2022 In Review: Best First Kiss, Worst CGI, Most Improved Series, Lamest Cameo And 80+ More TV Superlatives

Thus far in TVLine's Year in Review, we've been looking at the big picture: The very best shows of 2022! The very worst! The TV industry's most puzzling, backwards decisions of the year! (And so on; go here for all of our year-end content.)

But now, it's time to honor the minutiae, because a terrific (or terrible) TV show is made in the little details. To that end, the list below features the winners of nearly 100 ultra-specific categories, from the year's best monologue to the small screen's most fashionable character.

And though many of our "round-up" categories give well-deserved kudos to this year's shows — other superlatives include Best First Kiss, Funniest Scene and Kid You'd Be Proud to Call Your Own — not every award is one you'd want to win: We're also calling out this year's most disappointing show, the worst CGI and the dumbest line of dialogue uttered by a character, among other 2022 flubs.

Keep scrolling to see all of our final Year in Review accolades, then drop a comment with your own winners and losers!

MOST UNDERRATED DRAMA: Outer Range (Prime Video)

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MOST UNDERRATED PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR (DRAMA)

Nyambi Nyambi, The Good Fight

MOST UNDERRATED PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS (DRAMA)

Myha'la Herrold, Industry

BIGGEST ACTING REVELATION (DRAMA)

Emma D'Arcy, House of the Dragon

MOST UNDERRATED COMEDY: Minx (HBO Max)

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MOST UNDERRATED PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR (COMEDY)

Tom Ainsley, How I Met Your Father

MOST UNDERRATED PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS (COMEDY)

Ana Gasteyer, American Auto

BIGGEST ACTING REVELATION (COMEDY)

Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus

BEST SINGLE EPISODE (DRAMA): "Herogasm," The Boys

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MOST IMPROVED DRAMA

The Orville (Hulu)

BIGGEST GUILTY PLEASURE (DRAMA)

Blood & Treasure (Paramount+)

BEST MONOLOGUE

Luthen to Lonni-the-mole, Andor

BEST SINGLE EPISODE (COMEDY): "Private School," What We Do in the Shadows

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MOST IMPROVED COMEDY

The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)

BIGGEST GUILTY PLEASURE (COMEDY)

Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max)

BEST COMEDY DUO

Nancy and Robin, Stranger Things

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ANIMAL: Echo as Nellie, Heartstopper

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BEST PERFORMANCE ON A BAD SHOW

Kristen Bell, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

BEST PARENT/CHILD CASTING

Sharon Stone and Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant

BEST CASTING OF YOUNGER COUNTERPARTS

Young Grace Mallory, The Boys

BEST PERFORMANCE OPPOSITE ONESELF

Oscar Isaac, Moon Knight

BEST NEW CHARACTER ON AN ESTABLISHED DRAMA: Eddie, Stranger Things

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BEST NEW CHARACTER ON AN ESTABLISHED COMEDY

Mandy, Young Sheldon

MOST UNDERUTILIZED GUEST STAR (MALE)

Skylar Astin, Grey's Anatomy

MOST UNDERUTILIZED GUEST STAR (FEMALE)

Margaret Cho, Hacks

MOST DISAPPOINTING SHOW: Blockbuster (Netflix)

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BEST REBOOT, REVIVAL OR SEQUEL SERIES

The Kids in the Hall (Prime Video)

LAMEST CAMEO

Jake Tapper, The Rookie

BEST CAST REUNION

The Originals on Legacies

LAMEST CAST REUNION

Blossom on Call Me Kat

BEST DEATH SCENE: Father Bryce explodes, Chucky

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BEST EULOGY

Susie's tribute to Jackie, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (watch it here)

FUNNIEST SCENE

Peacemaker's "c—s from Riverdale" jag (watch it here; NSFW!)

BIGGEST TEARJERKER

Jen and Judy say their goodbyes, Dead to Me series finale

MOST CONVOLUTED STORY ARC: Every single thing about The Peripheral

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BEST OPENING CREDITS

Pachinko and Peacemaker (tie)

COOLEST SCENE

The motorcycle chase, Barry (watch it here)

WORST WIG: Name your Targaryen, House of the Dragon

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BEST COSTUMES

The Gilded Age (HBO)

WORST CGI/GREEN SCREEN

Lawyer-mode She-Hulk (with hair pulled back), She-Hulk

MOST STYLISH CHARACTER

Greta, A League of Their Own

LEAST STYLISH CHARACTER

Portia, The White Lotus

BEST REALITY SHOW JUDGE: Liam Charles and Ravneet Gill, Junior Bake Off

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WORST REALITY SHOW JUDGE

Leah Remini, So You Think You Can Dance

BIGGEST GUILTY PLEASURE (REALITY)

Love Is Blind (Netflix)

BEST COUPLE (ROMANTIC): Nick and Charlie, Heartstopper

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BEST COUPLE (NON-ROMANTIC)

Joyce and Doug, Minx

BEST COUPLE (IN OUR DREAMS, ANYWAY)

Cornelia and Eli, The English

ON-SCREEN COUPLE WITH ZERO CHEMISTRY

Meredith and Nick, Grey's Anatomy

BEST LOVE TRIANGLE: Ricky, Gina and EJ, High School Musical

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WORST LOVE TRIANGLE

Maddy, Nate and Cassie, Euphoria

MOST HEARTBREAKING BREAKUP

Toni and Shelby, The Wilds

MOST OVERDUE BREAKUP

Jordan and Simone, All American/All American: Homecoming

BEST FIRST KISS: Lucy and Tim, The Rookie

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SEX SCENE WE WISH WE'D NEVER SEEN

Young Rhaenyra and Daemon, House of the Dragon

SEX FOR WHICH WE'RE IMPATIENTLY WAITING

Thony and Arman, The Cleaning Lady

SEX SCENE THAT WAS WORTH THE WAIT

Midge and Lenny, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

MOST UNEXPECTED COUPLE: Ben and Jed, Legacies

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MOST OVERDUE COUPLING

Courtney and Cameron, DC's Stargirl

BEST COUPLE REUNION

T.K. and Carlos, 9-1-1: Lone Star

WORST BOYFRIEND

Tariq, Abbott Elementary

WORST GIRLFRIEND

Ari, Elite

BEST MUSICAL MOMENT: Kate Bush saves Max, Stranger Things

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MOST CLUELESS CHARACTER

Douglas, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER

Wendy, Ozark

MOST FRUSTRATING CHARACTER

Bela, The Sex Lives of College Girls

BEST FEMALE BONDING: Emily and Molly, The Amazing Race

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BEST FEMALE FEUDING

Beth and Summer, Yellowstone

BEST BROMANCE

Bode and Manny, Fire Country

BEST MALE FEUDING

Terry Silver vs. Daniel/Johnny/Chozen, Cobra Kai

KID YOU'D BE PROUD TO CALL YOUR OWN: Maddie, Bosch: Legacy

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KID YOU'D PROMPTLY DISOWN

Leida, Andor

BEST DAD

Conrad, The Resident

WORST DAD

Cal, Euphoria

BEST MOM

Liz, The Good Fight

WORST MOM

Candace, The Patient

BEST SIBLINGS: Agnes and Ada, The Gilded Age

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WORST SIBLINGS

Craig and Deran, Animal Kingdom

CUTEST KID

Hershel, The Walking Dead

THE JORDAN CATALANO DREAMINESS AWARD

Zane Phillips, Legacies

WILDEST FIGHT SCENE: Homelander vs. Soldier Boy and Butcher, The Boys

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BEST VILLAIN

Dedra, Andor

WORST VILLAIN

Ally Allston, Superman & Lois

MOST ENJOYABLE SCENERY-CHEWING

Jennifer Tilly, Chucky

LEAST ENJOYABLE SCENERY-CHEWING

Patricia Arquette, Severance

BEST DANCE NUMBER: Wednesday's school dance

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CATCHIEST ORIGINAL SONG

"I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here)," The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

BEST MONTAGE

Butterflies invade EPD, Peacemaker

DUMBEST LINE OF DIALOGUE

"Merry Christmas, Holly Berry," Anatomy of a Scandal

BEST BINGE WATCH: The Bear

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BEST "COOL CRED"/DINNER PARTY CONVERSATION-STARTER PROGRAMMING

Severance (Apple TV+)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)

TV EVENT THAT DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THE HYPE

The Walking Dead's series finale, drawn out over a super-sized, 15-month (!) final season

TV EVENT THAT EXCEEDED THE HYPE

The White Lotus' Season 2 finale

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