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The 2025 Emmy Award nominations are now out — 'Severance' leads the pack

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 77th Emmy Awards live this morning at 8:30 a.m. PT.
The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place Sept. 14 at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles (originally known as the Nokia.)
Harvey Guillén, actor who starred in What We Do in the Shadows, and Brenda Song from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody announced the winners on a livestream on Emmys.com.
Nominees for two categories, outstanding reality competition program and outstanding talk series were announced earlier this morning on CBS Mornings (check out those nominations below).
Highlights:
Severance from Apple TV+ led the pack with 27 nominations, closely followed by HBO's The Penguin with 24.
The Studio from Apple TV+ and HBO's White Lotus garnered 23.
(In case you're wondering: the record for most nominations ever belongs to Game of Thrones, which received 32 nominations in 2019).
Seth Rogen, co-creator of The Studio personally got three nominations — for acting, writing and directing.
Netflix’s Adolescence got 13 nominations, including one for supporting actor for 15-year-old Owen Cooper, playing a 13-year-old suspected of a killing.
Director Martin Scorsese was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor after performing as himself on The Studio.
Actor Harrison Ford got his first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Shrinking from Apple TV+.
Outstanding reality competition program
RuPaul's Drag Race
Survivor
The Amazing Race
The Traitors
Top Chef
Outstanding talk series
Jimmy Kimmel Live
The Daily Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Outstanding lead 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
Outstanding lead 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
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series
Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This
Uzo Azuba - The Residence
Quinta Brunson - Abbott elementary
Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
Jean Smart - Hacks
Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie
Cate Blanchett - Disclaimer
Meghann Fahy - Sirens
Black Mirror - Rashida Jones
Cristin Milioti - The Penguin
Michelle Williams - Dying for Sex
Outstanding drama series
Andor
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
Paradise
The Pitt
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus
Outstanding comedy series
Abbott elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
What We Do In The Shadows
The Studio
Outstanding limited or anthology series
Adolescence
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Mendendez Story
The Penguin
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series
Sterling K. Brown - Paradise
Slow Horses - Gary Oldman
Pedro Pascal - The Last Of Us
Adam Scott - Severance
Noah Wyle - The Pitt
Outstanding lead 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
Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series
Ike Barinholtz - The Studio
Colman Domingo - The Four Seasons
Harison Ford - Shrinking
Jeff Hiller - Somebody Somewhere
Ebon Moss-Bachrach - The Bear
Michael Urie - Shrinking
Bowen Yang - Saturday Night Live
Outstanding 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
Outstanding 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
Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series
Lina 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
Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series
Patricia Arquette - Severance
Carrie Coon - The White Lotus
Kathreine LaNasa - The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson - Paradise
Parker Posey - The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell - The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus
Outstanding 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
Outstanding directing for a comedy series
Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
Lucia Aniello - Hacks
James Burrows - Mid-Century Modern
Nathan Fielder - The Rehearsal
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg - The Studio
Outstanding directing for a drama series
Janus Metz - Who Are You?
Amanda Marsalis - The Pitt
John Wells - The Pitt
Jessica Lee Gagné - Severance
Ben Stiller - Severance
Adam Randall - Slow Horses
Mike White - The White Lotus
Outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie
Philip Barantini - Adolescence
Shannon Murphy - Dying for Sex
Helen Shaver - The Penguin
Jennifer Getzinger - The Penguin
Nicole Kassell - Sirens
Lesli Linka Glatter - Zero Day
Outstanding directing for a variety series
David Paul Meyer - The Daily Show
Andy Fisher - Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Paul Pennolino - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jim Hoskinson - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Outstanding writing for a comedy series
Quintana Brunson - Abbott Elementary
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky - Hacks
Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, and Eric Notarnicola - The Rehearsal
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, and Bridget Everett - Somebody Somewhere
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez - The Studio
Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Paul Simms - What We Do in the Shadows
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham - Adolescence
Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali - Black Mirror
Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether - Dying for Sex
Laruen LeFranc - The Penguin
Josha Zetumer - Say Nothing
Outstanding writing for a drama series
Dan Gilroy - Andor
Joe Sachs - The Pitt
R. Scott Gemmill - The Pitt
Dan Erickson - Severance
Will Smith - Slow Horses
Mike White - The White Lotus
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