Family Guy and Greg Colton won the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation award for his storyboard work in the episode "Road to the Multiverse". The show was nominated for eleven Annie Awards, and won three times, twice in 2006 and once in 2008. In 2009 it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, becoming the first animated program to be nominated in this category since "The Flintstones" in 1961. "The Simpsons" was almost nominated in 1993, but voters were hesitant to pit cartoons against live action programs. The show was nominated for a Grammy in 2011. "Family Guy" has been
The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) collaborations with HBO include the co-production of the Gervais/Merchant series "Extras" together with the BBC, as well as Gervais's "Out of England" stand-up comedy special. The first preview clip of the series was shown on "Late Show with David Letterman", in November 2009. The episode "Knob at Night" was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Each season of "The Ricky Gervais Show" consists of 13 episodes. The series premiered in the United States on 19 February 2010 on HBO. The second season started on