews leads with every expert, 66.7% of editors, and 79.6% of Gold Derby users selecting her to win. She's followed by Pamela Adlon with the remaining 33.3% of editors and 12.4% of users. The rest of the users are split among Trey Parker with 4.4%, Matt Vogel with 1.8%, then Hank Azaria and Steven Yeun tied at 0.9%.
The prognosticators are consolidating around Julie Andrews as every expert, 75% of editors, and 85.1% of users are now choosing her to win. Meanwhile, 25% of editors and 9.9% of users remain with Pamela Adlon, 4.1% of users are sticking with Trey Parker, and 0.8% maintain their support for Matt Vogel. Hank Azaria and Steven Yuen have lost all their voters. That took less than a week!

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
  • The Boys: "The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother's Milk" – "Raise Him Up" by Christopher Lennertz and Daveed Diggs (Prime Video)
  • Hacks: "EGOT" – "Mis Figuritas" by Carlos Rafael Rivera and David Stal (HBO Max)
  • The Pitt: "12:00 P.M." – "Need Someone" by Gavin Brivik and Andrew Bird (HBO Max)
  • South Park: "The Crap Out" – "Christian Woman" by Trey Parker (Comedy Central)
  • Spider-Noir: "A Mistake I'll Never Make Again" – "The Devil You Know" by Warren Oak Felder, Sebastian Kole, and Daniel Pemberton (MGM+ / Prime Video)
  • Wednesday: "Woe Me the Money" – "The Dead Dance" by Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt, and Henry Russell Walter (Netflix)
This is a three-way contest for the Emmy according to Gold Derby among "The Dead Dance" from Wednesday with 45.5% of experts, 50% of editors, and 56.3% of users expecting Lady Gaga will win her first Emmy, 27.3% of experts, 25% of editors, and 25.2% of users predicting The Boys will repeat with "Raise Him Up," and 18.2% of experts, the remaining 25% of editors, and 16.8% of users hoping Hacks will take home the Emmy for "Mis Figuritas." User and professional opinion split on their final choice, as 1.7% of users think "The Devil You Know" from Spider-Noir is the dark horse while the remaining 9.1% of experts think "Need Someone" will pick up a trophy as part of a sweep by The Pitt. No one thinks "Christian Woman" will win. Listen to A Christian Woman Knows Her Place — Singing ONLY — SOUTH PARK Christmas Song S28 Ep5 and hear why.


That's mean comedy like one would expect from South Park (and Borat) that succeeds at being a deliberately a bad song, bad enough to make me root even harder for Lady Gaga.

Follow over the jump for a category Gold Derby didn't handicap.

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: "In the Name of the Mother" – Alastair Sirkett, Martin Cantwell, Michele Woods, Adéle Fletcher, Ruth Knight, Neil Stemp, Louise Burton, Barnaby Smyth, and Rebecca Glover (HBO)
  • Murderbot: "All Systems Red" – Tyler Whitham, Danielle McBride, Ève Corrêa-Guedes, Craig MacLellan, Marcelle Simpson, Nicholas Fitzgerald, and John Elliot (Apple TV)
  • Predator: Killer of Killers – Chris Terhune, William Files, James Miller, Justin M. Davey, Lee Gilmore, Jessie Anne Spence, Daniel DiPrima, Stephen Perone, Adam DeCoster, and Noel Vought (Hulu)
  • Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord: "Chapter 10: The Dark Lord" – David W. Collins, Kevin Bolen, Bill Rudolph, Michael Brinkman, Frank Rinella, Kimberly Patrick, and Eli Denson (Disney+)
  • Widow's Bay: "What to Expect on Your Trip" – Matt Yocum, Sang Kim, Goeun Everett, Ryan Sullivan, Nick Seaman, Nate Underkuffler, Leslie Bloome, and Shaun Brennan (Apple TV)
As the two promotional images above show, two animated shows earned nominations in this category, Predator: Killer of Killers and Star Wars: Maul. I don't know which has better sound and I doubt either will win this new combined category. I expect it will be between Murderbot and Widow's Bay, but I'll choose should I get around to the relevant live action genres, comedy, science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

That's a wrap for today's installment, which nearly completes the program nominees at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Stay tuned to see if I continue tomorrow.

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