2026 Nominees

Underdogs

Production Company: Wildstar Films and Maximum Effort

Produced for: National Geographic

Executive Producer (Production Company): Dan Rees; Vanessa Berlowitz; Mark Linfield; Ryan Reynolds; George Dewey; Ashley Fox; Patrick Gooing

Executive Producer (network/platform): Tracy Rudolph Jackson

Country or Territory where first released: USA

Synopsis:

Ryan Reynolds champions the underdogs of the animal kingdom from pathetic animals with superpowers to nature’s most ingenious con artists, Ryan uncovers many of Mother Nature’s weird and wonderful misfits. With bizarre mating habits and shocking parenting strategies that involve being grosser than the next guy, it’s clear these “weirdos” are the true heroes in the great saga of life.