Emmy 2025: “Severance” and “The Studio” lead nominations

The American Television Academy has announced the nominees for the 77th Emmy Awards, to be held on 14 September. The list confirms the weight of AppleTV+ this season, with Severance and The Studio as the top nominees in the drama and comedy categories.

They are joined by titles such as Adolescence, Hacks, The Pitt and The Bear, which account for a large part of the nominations. Severance has 27 nominations, the highest number this year.

In any case, this is the complete list of nominations, with absences such as The Squid Game and The Handmaid’s Tale (which only gets one), which should be noted:

Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• Hacks
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders in the Building
• Shrinking
• The Studio
• What We Do in the Shadows

Drama Series

• Andor
• The Diplomat
• The Last of Us
• Paradise
• The Pitt
• Severance
• Slow Horses
• The White Lotus

Lead Actress in a Drama

• Kathy Bates (Matlock)
• Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters)
• Britt Lower (Severance)
• Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
• Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

Lead Actor in a Drama

• Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
• Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
• Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us)
• Adam Scott (Severance)
• Noah Wyle (The Pitt)

Supporting Actress in a Drama

• Patricia Arquette (Severance)
• Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
• Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt)
• Julianne Nicholson (Paradise)
• Parker Posey (The White Lotus)
• Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus)
• Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)

Supporting Actor in a Drama

• Jack Lowden (Slow Horses)
• Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)
• Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)
• Sam Rockwell (The White Lotus)
• Tramell Tillman (Severance)
• John Turturro (Severance)
• James Marsden (Paradise)
• Zach Cherry (Severance)

Lead Actress in a Comedy

• Uzo Aduba (The Residence)
• Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
• Jean Smart (Hacks)
• Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
• Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)

Lead Actor in a Comedy

• Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
• Seth Rogen (The Studio)
• Jason Segel (Shrinking)
• Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
• Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy

• Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear)
• Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
• Kathryn Hahn (The Studio)
• Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
• Catherine O’Hara (The Studio)
• Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
• Jessica Williams (Shrinking)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy

• Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
• Ike Barinholtz (The Studio)
• Harrison Ford (Shrinking)
• Michael Urie (Shrinking)
• Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live)
• Colman Domingo (The Four Seasons)
• Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere)

Guest Actor in a Comedy

• Jon Bernthal (The Bear)
• Bryan Cranston (The Studio)
• Dave Franco (The Studio)
• Ron Howard (The Studio)
• Anthony Mackie (The Studio)
• Martin Scorsese (The Studio)

Guest Actor in a Drama

• Giancarlo Esposito (The Boys)
• Scott Glenn (The White Lotus)
• Shawn Hatosy (The Pitt)
• Joe Pantoliano (The Last of Us)
• Forest Whitaker (Andor)
• Jeffrey Wright (The Last of Us)

Guest Actress in a Comedy

• Olivia Colman (The Bear)
• Jamie Lee Curtis (The Bear)
• Cynthia Erivo (Poker Face)
• Robby Hoffman (Hacks)
• Zoë Kravitz (The Studio)
• Julianne Nicholson (Hacks)

Guest Actress in a Drama

• Jane Alexander (Severance)
• Gwendoline Christie (Severance)
• Kaitlyn Dever (The Last of Us)
• Cherry Jones (The Handmaid’s Tale)
• Catherine O’Hara (The Last of Us)
• Merritt Wever (Severance)

Best Directing for a Comedy Series

• The Bear – “Napkins”
• Hacks – “A Slippery Slope”
• Modern Classics – “Here’s To You, Mrs. Schneiderman”
• The Rehearsals – “Pilot’s Code”
• The Studio – “The Oner”

Best Directing for a Drama Series

• Andor – “Who Are You?”
• The Pitt – “6:00 P.M.”
• The Pitt – “7:00 A.M.”
• Severance – “Chikhai Bardo”
• Severance – “Cold Harbor”
• Slow Horses – “Hello Goodbye”
• The White Lotus – “Amor Fati”

Best Writing for a Drama Series

• Andor – “Welcome To The Rebellion”
• The Pitt – “2:00 P.M.”
• The Pitt – “7:00 A.M.”
• Severance – “Cold Harbor”
• Slow Horses – “Hello Goodbye”
• The White Lotus – “Full-Moon Party”

Best Writing for a Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary – “Back To School”
• Hacks – “A Slippery Slope”
• The Rehearsals – “Pilot’s Code”
• Somebody Somewhere – “AGG”
• The Studio – “The Promotion”
• What We Do in the Shadows – “The Finale”

Limited Series or Anthology Series

• Adolescence
• Black Mirror
• Dying for Sex
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story
• The Penguin

Television Movie

• Bridget Jones: Mad About Him
• The Gorge
• Mountainhead
• Nonnas
• Rebel Ridge

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
• Meghan Fahy (Sirens)
• Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
• Cristin Milioti (The Penguin)
• Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Colin Farrell (The Penguin)
• Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
• Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent)
• Brian Tyree Henry (Dope Thieves)
• Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Deirdre O’Connell (The Penguin)
• Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
• Jenny Slate (Dying for Sex)
• Chloë Sevigny (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story)
• Ruth Negga (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story)
• Christine Tremarco (Adolescence)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

• Javier Bardem (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story)
• Bill Camp (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story)
• Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
• Rob Delaney (Dying for Sex)
• Peter Sarsgaard (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story)
• Ashley Walters (Adolescence)

Best Directing for a Limited Series/TV Movie

• Adolescence
• Dying For Sex – “It’s Not That Serious”
• The Penguin – “Cent’anni”
• The Penguin – “A Great Or Little Thing”
• Mermaids – “Exile”
• Zero Day – Netflix

Best Writing for a Limited Series/TV Movie

• Adolescence
• Black Mirror – “Common People”
• Dying For Sex – “Good Value Diet Soda”
• The Penguin – “A Great Or Little Thing”
• Say Nothing – “The People In The Dirt”

Best Talk Show

• The Daily Show
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Best Scripted Variety Program

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Saturday Night Live

Best Competition Reality Show

• The Traitors
• The Amazing Race
• RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Top Chef
• Survivor

The award winners for the Emmy Awards 2025 will be announced on 14 September during the ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.