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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 | |||
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The77th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in Americanprime time television programming from June 1, 2024, until May 31, 2025, as chosen by theAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences.[2] The awards ceremony was held live on September 14, 2025, at thePeacock Theater inDowntown Los Angeles, California, and was preceded by the77th 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 byCBS andParamount+.Nate Bargatze hosted the event.
At the main ceremony,The Studio won four awards, includingOutstanding Comedy Series, andThe Pitt won three awards, includingOutstanding Drama Series.Adolescence led all shows with six wins, includingOutstanding Limited or Anthology Series. Other winning programs includedHacks,Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, andSeverance with two wins each, andAndor,The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,The Penguin, "Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special",Slow Horses,Somebody Somewhere, andThe Traitors with one each. Including Creative Arts Emmys,The Studio led all shows with 13 wins, whileHBO, alongside its partnerHBO Max, andNetflix led all networks with 30 wins each.
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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 inNorth Hollywood, Los Angeles hosted by actorHarvey Guillén and actressBrenda Song along with Television Academy chairCris Abrego.[3] The nominees forOutstanding Reality Competition Program andOutstanding Talk Series were revealed onCBS Mornings a few hours prior.[4] Including nominations at the77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards,Severance led all programs with 27 nominations, followed byThe Penguin with 24 nominations.[5]The Studio became the most-nominated first-year comedy series in the awards' history with 23 nominations; theApple TV+ comedy surpassed the record held by the sports comedyTed Lasso, which received 20 nominations in2021. The series also tiedThe Bear's 23 nominations in theprevious year for most nominations for acomedy series in a single season.[6]
Sterling K. Brown, nominated forOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role inParadise, tied withAndre Braugher andDon Cheadle for most nominations by a Black male performer with 11 nominations each.[7] At age 77,Kathy Bates became the oldest nominee forOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance inMatlock; she surpassed the record previously held byAngela Lansbury who was nominated at age 70 in1996 for her role inMurder, 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 inThe Last of Us.[9] Ramsey is also the firstnon-binary person to be nominated more than once for an acting Emmy.[10] At age 83, for his role onShrinking,Harrison Ford became the second oldest nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series behindAlan Arkin, who was nominated in that category at age 86 in2020 for his work onThe Kominsky Method.[11]Ayo Edebiri, nominated for bothOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series andOutstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for her work onThe 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 forOutstanding Writing for a Comedy Series had at least one woman included in each of the writing teams.[9]HBO and its streaming serviceHBO 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 serviceHBO Max tied withNetflix 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, breakingThe 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 byThe Bear with ten awards in2023.[15] Seth Rogen won four awards for the aforementioned program to tieMoira Demos,Amy Sherman-Palladino, andDan Levy for the most wins for an individual in one year.[16]The Pitt became the firstmedical procedural to win Outstanding Drama Series sinceER in 1996.[17]Tramell Tillman was the first Black performer to win Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work onSeverance.[18] At age 15, for his role inAdolescence,Owen Cooper became the youngest male acting winner in Emmy history, breaking a record previously held byScott Jacoby who won Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama in1973 at age 16 forThat Certain Summer.[19]
Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[20][21][a] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers forOutstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.
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TheBob Hope Humanitarian Award was presented to married actorsTed Danson andMary 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]
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 theCreative Arts Emmy Awards. Programs and networks must have multiple wins or major nominations or at least five total nominations to be included.
| Nominations | Program | Network | |
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| Total | Major | ||
| 27 | 10 | Severance | Apple TV+ |
| 24 | 7 | The Penguin | HBO |
| 23 | 10 | The White Lotus | |
| 7 | The Studio | Apple TV+ | |
| 16 | 3 | The Last of Us | HBO |
| 14 | 5 | Hacks | HBO Max |
| 3 | Andor | Disney+ | |
| 13 | 8 | Adolescence | Netflix |
| 7 | The Pitt | HBO Max | |
| 6 | The Bear | FX | |
| 12 | 1 | "Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special" | NBC |
| 11 | 4 | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Netflix |
| 10 | 3 | Black Mirror | |
| 9 | 6 | Dying for Sex | FX |
| 8 | 2 | The Daily Show | Comedy Central |
| 1 | RuPaul's Drag Race | MTV | |
| 7 | 5 | Shrinking | Apple TV+ |
| 3 | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
| 2 | Only Murders in the Building | Hulu | |
| 6 | 5 | Abbott Elementary | ABC |
| 2 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | HBO | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | FX | ||
| 1 | The Amazing Race | CBS | |
| The Oscars | ABC | ||
| SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Peacock | ||
| 0 | House of the Dragon | HBO | |
| The Righteous Gemstones | |||
| 5 | 4 | Slow Horses | Apple TV+ |
| 1 | Beyoncé Bowl | Netflix | |
| The Traitors | Peacock | ||
| 0 | Bridgerton | Netflix | |
| Love on the Spectrum | |||
| Pee-wee as Himself | HBO | ||
| The Voice | NBC | ||
| Will & Harper | Netflix | ||
| <5 | 4 | Paradise | Hulu |
| Presumed Innocent | Apple TV+ | ||
| 3 | Nobody Wants This | Netflix | |
| 2 | The Diplomat | ||
| The Rehearsal | HBO | ||
| Sirens | Netflix | ||
| Somebody Somewhere | HBO | ||
| Wins | Program | Network | |
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| Total | Major | ||
| 13 | 4 | The Studio | Apple TV+ |
| 9 | 1 | The Penguin | HBO |
| 8 | 6 | Adolescence | Netflix |
| 2 | Severance | Apple TV+ | |
| 1 | "Saturday Night Live 50th 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 | Network | |
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| Total | Major | |
| 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 | |
| Wins | Network | |
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| Total | Major | |
| 30 | 9 | HBO /HBO Max |
| 6 | Netflix | |
| 22 | 7 | Apple TV+ |
| 11 | 1 | NBC |
| 7 | Disney+ | |
| 5 | 0 | Prime Video |
| 1 | Peacock | |
| 4 | CBS | |
| 3 | 0 | ABC |
| 2 | FX | |
| YouTube | ||
The following people presented awards or other segments:[27]
On March 5, 2025, theAcademy 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, andNBC) signed in 2018.[29] Additionally, it was announced that the ceremony would be available live and on-demand viaParamount Skydance's streaming serviceParamount+.[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, comedianNate Bargatze was announced as the ceremony's host.[31]
During a press conference held on September 11 promoting the show, producer Collins announced that the ceremony would feature reunions in tribute to the 25th anniversaries ofThe WB andCW comedy-drama seriesGilmore Girls andCBS reality competition seriesSurvivor, and the 35th anniversary of NBC's police procedural franchiseLaw & Order. Furthermore, the telecast would pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of the NBC sitcomThe Golden Girls with country singerReba McEntire andLittle Big Town'sKaren Fairchild andKimberly Schlapman performing the series' theme song, "Thank You for Being a Friend".[32]Eric Dane andJesse Williams were initially scheduled as co-presenters to honor the 20th anniversary of ABC medical dramaGrey's Anatomy, but Dane was absent from the ceremony while Williams presented alone. According to Collins, he told reporters forVariety 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 withThe Washington Post that he was recovering from a fall her suffered in his kitchen shortly before the ceremony. He had previously been diagnosed withALS in April.[34]
In an effort to shorten winners' acceptance speeches and have the telecast run on time, Bargatze announced that he would donate $100,000 to theBoys & 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 andRickey Minor served as director and musical director for the ceremony, respectively.[39]Entertainment Tonight co-anchorsKevin Frazier andNischelle Turner hosted a red carpet pre-show preceding the telecast.[40] ComediansMikey Day,James Austin Johnson, andBowen Yang participated in an opening comedy sketch with Bargatze parodying howPhilo Farnsworth invented television similar to the "Washington's Dream" sketch featured on a50th season episode ofSaturday Night Live.[41]
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 thatOutstanding Writing for a Variety Series would be presented at the main ceremony, replacingOutstanding 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 forOutstanding Variety Special (Live) to the main ceremony as well.[45]
The broadcast generally received mixed to negative reviews from critics.[46] Aramide Tinubu, writing forVariety, found the onslaught of surprise winners adding to the excitement, but criticized host Bargatze's performance saying, "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 ofThe 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 ofTheWrap 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 theLos Angeles Times complimented the show and said 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 asStephen Colbert,Brad Garrett, andRay Romano.[50] Matt Roush wrote inTV 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 ofTVLine "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 infour 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 onParamount+.[54]
The annual In Memoriam segment was presented byPhylicia Rashad, and featuredVince Gill andLainey Wilson performing Gill's song "Go Rest High on That Mountain".[55][56]
At the beginning of the tribute, Rashad briefly eulogized Warner.[57]
