‘Smiling Friends’ Final Season Scores Emmy Nod In An Otherwise Familiar Animation Lineup
‘Smiling Friends’ joins ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ Rick and Morty,’ ‘South Park,’ and ‘Star Wars: Visions’ in the 2026 Emmy race.
‘Smiling Friends’ joins ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ Rick and Morty,’ ‘South Park,’ and ‘Star Wars: Visions’ in the 2026 Emmy race.
Adult Swim also previewed ‘My Two Cars’ and ‘Common Side Effects’ season 2 while announcing new ‘Robot Chicken’ specials.
BAFTA-nominated Moth Studio will present its 30-minute adaptation of Benji Davies’ beloved picture book at Annecy’s MIFA next week.
Fans criticize the AI-updated ‘Super Mario Bros. Super Show’ for distorted visuals, uncanny characters, and loss of nostalgic charm in its TV return.
The 1989 hybrid series joins weekday mornings, aligning with renewed franchise hype ahead of ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.’
The festival’s latest selections span global series, music videos, ads, and auteur shorts, highlighting animation across formats and audiences.
See which series, specials, and artists were recognized across this year’s animation categories at the 4th annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards.
Tartakovsky is reportedly attached to the animated series ‘Nine Voyages’ (working title), expanding the story of Corlys Velaryon from ‘House of the Dragon.’
TCM will showcase classic theatrical shorts in curated programming, restoring visibility and providing historical context to Warner Bros.’ iconic cartoons.
There’s 104 days of summer vacation, and now kids will have a new way to spend one of them when the property’s third film hits Disney+, Disney Channel.
McHale and Ward discuss the guts of their three-act special, creating in isolation, and embracing non-canon storytelling, creative risk, and collaboration.
Fresh footage teases the differing styles behind all three acts of the special, underscoring the unpredictable nature of this creator-driven project.
The hour-long special, which launchpads a future series, will air on Disney Channel later this month, before streaming on Disney+ in February of next year.
NATAS revealed the 2026 Children’s & Family Emmy nominees, honoring top animated series, specials, voice performances, and craft categories.
Adult Swim unveils first-look images from ‘The Elephant,’ a novel three-act special created independently by the Cartoon Network legends.
Ladybug heads to Japan in ‘Miraculous World: Tokyo Stellar Force,’ premiering Nov. 29 on Disney Channel and on Disney+ in Feb. 2026.
Xilam Animation unveils ‘Chickies,’ a CG comedy spin-off of its popular ‘Where’s Chicky?,’ with France Télévisions on board for a 2027 debut.
Ellipse Animation and Belvision are teaming with Nickelodeon to launch the new CG ‘The Marsupilamis’ series worldwide this fall.
Rasoul T. Zarrin’s hand-drawn holiday special, ‘Crickhopper the Musician,’ pitches this weekend at the Festival of Animation Berlin.
Cartoon Forum 2025 recognized DR, Mediatoon, and Creative Conspiracy as leaders in European animation broadcasting, distribution, and production.