The Flintstones Award- Animated Series

Named For: The Flintstones (ABC) 1960-66
Award To: The best animated series of the year
2009 Winner: Family Guy (FOX)
2010 Winner: Family Guy (FOX)
2011 Winner: South Park (Comedy)

5. Unsupervised (FX) 0 points

4. Bob's Burgers (FOX) 3 points
1st by Me

3. Archer (FX) 5 points
1st by Jaydon and Cecil

2. Family Guy (FOX) 6 points
1st by Rizzo and Jack, 3rd by Me

and the Poolie goes to...

1. South Park (Comedy) 10 points
1st by Tyson, Larry, and Bonz, 2nd by Me

This is South Park's fourth nomination and second straight win for the best animated series on television.

The group of animated series is stronger than most people would think.  I know Jaydon would put Archer as one of the best comedies on television, and I didn't even vote it in my top three.  South Park was my second favorite this season, but it's ability to appeal to so many earned it a second straight Flintstones Award in 2012.  Cartman and the gang had plenty of great adventures this season, including "I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining," which was weird even for this Comedy Central series' standards.

by Dan Forcella

The Johnny Carson Award- Late Night Host

Named For: Johnny Carson (The Tonight Show)
Awarded To: The best late night host of the season
2009 Winner: Saturday Night Live (NBC)
2010 Winner: The Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien (NBC)
2011 Winner: Jimmy Fallon (Late Night)

5. Stephen Colbert (Colbert Report) 6 points
2nd by Matt and Mags

4. Joel McHale (The Soup) 7 points
1st by Jaydon, 2nd by Me

3. Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) 12 points
1st by Matt

2. Jimmy Fallon (Late Night) 12 points
1st by T-time and Jack, 1st by Me

and the Poolie goes to...

1. Daniel Tosh (Tosh.0) 18 points
1st by Tyson, Cecil, Rizzo, Larry, Mags, and Bonz, 3rd by Me

This is Daniel Tosh's first nomination and win for the best late night talk show host of the season.  Here to let you know how Tosh has been killing it on Comedy Central these days, is Poolie voter Rizzo.

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Daniel Tosh is the man. He makes jokes so offensive you sometimes wonder how he is even allowed to say the things he does. His stand up comedy is hilarious and he brings all of that to Tosh.O. He is in the middle of a twitter war with Rod Dydrek, and although Rob seems like a good dude, Tosh absolutely murdered him with this bit. For those of you who don't know, Rob is in the middle of a shitty show that tries to emulate Tosh.O.  It also features the most annoying and horrible chick on planet earth. She thinks she is hot, tough, a great singer and funny. She is not even remotely close to being any of these things.

Another bit that was great was his improv tweet and greet at ASU. Not a lot of comedians could make this so good. I guess this would be a good time to mention that none of his original content is on youtube, that's the worst.

A great way to gauge someone is to google their name and then hit the spacebar and see what auto fills. For "Tosh.O is" you get "... racist" and "...he gay". That's how you know he is doing something right.

Everyone loves watching viral videos, and the internet has 100 new good ones a day. Tosh does a great job of putting it all together and making it one of the finniest shows on TV.

I leave you with what is probably my favorite viewer video of the week ever.

by Andrew Reuss

The Flintstones Award- Best Animated Series

Named For: The Flintstones (ABC) 1960-66
Awarded To: The best animated series
2009 Winner: Family Guy (FOX)
2010 Winner: Family Guy (FOX)

Place. Show (Network) Points (My Vote)

5. Bob's Burgers (FOX) 0 points

4. The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO) 1 point (3rd)

3. Archer (FX) 5 points

2. Family Guy (FOX) 7 points (1st)

and the Poolie goes to...

1. South Park (Comedy Central) 8 points (2nd)

This is South Park's third Poolie nomination and first win for best animated series.

What a coincidence...the first time I watched a full season of South Park, it wins its first Poolie!  I still enjoy Family Guy more, but South Park definitely has its moments.  The entire superhero plot of last season had me in stitches most of the time.  It's been on for years and years, but I can see Trey Parker and Matt Stone going for many more if the quality continues.