The Boys' Infamous Termite Scene Didn't Stop The Show From Winning A Critics Choice Super Award

Based on the comic series by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson, "The Boys" focuses on The Seven, a group of superheroes manufactured and marketed by the highly potent Vought International corporation, an arms contractor whose secretive Compound V serum gives their subjects superpowers. Most members of The Seven are as corrupt as the parent company that created them, however, leading to a group dubbed "The Boys" to assemble to take down the so-called superheroes.

Anthony Starr's Homelander is the maniacal leader of The Seven, and his dastardly portrayal impressed the Critics' Choice Association enough to award the actor with two individual Super Awards. Starr was not only named Best Actor in a Superhero Series, Limited Series, or Made-for-TV Movie, but Best Villain in the same category as well. "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" star Tatiana Maslany, meanwhile, was named Best Actress in a Superhero Series, Limited Series, or Made-for-TV Movie. Other big winners on the TV side for the Super Awards were "Wednesday" for Best Horror Series, a tie between "Andor" and "Stranger Things" for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series, and "Cobra Kai" for best Action Series.

On the film side, "Top Gun: Maverick" took Best Action Movie honors at the Super Awards, while "Barbarian" was named Best Horror Movie. In addition, "The Batman" won for Best Superhero Movie, and Best Picture Oscar winner "Everything Everywhere All at Once" won for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie.