The Emmy Awards are once again upon us, after the nominations were announced on July 16. And there are more than a few of our favourites in the mix!
This year’s ceremony – which will be the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards – will take place on September 15, 2025, from 10am (AEST).
Leading the 2025 Emmy Award nominations is dystopian drama Severance, which picked up a whopping 27 nominations. Nipping at the show’s heels are the Colin Farrell-led The Penguin with 24 nominations, while Seth Rogen’s comedy The Studio and returning favourite The White Lotus picked up 23 nods each.
Read on for the complete list of 2025 Emmy Award nominations as well as everything else you need to know about the ceremony.
The full list of 2025 Emmy Award nominations:
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
The Studio
What We Do in the Shadows
Outstanding limited or anthology series
Adolescence
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Outstanding scripted variety series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding talk series
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Outstanding reality competition program
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
The Traitors
Outstanding television movie
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- The Gorge
- Mountainhead
- Nonnas
- Rebel Ridge

Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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 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 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)

Outstanding actor in a limited or anthology series
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)
Outstanding actress in a limited or anthology series
- Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
- Meghann Fahy (Sirens)
- Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
- Cristin Milioti (The Penguin)
- Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
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 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series
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 limited or anthology series
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 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)
Outstanding guest actress 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 (Last of Us)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program
RuPaul (RuPaul’s Drag Race)
Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Daniel Lubetzky (Shark Tank)
Alan Cumming (The Traitors)
Kristen Kish (Top Chef)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)
Elizabeth Banks (Press Your Luck)
Outstanding directing for a comedy series
The Bear, “Napkins”
Hacks, “A Slippery Slope”
Mid-Century Modern, “Here’s to You, Mrs. Schneiderman”
The Rehearsal, “Pilot’s Code”
The Studio, “The Oner”
Outstanding directing for a drama series
Andor, “Who Are You?”
The Pitt, “6:00 PM”
The Pitt, “7:00 PM”
Severance, “Chikhai Bardo”
Severance, “Cold Harbor”
Slow Horses, “Hello Goodbye”
The White Lotus, “Amor Fati”
Outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series
Adolescence
Dying for Sex, “It’s Not That Serious”
The Penguin, “Cent’anni”
The Penguin, “A Great or Little Thing”
Sirens, “Exile”
Zero Day
Outstanding directing for a variety series
The Daily Show, “Jon Stewart Delivers A Mug-Smashing Take on Musk’s DOGE”
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, “Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, and Musical Guest Bartees Strange”
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “India Elections”
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “David Oyelowo, Finn Wolfhard, Special Appearance by Alan Cumming, Performance by Ok Go
Outstanding writing for a comedy series
Abbott Elementary, “Back to School”
Hacks, “A Slippery Slope”
The Rehearsal, “Pilot’s Code”
Somebody Somewhere, “AGG”
The Studio, “The Promotion”
What We Do in the Shadows, “The Finale”
Outstanding 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”
Outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series
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”
Outstanding writing for a variety series
The Daily Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
Where can I watch the 2025 Emmy Awards in Australia?
The Emmy Awards will be broadcast live in Australia on Foxtel and BINGE at 10am AEST on Monday, September 15.
The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will follow on October 17.
Who is the 2025 Emmy Awards host?
Stand up comedian Nate Bargatze – who has hosted Emmy nominated show Saturday Night Live twice – will host the 2025 Emmy Awards!
Where can I watch the 2025 Emmy Award-nominated shows?
Wanting to watch all of the incredible shows that were nominated at this year’s Emmy Awards? No problem!
You can watch The Bear, Only Murders in the Building, Abbott Elementary, Dying for Sex, What We Do In THe Shadows and Andor on Disney+. Stream now with a mth-to-mth no lock-in contract. Subscribe here.
You can watch Severence, The Studio, Shrinking, Slow Horses, Presumed Innocent, Dope Thief, The Gorge and Bad Sisters on Apple TV+. Stream now with a 7-day free trial. Subscribe here.
And you can watch Matlock, The Amazing Race and Survivor on Paramount+. Stream now with a 7-day free trial. Subscribe here.