2025 Emmy Nominations: Severance, The White Lotus, and The Penguin Lead the Pack

EGOT chasers, here's who has a chance of checking off that 'E' later this year. The 2025 Emmy nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, so let the grievances begin! (Nathan Fielder and The Rehearsal, please file a police report because you were robbed in the major categories.)

It's no surprise that HBO stood out with the most nominations of any network on the backs of HBO and HBO Max series The Last of Us, The White Lotus, The Penguin, Hacks, and The Pitt, which were nominated for best series in the Drama (The Last of Us, The White Lotus, The Pitt), Limited Series (The Penguin), and Comedy (Hacks) categories. HBO received 142 nominations in total, the network's most ever. Two of those went to TV Guide favorite Somebody Somewhere, which finally earned its first Emmy nominations for its final season, including one for Jeff Hiller for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy. See? Good things can happen to good people. Just not that often.

The sound of popped champagne corks from Cupertino, Calif., came from Apple HQ, as Severance was the most-nominated series of the day, earning 27 nominations, including nods for Best Drama, Best Actor (Adam Scott), Best Actress (Britt Lower), and Supporting Actor/Actress (John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Patricia Arquette, and Tramell Tillman). Apple's The Studio also had a good day, with nominations for Best Comedy, Best Actor (Seth Rogen), Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Ike Barinholtz, Catherine O'Hara, and Kathryn Hahn), and, in the funniest thing to come out of the nominations today, Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, where Seth Rogen's rolodex earned five of the six nominations. Congratulations to Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard for their fiery performances.

Netflix's Adolescence was a breakthrough this year and was properly rewarded, with nominations for Best Limited or Anthology Series and Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series, for its young star, Owen Cooper. Netflix also made some noise with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and Nobody Wants This, but was otherwise rather quiet for being the largest streamer in the world. 

The 77th Primetime Emmy nominations were open to television series that aired from June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, currently scheduled to air Sept. 14, 2025, on CBS and Paramount+.

Below are the nominations in the major Emmy categories. For a full list of nominees, head over the Emmys website. 

Best Drama Series

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

Best Actor in a Drama Series

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

Best Actress in a Drama Series

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

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Zach Cherry, Severance
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
James Marsden, Paradise
Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman, Severance
John Turturro, Severance

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

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

Best Comedy Series

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

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

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

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

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

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

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

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

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

Best Limited or Anthology Series

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

Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Meghann Fahy, Sirens
Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Bill Camp, Presumed Innocent
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Rob Delaney, Dying for Sex
Peter Sarsgaard, Presumed Innocent
Ashley Walters, Adolescence

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent
Deirdre O'Connell, The Penguin
Chloë Sevigny, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence

Reality Competition Program

The Amazing Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
The Traitors

Talk Series

The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 

Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series

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

Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series

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 Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Jon Bernthal, The Bear
Bryan Cranston, The Studio
Dave Franco, The Studio
Ron Howard, The Studio
Anthony Mackie, The Studio
Martin Scorsese, The Studio

Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

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