ADVERTISEMENTThe nominations for the 2025 Emmys have been announced and Severance leads the way with 27 nods, while The Studio tallied 23 in this dominant year for Apple TV+.
Severance is the dystopian workplace series in its second season – one fans had to patiently wait three years for. We recently listed it as one of our favourite TV shows of 2025 so far.
Check out the full list of nominees below.
Lead acting nominations came for Severance stars Adam Scott and Britt Lower for what amounted to dual roles as their characters’ “innie” work selves and “outie” home selves.
Tramell Tillman got a supporting nod for playing their tone-shifting, pineapple-wielding supervisor, while Patricia Arquette was nominated for supporting actress for playing an ousted outcast from the sinister family business at the center of the show. Ben Stiller also got a nomination for directing the Season 2 finale.
Apple’s Hollywood satire The Studio is only on its first season, but it romped over more established shows like The Bear (13 nominations) and Hacks, which got 14 – and is also one of our favourites of the year.
The Penguin, HBO’s dark drama from the Batman universe, was also dominant in the limited series category with 24 nominations, including nods for leads Colin Farrell (see pic above) and Cristin Milioti.
Then comes our favourite show of the year (so far): Netflix’s acclaimed Adolescence, which got 13 limited series nominations, including outstanding limited series and best writing for Jack Thorne, who created the drama with Stephen Graham. Graham is also up for best actor.
The potential record to be broken comes with the supporting actor nod for 15-year-old Owen Cooper, who plays 13-year-old Jamie, who is suspected of a killing one of his classmates.
Cooper has made Emmys history by becoming one of the youngest actors to ever be nominated by the US television academy. Should the young British actor win on 14 September, Cooper will be the youngest male winner of an acting Emmy. He will go up against his co-star Ashley Walters, while Christine Tremarco and Erin Doherty will both compete in the supporting actress category.
Recently, the French government has joined the UK’s in deciding to show schoolchildren Adolescence, which deals with tackling toxic masculinity and social media’s grip on impressionable young minds. Check out our full video debrief on the initiative.
Check out the complete list of nominees below and make sure to head to our Best TV Shows of 2025 So Far for our thoughts on the likes of Adolescence, Severance, Dying For Sex and other freshly Emmy-nominated shows.
Best Drama Series
- Andor
- The Diplomat
- The Last Of Us
- Paradise
- The Pitt
- Severance
- Slow Horses
- 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 Limited or Anthology Series
- Adolescence
- Black Mirror
- Dying For Sex
- Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story
- The Penguin
Best Television Movie
- Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
- The Gorge
- Mountainhead
- Nonnas
- Rebel Ridge
Best Reality Competition Program
- The Amazing Race
- RuPaul’s Drag Race
- Survivor
- Top Chef
- The Traitors
Best Talk Series
- The Daily Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Best Scripted Variety Series
- Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- Saturday Night Live
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 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 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 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 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 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
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
The 2025 Emmys ceremony take place in Los Angeles on 14 September.
