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. 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.
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
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. The nominees for Outstanding Reality Competition Program and Outstanding Talk Series were revealed on CBS Mornings a few hours prior. Including nominations at the 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Severance led all programs with 27 nominations, followed by The Penguin with 24 nominations. 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 Bears 23 nominations in the previous year for most nominations for a comedy series in a single season.
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. 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. 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. Ramsey was also the first openly non-binary person to be nominated more than once for an acting Emmy. 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. 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. 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. HBO and its streaming service HBO Max led all networks and platforms with 142 nominations; Netflix came in second place with 120 nominations.
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. Combined with its nine Creative Arts Emmys, The Studio was the most awarded comedy in a single year with thirteen wins, breaking The Bears record of eleven from the previous year. 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. 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. The Pitt became the first medical procedural to win Outstanding Drama Series since ER in 1996. Tramell Tillman was the first Black performer to win Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Severance. 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.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.
Programs
The Studio (Apple TV+) Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (FX) Hacks (HBO Max) Nobody Wants This (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Shrinking (Apple TV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) The Pitt (HBO Max) Andor (Disney+) The Diplomat (Netflix) The Last of Us (HBO) Paradise (Hulu) Severance (Apple TV+) Slow Horses (Apple TV+) The White Lotus (HBO) Adolescence (Netflix) Black Mirror (Netflix) Dying for Sex (FX) Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix) The Penguin (HBO) The Traitors (Peacock) The Amazing Race (CBS) RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef (Bravo) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) The Daily Show (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC) SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC) The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar (Fox) Beyoncé Bowl (Netflix) The Oscars (ABC) SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (Peacock)
Acting
Lead
Seth Rogen – The Studio as Matt Remick (Apple TV+) Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This as Noah Roklov (Netflix) Jason Segel – Shrinking as Jimmy Laird (Apple TV+) Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building as Oliver Putnam (Hulu) Jeremy Allen White – The Bear as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (FX) Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance (HBO Max) Uzo Aduba – The Residence as Cordelia Cupp (Netflix) Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This as Joanne (Netflix) Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC) Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney "Syd" Adamu (FX) Noah Wyle – The Pitt as Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch (HBO Max) Sterling K. Brown – Paradise as Xavier Collins (Hulu) Gary Oldman – Slow Horses as Jackson Lamb (Apple TV+) Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us as Joel Miller (HBO) Adam Scott – Severance as Mark Scout (Apple TV+) Britt Lower – Severance as Helly R. (Apple TV+) Kathy Bates – Matlock as Madeline "Matty" Matlock / Madeline Kingston (CBS) Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters as Eva Garvey (Apple TV+) Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us as Ellie (HBO) Keri Russell – The Diplomat as Katherine "Kate" Wyler (Netflix) Stephen Graham – Adolescence as Eddie Miller (Netflix) Colin Farrell – The Penguin as Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin (HBO) Jake Gyllenhaal – Presumed Innocent as Rozat "Rusty" Sabich (Apple TV+) Brian Tyree Henry – Dope Thief as Ray Driscoll (Apple TV+) Cooper Koch – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story as Erik Menendez (Netflix) Cristin Milioti – The Penguin as Sofia Falcone / Sofia Gigante (HBO) Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft (Apple TV+) Meghann Fahy – Sirens as Devon DeWitt (Netflix) Rashida Jones – Black Mirror: "Common People" as Amanda Waters (Netflix) Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex as Molly Kochan (FX)
Supporting
Jeff Hiller – Somebody Somewhere as Joel (HBO) Ike Barinholtz – The Studio as Sal Saperstein (Apple TV+) Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons as Danny (Netflix) Harrison Ford – Shrinking as Dr. Paul Rhoades (Apple TV+) Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear as Richard "Richie" Jerimovich (FX) Michael Urie – Shrinking as Brian (Apple TV+) Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live as Various Characters (NBC) Hannah Einbinder – Hacks as Ava Daniels (HBO Max) Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear as Tina Marrero (FX) Kathryn Hahn – The Studio as Maya Mason (Apple TV+) Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC) Catherine O'Hara – The Studio as Patty Leigh (Apple TV+) Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary as Barbara Howard (ABC) Jessica Williams – Shrinking as Gaby Evans (Apple TV+) Tramell Tillman – Severance as Seth Milchick (Apple TV+) Zach Cherry – Severance as Dylan George (Apple TV+) Walton Goggins – The White Lotus as Rick Hatchett (HBO) Jason Isaacs – The White Lotus as Timothy Ratliff (HBO) James Marsden – Paradise as President Cal Bradford (Hulu) Sam Rockwell – The White Lotus as Frank (HBO) John Turturro – Severance as Irving Bailiff (Apple TV+) Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt as Dana Evans (HBO Max) Patricia Arquette – Severance as Harmony Cobel (Apple TV+) Carrie Coon – The White Lotus as Laurie Duffy (HBO) Julianne Nicholson – Paradise as Samantha "Sinatra" Redmond (Hulu) Parker Posey – The White Lotus as Victoria Ratliff (HBO) Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus as Belinda Lindsey (HBO) Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus as Chelsea (HBO) Owen Cooper – Adolescence as Jamie Miller (Netflix) Javier Bardem – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story as José Menendez (Netflix) Bill Camp – Presumed Innocent as Raymond Horgan (Apple TV+) Rob Delaney – Dying for Sex as Neighbor Guy (FX) Peter Sarsgaard – Presumed Innocent as Tommy Molto (Apple TV+) Ashley Walters – Adolescence as DI Luke Bascombe (Netflix) Erin Doherty – Adolescence as Briony Ariston (Netflix) Ruth Negga – Presumed Innocent as Barbara Sabich (Apple TV+) Deirdre O'Connell – The Penguin as Francis Cobb (HBO) Chloë Sevigny – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story as Kitty Menendez (Netflix) Jenny Slate – Dying for Sex as Nikki Boyer (FX) Christine Tremarco – Adolescence as Manda Miller (Netflix)
Directing
The Studio: "The Oner" – Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Apple TV+) The Bear: "Napkins" – Ayo Edebiri (FX) Hacks: "A Slippery Slope" – Lucia Aniello (HBO Max) Mid-Century Modern: "Here's to You, Mrs. Schneiderman" – James Burrows (Hulu) The Rehearsal: "Pilot's Code" – Nathan Fielder (HBO) Slow Horses: "Hello Goodbye" – Adam Randall (Apple TV+) Andor: "Who Are You?" – Janus Metz (Disney+) The Pitt: "6:00 P.M." – Amanda Marsalis (HBO Max) The Pitt: "7:00 A.M." – John Wells (HBO Max) Severance: "Chikhai Bardo" – Jessica Lee Gagné (Apple TV+) Severance: "Cold Harbor" – Ben Stiller (Apple TV+) The White Lotus: "Amor Fati" – Mike White (HBO) Adolescence – Philip Barantini (Netflix) Dying for Sex: "It's Not That Serious" – Shannon Murphy (FX) The Penguin: "Cent'Anni" – Helen Shaver (HBO) The Penguin: "A Great or Little Thing" – Jennifer Getzinger (HBO) Sirens: "Exile" – Nicole Kassell (Netflix) Zero Day – Lesli Linka Glatter (Netflix)
Writing
The Studio: "The Promotion" – Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez (Apple TV+) Abbott Elementary: "Back to School" – Quinta Brunson (ABC) Hacks: "A Slippery Slope" – Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky (HBO Max) The Rehearsal: "Pilot's Code" – Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, and Eric Notarnicola (HBO) Somebody Somewhere: "AGG" – Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, and Bridget Everett (HBO) What We Do in the Shadows: "The Finale" – Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, and Paul Simms (FX)