Emmy Predictions 2018: Outstanding Animated Program

Last Year’s Winner: “Bob’s Burgers”Still Eligible: Yes.Hot Streak: Though “Bob’s Burgers’” win in 2017 marked the series’ second Emmy in this category, no series has won two years in a row since “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” won in 2004 and 2005, and that was when there were two categories: “one-hour or less” and “more than one hour.”Fun Fact: “The Simpsons” has won twice as many awards in this category than the second place series, “South Park,” 10 to five — and no other series have won more than two.The Best Animated Series category is not known for a lot of year-to-year turnover, but there’s usually at least one big surprise among the nominees.

Last year, “Elena and the Secret of Avalor (Sofia the First)” beat out a lot of big-name contenders; that’s not eligible in 2018, but the question remains, “What show will shock the world come July?

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