Every HBO Series Of 2016 - Ranked Worst To Best

13. Animals

An animated sketch show revolving around various animals (Cats, dogs, horses, snakes etc) might sound like fertile creative ground, but Animals is a bit too smug to enjoy. The show is basically a bunch of comedians improvising comic scenes based on an outline, which are then animated for the show.

It’s too scattershot and messy to really work, and while it might raise a couple of chuckles it’s easy to get the sense the people who made it are having a better time than those watching it. Occasionally a recognisable voice will join in (Danny McBride, Adam Scott, Marc Maron etc) but even they fail to add much to it.

It’s basically a silly idea someone had for an animated sketch, but instead of doing a couple for YouTube they managed to get HBO to pay for it. Good for them, really.