2024 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Animated Program

We are going to replace this text all through the season, together with all our predictions, so be sure to maintain checking IndieWire for the newest information from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination spherical of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations introduced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, closing voting commences on August 15 and ends the evening of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to happen on Sunday, September 15, and air dwell on ABC at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT.

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Many years in, it undoubtedly appears like when doubtful, Emmy voters will mark “The Simpsons” on their poll if nothing else has made a splash. And at this time limit, that isn’t essentially a nasty factor for the reason that long-running Fox sequence has hit a brand new stride, making final 12 months’s Excellent Animated Program win very well-earned. However a number of of the nominees did make a splash this 12 months, whether or not it was throughout the animation neighborhood, or a good wider basic viewers, so it doesn’t appear like a 12 months for voters to relaxation on their laurels.

The Emmys being an awards group voted on by friends makes the Annie Awards, that are additionally voted on by business professionals, a fantastic bellwether for what may win. And this 12 months, Netflix sweeped with its new sequence “Blue Eye Samurai” created by Michael Inexperienced and Amber Noizumi. Two years in the past Netflix turned the primary and solely streaming service to win this class with “Arcane: League of Legends,” which had an identical displaying on the 2022 Annie Awards.

Nevertheless, “Blue Eye Samurai” has finally been extra of a important success than a business one. Not eligible for this previous Annie Awards, however now nominated for the Emmy is “X-Males ’97,” which has change into an enormous success story for Disney+. The follow-up to the long-lasting 90s Saturday morning cartoon is Marvel Studios first official tackle the X-Males, and in an off interval for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has been seen as a blueprint for the sorts of tales comedian e-book adaptation followers wish to see sooner or later. Not like its fellow nominees, it additionally transcended animation classes at smaller award reveals just like the Gotham TV Awards and the TCA Awards, which each acknowledged the present as a drama.

The rationale why “X-Males ’97” will get the sting is that whereas “Blue Eye Samurai” is of extra constant high quality (the “X-Males ’97” tackle the well-known comedian arc “Lifedeath” was a little bit of a lowpoint,) Excellent Animated Program is predicated on episodes, and the fifth episode of the Disney+ sequence, titled “Bear in mind It,” is without doubt one of the most well-regarded episodes of any present this season.

If there’s a darkish horse within the race, it’s “Scavengers Reign,” which was additionally nominated for a number of Annie Awards, however was canceled by Max shortly afterwards. Transferring to Netflix proper as Emmy nominations voting commenced, it garnered sufficient of a cult following to make the minimize right here, so some voters might even see a win for the sequence as a approach to persuade Netflix to avoid wasting the present by ordering a second season.

Nominees are listed so as of their probability to win.

Energy Rankings:

1. “X-Males ’97” (Disney+)
2. “Blue Eye Samurai” (Netflix)
3. “The Simpsons” (Fox)
4. “Scavengers Reign” (Max)
5. “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)

Will Win: “X-Males ’97”
May Win: “Blue Eye Samurai”
Ought to Win: “Blue Eye Samurai”

Extra Class Predictions:
Excellent Discuss Sequence
Excellent Scripted Selection Sequence
Excellent Documentary or Nonfiction Sequence
Excellent Documentary or Nonfiction Particular

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Final 12 months’s Winner: “The Simpsons”
Nonetheless Eligible: Sure.
Sizzling Streak: “The Simpsons” is much and away essentially the most awarded present within the class’s historical past with 12 wins (second is “South Park” with 5), so one other win would additional its file. Ought to a Netflix sequence win although, it will make Netflix the primary streaming service to win the class twice. For another streaming service, it will be its first ever win for Excellent Animated Program.
Notable Ineligible Sequence: “South Park” (Season 27 just isn’t eligible); “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” (Season 2 just isn’t eligible); “Arcane: League of Legends” (Season 2 just isn’t eligible); “Human Assets” (Season 2 just isn’t eligible); “Entergalactic” (Season 2 just isn’t eligible)