“Inside Out 2,” “Mufasa: The Lion King,” and voice actor Cree Summer are among the winners at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards.
Animation
February 2025 media picks and news
A look at media of interest coming out in February 2025, including this year’s Super Bowl match-up being… the same as the one from two years ago.
Cartoon review: “Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels”
A look at the 1970s Hanna-Barbera series “Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels,” as well as several spin-offs featuring Cavey.
Animation cable channels see major viewership drops in 2024
Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and other animation related cable channels saw major drops in viewership in 2024, with even Adult Swim looking flat.
Cartoons that should’ve entered public domain in 2025 (but didn’t)
A look at cartoons from 1968 that should’ve entered public domain in 2025, but didn’t, thanks to retroactive copyright extensions.
January 2025 media picks and news
A look at media of interest coming out in January 2025, including a new Spider-Man series on Disney+.
10 favorite animated Christmas specials
A list of 10 of my favorite Christmas specials, from long-time classics like “Rudolph” to the 2012 stop-motion animated special “It’s a SpongeBob Christmas.”
December 2024 media picks and news
A look at media of interest coming out in December 2024, including “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and a metric ton of Christmas Day sports on… Netflix and Disney+?
Disney shelves a “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” episode about a trans athlete
Disney has pulled from release an episode of “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” that centers around Brooklyn, a trans girl and Lunella’s classmate.
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” switches from CBS to NBC
Long-running CBS holiday specials “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Frosty the Snowman” are moving from CBS to NBC.