77th Primetime Emmy Awards
2025 American television programming awards
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The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2024, until May 31, 2025, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.[2] The awards ceremony was held live on September 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was preceded by the 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 6 and 7. During the ceremony, Emmy Awards were presented in 26 categories. The ceremony was produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment, directed by Alex Rudzinski, and broadcast in the United States by CBS and Paramount+. Nate Bargatze hosted the event.
- September 14, 2025 (Ceremony)
- September 6–7, 2025 (Creative Arts Awards)
- Peacock Theater
- Los Angeles, California
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| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Hosted by | Nate Bargatze |
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| Comedy Series | The Studio |
| Drama Series | The Pitt |
| Limited or Anthology Series | Adolescence |
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| Runtime | 3 hours, 4 minutes[1] |
| Viewership | 7.59 million |
| Produced by | Jesse Collins Entertainment |
| Directed by | Alex Rudzinski |
At the main ceremony, The Studio won four awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Pitt won three awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. Adolescence led all shows with six wins, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. Other winning programs included Hacks, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and Severance with two wins each, and Andor, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Penguin, Slow Horses, SNL50: The Anniversary Special, Somebody Somewhere, and The Traitors with one each. Including Creative Arts Emmys, The Studio led all shows with 13 wins, while HBO, alongside its partner HBO Max, and Netflix led all networks with 30 wins each.
Winners and nominees
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The nominations for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 15, 2025, at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, hosted by actor Harvey Guillén and actress Brenda Song, along with Television Academy chair Cris Abrego.[3] The nominees for Outstanding Reality Competition Program and Outstanding Talk Series were revealed on CBS Mornings a few hours prior.[4] Including nominations at the 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Severance led all programs with 27 nominations, followed by The Penguin with 24 nominations.[5] The Studio became the most-nominated first-year comedy series in the awards' history with 23 nominations; the Apple TV+ comedy surpassed the record held by the sports comedy Ted Lasso, which received 20 nominations in 2021. The series also tied The Bear's 23 nominations in the previous year for most nominations for a comedy series in a single season.[6]
Sterling K. Brown, nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Paradise, tied with Andre Braugher and Don Cheadle for most nominations by a Black male performer with 11 nominations each.[7] At age 77, Kathy Bates became the oldest nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in Matlock; she surpassed the record previously held by Angela Lansbury who was nominated at age 70 in 1996 for her role in Murder, She Wrote.[8] At age 21, Bella Ramsey was the youngest two-time nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for their performance in The Last of Us.[9] Ramsey was also the first openly non-binary person to be nominated more than once for an acting Emmy.[10] At age 83, for his role on Shrinking, Harrison Ford became the second oldest nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series behind Alan Arkin, who was nominated in that category at age 86 in 2020 for his work on The Kominsky Method.[11] Ayo Edebiri, nominated for both Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for her work on The Bear, was the first Black woman nominated for both acting and directing in the same year. At age 29, Edebiri also became the youngest Black woman to receive three acting nominations in her career.[9] For the first time in Emmys history, the nominees for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series had at least one woman included in each of the writing teams.[9] HBO and its streaming service HBO Max led all networks and platforms with 142 nominations; Netflix came in second place with 120 nominations.[12]
The winners were announced on September 14, following the Creative Arts Emmys on September 6 and 7. With 30 total wins each, HBO and its streaming service HBO Max tied with Netflix to lead all networks and platforms.[13] Combined with its nine Creative Arts Emmys, The Studio was the most awarded comedy in a single year with thirteen wins, breaking The Bear's record of eleven from the previous year.[14] It also surpassed the record for most wins by a freshman comedy series which was previously set by The Bear with ten awards in 2023.[15] Seth Rogen won four awards for the aforementioned program to tie Moira Demos, Dan Levy, and Amy Sherman-Palladino for the most wins for an individual in one year.[16] The Pitt became the first medical procedural to win Outstanding Drama Series since ER in 1996.[17] Tramell Tillman was the first Black performer to win Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Severance.[18] At age 15, for his role in Adolescence, Owen Cooper became the youngest male acting winner in Emmy history, breaking a record previously held by Scott Jacoby who won Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama in 1973 at age 16 for That Certain Summer.[19]
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[20][21][a] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.
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Bob Hope Humanitarian Award
The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was presented to married actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, in recognition of "a lifetime of extraordinary philanthropy, activism and unwavering commitment to global good". This marked the first time the award was presented to a couple.[22]
Nominations and wins by program
For the purposes of the lists below, "major" constitutes the categories listed above (program, acting, directing, and writing), while "total" includes the categories presented at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Programs and networks must have multiple wins or major nominations or at least five total nominations to be included.
| Wins | Program | Network | |
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| 13 | 4 | The Studio | Apple TV+ |
| 9 | 1 | The Penguin | HBO |
| 8 | 6 | Adolescence | Netflix |
| 2 | Severance | Apple TV+ | |
| 1 | SNL50: The Anniversary Special | NBC | |
| 5 | Andor | Disney+ | |
| 3 | The Pitt | HBO Max | |
| 1 | The Traitors | Peacock | |
| 4 | 0 | Arcane | Netflix |
| Love, Death & Robots | |||
| 3 | The Boys | Prime Video | |
| Bridgerton | Netflix | ||
| 2 | Hacks | HBO Max | |
| 0 | Pee-wee as Himself | HBO | |
| Saturday Night Live | NBC | ||
| 2 | 67th Annual Grammy Awards | CBS | |
| 100 Foot Wave | HBO | ||
| The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains | YouTube | ||
| 2 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | HBO | |
| 1 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS | |
| 0 | Love on the Spectrum | Netflix | |
| Welcome to Wrexham | FX | ||
Nominations and wins by network
| Nominations | Network | |
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| 142 | 38 | HBO / HBO Max |
| 120 | 26 | Netflix |
| 79 | 33 | Apple TV+ |
| 37 | 7 | ABC |
| 35 | 15 | FX |
| 29 | 4 | NBC |
| 28 | 3 | Disney+ |
| 26 | 4 | CBS |
| 23 | 7 | Hulu |
| 19 | 2 | Peacock |
| 12 | 0 | Prime Video |
| 10 | 2 | Comedy Central |
| 1 | MTV | |
| 7 | 1 | Fox |
| 0 | Paramount+ | |
| 5 | National Geographic | |
Presenters
The following people presented awards or other segments:[27]
Ceremony information
On March 5, 2025, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also known as the Television Academy, announced that the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards would be held on September 14.[28] CBS broadcast the ceremony as part of a rotating deal among the "Big Four" networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC) signed in 2018.[29] Additionally, it was announced that the ceremony would be available live and on-demand via Paramount Skydance's streaming service Paramount+.[28] The ceremony was produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment (Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon, and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay) for the third consecutive year.[30] On April 16, comedian Nate Bargatze was announced as the ceremony's host.[31]
During a press conference held on September 11 promoting the show, producer Collins revealed that the ceremony would feature reunions in tribute to the 25th anniversaries of The CW and WB comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls and CBS reality competition series Survivor, and the 35th anniversary of NBC's police procedural franchise Law & Order. Additionally, the telecast would pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls with country singer Reba McEntire and Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman performing the series' theme song, "Thank You for Being a Friend".[32] Eric Dane and Jesse Williams were initially scheduled as co-presenters to honor the 20th anniversary of ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, but Dane was absent from the ceremony while Williams presented alone. According to Collins, he told reporters for Variety after the awards ceremony, "I just was told that he wasn't able to make it, and fortunately, Jesse was able to present by himself."[33] The following month, Dane revealed during an interview with The Washington Post that he was recovering from a fall he suffered in his kitchen shortly before the ceremony. He had previously been diagnosed with ALS in April 2025.[34]
In an effort to shorten winners' acceptance speeches and have the telecast run on time, Bargatze revealed that he would donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of America. However, for every second an award winner's speech went over the 45-second limit $1,000 would be deducted from the donation.[35] Similarly, for every second under the limit another $1,000 would be added.[36] At the end of the show, the sum of money slated be donated fell $60,000 below zero due to several winners' speech going over the time limit.[37] As a result, Bargatze stated that CBS would donate the full $100,000 to the charity, and that he would add an additional $250,000.[38]
Several other individuals were involved with the production of the telecast. Alex Rudzinski and Rickey Minor served as director and musical director for the ceremony, respectively.[39] Entertainment Tonight co-anchors Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner hosted a red carpet pre-show preceding the telecast.[40] Comedians Mikey Day, James Austin Johnson, and Bowen Yang participated in an opening comedy sketch with Bargatze parodying how Philo Farnsworth invented television, similar to the "Washington's Dream" sketch featured on a 50th season episode of Saturday Night Live.[41]
Category and rule changes
On January 8, 2025, the Television Academy announced rule changes that affected the directing and guest performer awards. Starting with the 77th ceremony, individuals or directing teams are permitted to submit multiple episodes for consideration in the directing categories, provided that the episodes are from different programs. In previous years, directors or directing teams could only submit one entry per category.[42] Additionally, any performer who previously won or has been nominated in the lead or supporting acting categories would be ineligible to submit a performance of the same character in the same series for consideration in the guest performance categories in subsequent years.[43]
On July 22, 2025, it was announced that Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series would be presented at the main ceremony, replacing Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, which was presented at the Creative Arts ceremony held on September 7.[44] Two weeks later, the Television Academy moved the presentation for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) to the main ceremony as well.[45]
Critical reviews and viewership
The broadcast generally received mixed to negative reviews from critics.[46] Aramide Tinubu, writing for Variety, found the onslaught of surprise winners adding to the excitement, but criticized host Bargatze's performance and wrote, "He lacked the enthusiasm and gumption needed to lead a three-hour-long award program and often seemed stunned to be in the spotlight." She also noted that the decision to have a forty-five second acceptance speech rule to caused winners to hurriedly rush through their speeches while contrasting that with presenters' introductions that seemed to drag down the ceremony.[47] Daniel Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "It was an ill-conceived mess, punctuated by well-deserved wins and emotional and effective speeches, but rarely helped by Bargatze's consistently uneasy performance."[48] Brian Lowry of TheWrap commented, "Unfortunately, racing through the speeches came at too high a cost for the show itself, one that played out in uneven pacing and awkward moments strewn throughout." He concluded that due to the time limit, the ceremony was "an otherwise bland affair, which, one suspects, is just the way the Television Academy wanted it."[49]
In a more positive review, Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times complimented the show and wrote of host Bargatze, "If your goal was to avoid insulted celebrities, social media outrage or petulant notes from the White House, you could have done no better than to hire Bargatze, a clean, calm, classical, noncontroversial, nonpolitical, very funny, very successful comedian." He also reserved praise for several presenters such as Stephen Colbert, Brad Garrett, and Ray Romano.[50] Matt Roush wrote in TV Insider, "There was a sense that for all of the ribbing, this Emmys broadcast was a pleasurable celebration of an ever-evolving medium." He also gave high marks toward Bargatze, but criticized the acceptance speech 45-second rule as tiresome.[51] David Nemetz of TVLine wrote, "These Emmys were strangely anti-TV at times, with a self-deprecating tone that bordered on masochistic. But they also showcased the best that TV has to offer, with surprise wins and stirring speeches that reminded us of the sheer quantity of top-notch programming we're blessed to have at our fingertips right now."[52]
The ceremony was viewed by 7.59 million people in the United States, making it the most-viewed Emmys in four years, representing a 10% increase over the previous year's ceremony.[53] It also achieved a 1.28 rating among adults ages 18–49.[53] Ratings figures included those who watched the telecast on CBS or streamed it on Paramount+.[54]
In Memoriam
The annual In Memoriam segment was presented by Phylicia Rashad, and featured Vince Gill and Lainey Wilson performing Gill's song "Go Rest High on That Mountain".[55][56]
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner – performer
- Julian McMahon – performer
- Valerie Mahaffey – performer
- Teri Garr – performer
- Gary Smith – producer
- Allan Blye – writer, producer
- Terry Louise Fisher – writer, producer
- David W. Duclon – writer, producer
- Jonathan Kaplan – director
- Glenn Padnick – executive
- Larry Auerbach – talent agent
- Robin Kaye – music supervisor
- Mark Snow – composer
- Ozzy Osbourne – musician
- Loni Anderson – performer
- Alan Rachins – performer
- Ruth Buzzi – performer
- Chuck Woolery – host
- Anne Burrell – host
- Wink Martindale – host
- Jeff Margolis – director
- Dave Flebotte – writer, producer
- Jeri Taylor – writer, producer
- Marty Callner – director
- Tony Etz – talent agent
- Ronnie Yeskel – casting director
- David Steinberg – manager
- Bill Moyers – journalist
- Dorothy Fox – hairstylist
- Skip Brittenham – attorney
- George Wendt – performer
- Alf Clausen – composer
- Richard Chamberlain – performer
- Michelle Trachtenberg – performer
- Toni Vaz – stunt performer
- Lane Leavitt – stunt performer, Television Academy governor
- Judith Jamison – choreographer
- Peter Kwong – performer, Television Academy governor
- Don Mischer – director, producer
- Loretta Swit – performer
- John Amos – performer
- Maggie Smith – performer
- David Lynch – writer, director
- Linda Lavin – performer
- Quincy Jones – composer, producer
At the beginning of the tribute, Rashad briefly eulogized Warner.[57]
Notes
- The outlets listed for each program are the U.S. broadcasters or streaming services identified in the nominations, which for some international productions are different than the broadcaster(s) that originally commissioned the program. Programs broadcast by HBO or HBO Max were listed under both services in the nominations list; only the original broadcaster is listed below.