The Daytime Emmys celebrate achievement in daytime dramas, talk shows, hosting, culinary programs and more. Topping this year’s list of nominees are “The Young and the Restless,” “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives.” New categories for 2025 include Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series, Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series and Outstanding Regional Content in a Daytime Genre.

Deborah Norville will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oct. 17 ceremony. A 30-year veteran of CBS Media’s “Inside Edition,” she is the longest-serving female anchor in U.S. TV history. She now hosts “The Perfect Line” on the Game Show Network.

Additionally, for the first time since 2018, NATAS is making a limited number of tickets to the Daytime Emmys available for public purchase.

In a statement, NATAS President and CEO Adam Sharp said, “As a beloved figure in daytime television himself, Mario [Lopez] brings the perfect blend of energy, familiarity, and star power to the stage. We’re also honored to celebrate this year’s Gold and Silver Circle Honorees — television professionals whose dedication and exceptional talent have shaped the landscape of Daytime storytelling. Finally, we’re excited to be able to open the doors to Daytime fans after years of requests for an in-person audience.”

Lopez currently hosts NBC’s “Access Hollywood” and “Access Daily.” He won a Daytime Emmy as host of Fox’s “Extra” in 2014 and 2016.

Here are this year’s Gold and Silver Circle Honorees, recognizing people who have made significant contributions to daytime television 50 (gold) or 25 (silver) years.

2025 Gold Circle
Jane Elliott, Performer, “General Hospital”

2025 Silver Circle
Greg Barna, Director of Photography, “Travels with Darley,” “Equitrekking,” “Cyberchase For Reel,” “Bill Moyers – Close to Home,” “Beer Geeks,” “Lidia’s Family Table,” “Shelia Bridges Designer Living”

Judy Blye Wilson, Casting Director, “The Young and the Restless,” “All My Children,” “One Life to Live”

Star Jones, Host and Executive Producer, “Divorce Court,” “The View”

Kate Linder, Performer, “The Young and the Restless”

James Reynolds, Performer, “Days of our Lives”

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Hollywood celebrated the excellence of small-screen creativity with three straight days of partying as the Television Academy’s Emmy Awards came to Tinseltown for its 77th year. That meant nominees ranging from A-list actors to first-time thespians, along with producers, directors, writers and all the other talented people that help put a TV show together, all made the rounds. They bounced from high tea to charity luncheons, then on to toasting celebrations for being nominated, gifting lounges full of swag, and finally to the Sunday night show, Governors Ball and post-show extravaganzas hosted by the town’s top studios. Join TheWrap as we pop inside to the weekend’s best bashes.

The 77th Emmy Awards Governors Gala

Los Angeles Convention Center

A quick stroll from the Peacock Theater brought everyone who attended the Emmy Awards show to the Governors Gala, the Television Academy’s “Sophisticated Soiree” that transformed the Los Angeles Convention Center into a massive party complete with a two-story-tall golden Emmy statue. That’s always the first stop for the big winners like Noah Wyle and Seth Rogen, who led the charge to the “Emmy Winners Circle,” where their trophies were made official by having the engraved plaque attached.

With 3,500 partygoers, the Governors Gala is by far the biggest and best-attended after party, complete with Johnny Walker Blue paired with caviar, Decoy cabernet and sauvignon blanc married to chef Jet Li’s Peking chicken wrap, and so much other food and drink that no one left hungry.

Perhaps the most jubilant gang at the gala were the “Adolescence” crowd, led by creator-star Stephen Graham, who needed his whole family to help carry all his hardware, taking home three of the eight statues that his intense Netflix series won earlier that evening. His wife Hannah Walters carried her own prize, as she also stars in and produced the series with Graham.

The Creative Coalition’s 11th Annual Humanitarian Awards Luncheon

Craig’s Restaurant, West Hollywood

Saturday’s cornucopia of parties got started with some giving back, as The Creative Coalition held their 11th Annual Humanitarian Awards on the chic back patio of Craig’s restaurant in WeHo. The Coalition began in 1988 and today remains dedicated to advocating for funding and protection of the arts in America. 

Their awards luncheon honors members of the Hollywood community that “use their platforms to champion causes that spark change,” which this year included Emmy nominees Jason Isaacs, John Turturro and Natasha Rothwell, as well as Judith Light, Brianne Howery, Jon Gries and Skye P. Marshall.

“Matlock” star Marshall got emotional when accepting her award, remembering her childhood, saying, “At the age of 12, my family lost everything, and we were homeless. But what my mom did, was she gave me the audacity to believe that I was entitled to equality.” Today, she uses her newfound fame to advocate for those in similar situations.

Isaacs got serious about current affairs in his acceptance, saying, “Hate is being weaponized everywhere in the world.” But he holds out hope for humanity by finding empathy and giving back to those in need.

There was lots of laughter, too, as the awards were presented, especially from presenters like Alex Borstein, Tig Notaro and Craig Robinson, despite the serious spotlight on the issue of family caregiving, a focus of this year’s coalition. Other familiar faces in the lively crowd included Michael Chiklis, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jason Ritter and Richard Kind.

BAFTA North America’s TV Tea Party

The Maybourne Hotel, Beverly Hills

The oh-so-British BAFTA TV Tea is always a hot ticket during Emmy Awards weekend, and this year brought out lots of 2025 nominees, ranging from 15-year-old Owen Cooper of “Adolescence” fame to industry vets like “Severance” stars Patricia Arquette and John Turturro, whose careers began in the 1980s.

Held outside in the sunny garden terrace of  The Maybourne hotel, everyone wore summery outfits and (oddly) happily stood in a huge, never-ending line to vie for the chance to play a claw-grabber game to win a Delta Airlines-Virgin Atlantic trip to London. “Can’t all these people afford to buy a plane ticket?” quipped one onlooker, and we’ll admit that we didn’t see nominees Rashida Jones (“Black Mirror”), Sharon Horgan (“Bad Sisters”) or Quinta Brunson (“Abbott Elementary”) in that line, but it was astonishing that so many people queued up!

Chatting with “Abbott Elementary” star Lisa Ann Walter, she revealed what her crowd’s plan was for the rest of day into night.

“We’re all going to the Warner Bros. nominee party across the street next, then on to the MPTF, and I have different dresses to wear,” she said with a laugh (Marchesa for BAFTA, Nadine Merabi for MPTF). She wasn’t the only one who did quick changes along the way. When you’ve got a hit TV show, there are so many parties and so many couture opportunities.

Also nibbling scones and cucumber sandwiches were Katherine LaNasa, Taylor Dearden, Tracy Ifeachor, Tramell Tillman, Kathryn Hahn, Justin Hartley, Julianne Nicholson and Skye P. Marshall, who didn’t change her lovely, brightly hued gown from the earlier Creative Coalition luncheon.

Also nibbling scones and cucumber sandwiches were Katherine LaNasa, Taylor Dearden, Tracy Ifeachor, Tramell Tillman, Kathryn Hahn, Justin Hartley, Julianne Nicholson and Skye P. Marshall, who didn’t change her lovely, brightly hued gown from the earlier Creative Coalition luncheon.

GBK 19th Annual Luxury Lounge

The Sun Rose Hotel West Hollywood

Luxury lounges pop up all over town as the Emmy Awards approach, with GBK leading the way with gifting to A-list stars. This year the GBK 19th Annual Luxury Lounge brought out nominated “The White Lotus” star Jason Isaacs as well as fellow category nominee Jeff Hiller, along with Angela Bassett, Jason Ritter, Leah Lewis, Craig Robinson and many others.

They found gifts in the sunny garden of The Sun Rose Hotel from presenting sponsors Oro Ventro Parfum and Burj Bites Chocolates, both from Dubai, as well as GBK perennial favorites like Ike’s Love & Sandwiches, Jam Vino (delicious fruit jams made with wine) and Hansen’s Cakes, all washed down with Hertelendy Vineyards world-class Napa wines and Ophora water. NFL fans were delighted by the Los Angeles Chargers, who gifted two premium suite tickets to an upcoming Chargers game at SoFi and Chef Cat Cora was on hand, too, gifting knives and other kitchenware from her new Cat Cora by Culinary Pro line. Free trips to Fiji’s Raiwasa Villa and Sailrock Resort in Turks & Caicos rounded out the luxe experience.

Studios Celebrate Their
Emmy Nominees

Spago Restaurant; The Sunset Tower Hotel; Private Residence Studio City

Saturday evening brought lots of studio cocktail parties honoring different studio’s Emmy nominees, including NBC/Universal and Warner Bros. Television, who didn’t host parties after the awards show on Sunday. So the NBC/Universal crowd headed to the Sunset Tower Hotel, where everyone from Lorne Michaels, Walton Goggins and Seth Rogen to Martin Short, Colman Domingo, Patricia Arquette, Bowen Yang and Seth MacFarlane gathered to toast “SNL’s” 50th anniversary and its nominees.

Over at Spago, the Warner Bros. Television bash was filled with happy people nibbling on salmon pizza and those oh-so-delicious Big Eye Tuna Cones as they discussed their hopes for bringing home Emmy trophies, including the “Abbott Elementary” pack of Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James, Tyler James Williams, William Stanford Davis and Lisa Ann Walter (on her second dress). Brett Goldstein and Ted McGinley represented the “Shrinking” team, while a big crowd of stars from the Warner Bros. Television Fall slate turned out, too, including Kate Hudson in an eye-popping yellow sheath.

Netflix proved its pockets are deep as they held their 2025 Nominees Toast at a private residence in Studio City to revel in their 120 nominations this year. Just about everyone made the trip over the hill, including Keri Russell, Colman Domingo, Chloë Sevigny, Meghann Fahy, Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper. The studio also had a big after-the-show bash! 

MPTF’s 19th Annual Evening Before

Century Park, Century City

The annual Motion Picture Television Fund (MPTF) Evening Before closed out the Saturday swirl of events with an easygoing ending, as all the biggest Hollywood names converge for a great cause (and maybe one more cocktail?) before the big show on Sunday.

For more than 100 years, the MPTF has provided charitable support for members of the entertainment community in need, ranging from health services to retirement living spaces, through the generosity of that same community. It’s an organization that’s near and dear to virtually everyone working in the industry, and this night brings a ton of familiar faces together in one space.

This year’s event was co-chaired (and attended by) Colin Farrell, Uzo Aduba, Ethan Sandler, Kathryn Hahn and Adam and Naomi Scott. The six of them made sure all their friends in show biz came out for the cause. That meant you could look one way and see Carrie Coon, Tracy Letts and Jennifer Lopez, look the other and spot Justin Theroux, Brian Tyree Henry and Wanda Sykes. Ben Stiller brought his daughter Ella Olivia and Stephen Graham had the whole family along for the fun. 

Britt Lower, Cristin Milioti, Parker Posey and Jason Segal represented their top-rated shows, too, and Seth Rogen and Paul W. Downs did the same for theirs, friendly competitors all, at this party that everybody comes to and everybody loves. And yes, the “Abbott Elementary” crew was out in force at this one, too!

Netflix’s 2025 Emmy Celebration

Nya Studios West, Hollywood

It’s no surprise that the Netflix post-show Emmy Celebration was a rollicking affair, as the studio took home a total of 30 wins in 2025. Head honcho Ted Sarandos led the charge, with famed DJ Anderson .Paak providing the musical push that loaded the dance floor with all sorts of interesting dancing pairs, including Rashida Jones and Stephen Graham, whose “Adolescence” was one of Netflix’s big winners of the night. Nominees were everywhere, from Keri Russell joining in the revelry, along with Jones, Adam Brody and Colman Domingo.

Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen arrived fashionably late after being awarded the Television Academy’s Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for their activism and philanthropy over the years. TheWrap caught up with Danson, who said just what his legion of fans want to hear. “I’m not thinking of retiring, there’s still a lot to do,” he told us with his trademark grin, then pointed to Steenburgen and added, “and neither is she!”

Here’s hoping we see them both at next year’s Emmy Awards extravaganzas!

The Walt Disney Company 2025 Emmy Awards Celebration

Vibiana, Downtown Los Angeles

The Walt Disney Company’s 2025 Emmy Awards Celebration at Vibiana definitely had everything a party lover could want, from a swingin’ live band to a photo booth to a massively overcrowded garden where everyone gathered. Each big Disney show had its own seating area – think “The Bear” and Ebon Moss-Bachrach holding court near the back, with Jimmy Kimmel’s jammed-with-well-wishers spot nearby.

“Only Murders in the Building” stars Steve Martin and Martin Short invited “Dying for Sex” star Michelle Williams into their enclave, and while the “Abbott Elementary” posse didn’t take home any trophies this year despite six nominations, everyone was in a sparklingly good mood. “Dancing With the Stars” newcomer Elaine Hendrix joined that moving party, too. 

Everyone munched on garlicky dumplings, beef sliders, handmade pizza and more, and in the huge scrum that locked up movement in the garden, there were a few broken wineglasses and spilled plates. But as “Abbott Elementary” 2025 nominee Janelle James joked, “It’s not a party until something happens!”

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Now, in fairness, many of the Apple TV+ series’ wins came on Sept. 6 at the Creative Arts Emmys, which aren’t televised. But on Sunday night, the show picked up a few more trophies, taking home the awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Comedy Series. Still, no Saperstein shoutout.

“It’s our own joke,” Rogen explained to press backstage at the end of the night. “It feels weird to reference your own joke in my opinion.”

At that, Barinholtz cut in and noted he was “very disappointed.”

For those unfamiliar, Episode 8 of “The Studio” sees Rogen’s character Matt Remick and his team head to the Golden Globes. While there, Matt is determined to get a shoutout in Zoë Kravitz’s acceptance speech. Instead, Sal Saperstein (Barinholtz) gets a shoutout in Adam Scott’s acceptance speech, because the two lived together briefly during Scott’s early days in Hollywood.

From there, other celebrities decide to start thanking Sal, even if they don’t know him, turning it into a bit for the night. Even Jean Smart gets in on the gag with a cameo in the episode. It was a joke that many fans hoped and expected to see continued in real life on Sunday.

Dave Franco, who appeared as himself in the series and was among the many guest stars who scored an Emmy nod on the show, even promised to continue the bit if he won the award. But, in the end, it was Bryan Cranston who took home the trophy for that particular category.

“The Studio” is now streaming on Apple TV+.

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This year, it was “The Pitt” sneaking in and winning the last two awards of the night to upset “Severance,” which had gone into the show with 27 nominations, more than double the total of its rival.

The two series had squared off at the beginning of the night, with “Severance” seemingly having the upper hand. “The Pitt” co-star Katherine LaNasa’s win over four different nominees from “The White Lotus” early in the show was the first sign of how strong “The Pitt” was with Emmy voters (though it may also have been a reminder of the perils of vote-splitting), and the enthusiasm in the room for her win was another good sign for the medical drama.

But a few minutes later, “Severance” star Tramell Tillman got an equally rapturous reception. And when Britt Lower followed by beating the heavily favored Kathy Bates (“Matlock”) for Best Actress in a Drama Series, it seemed that “Severance” was on a roll.

But that thorny sci-fi show, the subject of an on-stage joke about how impenetrable it can sometimes be, didn’t win again after those two acting awards. And “The Pitt” may have overcome the big lead “Severance” had in nominations by simply being more emotional and timelier, given its release in early 2025 as the Trump administration was making changes that would imperil healthcare for many people.

“The Pitt” always felt like more of an Emmy show in spite of the statistics that favored “Severance,” and it turned out to be more of an Emmy show.

Its win was part of an Emmy ceremony that felt different than other recent years, when Television Academy voters tended to dump a lot of awards on a few shows. They did that again this year to a degree, particularly in the limited series categories, but in the midst of showering a lot on a little, they also threw in some pretty big changes of pace. Even in the areas where you pretty much knew where you were going to end up – with “The Studio” and “Adolescence” winning the big comedy and limited series awards – you didn’t know exactly how you were going to get there or what detours you were going to take along the way. 

That was a change from the last few Emmy programs, when it wasn’t unusual for all seven awards in a specific area to be divvied up between only two programs. Last year, “Hacks” and “The Bear” were the only comedy series to win on Emmy night; the year before, “Succession” and “The White Lotus” were the only two drama series to be honored.

If recent years have seen voters surgically targeting specific shows and showering them with awards, their spray pattern was much wider this year – and for the most part, it was very satisfying.

When the first five drama awards went to four different shows, with “Slow Horses” scoring a surprise win in the directing category and “Andor” following with a screenwriting victory, it almost seemed as if Emmy voters were actively trying to spread the love, which they seemed to have forgotten to do in the last five to 10 years.

On the comedy side, Jeff Hiller’s win for “Somebody Somewhere” was more of the same, with Harrison Ford or Ike Barinholtz seemingly poised to take that honor over the guy from a show that had been completely shut out by Emmy voters until its final season.  

But that only slightly derailed the victory march of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s “The Studio,” which went into the night having won nine awards at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremonies. Within the first hour of Sunday’s show, the Apple TV+ and Lionsgate series had won two Emmys to tie the record set by “The Bear” last year for the most wins for a comedy show in a single year; 40 minutes later, it won a third to own the record outright.

In many ways, “The Studio” was made for the Emmys. It was funny but also visually bold with its use of long shots; and for people in the business, it was an insider’s delight, with a murderer’s row of luminaries playing themselves: Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Sarah Polley, Olivia Wilde… In a year in which 2023 winner “The Bear” seemed to have lost its mojo with voters, and 2024 winner “Hacks” didn’t have the heat it did when it upset “The Bear” last year, it was a clear favorite, even after “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder finally won the supporting actress award after losing for the show’s first three seasons.

“Adolescence” was, if possible, even more of a lock. Released by Netflix in the same window as Emmy winner “Baby Reindeer” was last year, its story of a teenage boy accused of killing a female classmate was urgent and moving in a way that made it a frontrunner from the start. It won six of the seven limited-series awards handed out on Sunday – everything except Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, a category in which “Adolescence” did not enter anyone, which was won by Cristin Milioti for “The Penguin.”

The fact that Milioti’s co-star, Colin Farrell, lost the best-actor category to Stephen Graham was the ultimate sign of just how dominant “Adolescence” was.

Until “The Pitt” pulled off its eleventh-hour upset, the biggest suspense wasn’t what would win, it was whether host Nate Bargatze would have to donate any of the promised $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, or whether speeches running past 45 seconds would wipe out the entire donation. (And then they did just that with a half hour to go, but there wasn’t even much suspense over whether Bargatze and the Television Academy would step in at the end of the night and make good on the entire $100,000 and then some.)

At first, that gimmick of Bargatze’s actually succeeded in cutting down on acceptance speeches in a way that other awards show’s constant reminders and occasional gimmicks haven’t, though it also hijacked that aspect of the show and robbed some of the speeches of some emotion.

But the final stretch of the show regained some of that heart, mostly because of the popularity of the big winners: first “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” then “Adolescence,” then “The Studio,” then Noah Wyle and “The Pitt.”

That’s a roster of Emmy recipients that was enormously popular inside the Peacock Theatre, and played well on TV, too. And at an Emmys that was notable for being different from recent shows, the flash of deja vu at the very end was a welcome capper to a good night.

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This year’s show was hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze, who kept things moving along by donating $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of America and adding or subtracting $1,000 for every second a winner speech went under or over 45 seconds long.

Here are the best and worst moments from the 2025 Emmy Awards.

Best: The Crowd Goes Wild For Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert was the first to present at the 77th Emmy Awards and was greeted with a standing ovation from the crowd. The reaction comes months after CBS announced that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was coming to an end in May 2026. The ovation was a clear sign which side the Hollywood players in the room stood on the decision.

Later in the show, “The Late Show” won the Emmy for Talk Series, and the award show audience erupted. Colbert gave a powerful speech about love and loss that capped with “I’ve never loved my country so desperately.”

Worst: ‘The Golden Girls’ Theme Performed Live

After host Nate Bargatze stressed – partly as a joke, partly to keep the show moving – that speeches over 45 seconds would remove a grand from a $100,000 donation to the Boys and Girls Club of America, there was still some time cut out for Reba McEntire, Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman to sing a bit of the “Golden Girls” theme song ensuring that the runtime would not be affected that much in the long run.

Best: Jeff Hiller Wins Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Beating out Harrison Ford, Ike Barinholtz and Colman Domingo, Jeff Hiller took home the Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his performance in “Somebody Somewhere.” Fellow nominees Bowen Yang and Michael Urie appeared shocked and elated for Hiller as Julianne Nicholson announced his name. Hiller thanked co-star Bridget Everett for “changing his life.”

Worst: One Male Limited Series Director Beats 5 Female Nominees

Presenter Elizabeth Banks was rightfully excited that outstanding directing in a limited series had five female nominees to only one male nominee which had not happened at the awards show before. After all that talk — and a joke about the lone male director Philip Barantini being “The Oner” of the group — she quickly announced that Barantini won for his directing of “Adolescence.”

Barantini’s win is certainly well-deserved, but the lead up to the reveal was a tough look.

Worst: Winners Penalized for Talking More Than 45 Seconds While Presenters Rambled

Bargatze’s joke about knocking away money from a $100,000 donation to the Boys and Girls Club of America for every second beyond 45 seconds that Emmy winners went on their acceptance speech was a fun one. But when put into comparison with how long — and often cringey — the presenters got to go on maybe they should’ve been the ones with a timer.

Best: Tina Fey Gives Lorne Michaels Emmy for “SNL” 50th Anniversary Special

It was a “Saturday Night Live” reunion as Tina Fey presented Lorne Michaels with the Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special for “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.” After joking that she may have been a biased choice to present the award, Fey fittingly handing the Emmy to Michaels was well worth it. The creator of the sketch series received a standing ovation as he accepted the award, honoring 50 seasons of “SNL”’s legacy. Cameras cut to “SNL” alums Steve Martin and Martin Short beaming at the producer.

Best: Cristin Milioti’s Acceptance Speech

Cristin Milioti won the Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series and gave one of the best speeches of the night in a show where many felt rushed because of the donation add/subtract. Her love for her role in “The Penguin” and passion for acting in general was never more evident than in her ecstatic sign-off: “I love you and I love acting so much. WOOO!”

Best: Britt Lower Snuck A ‘Severance’ Reference Onto Her Acceptance Speech Sheet

Britt Lower’s Innie snuck a secret message into her Emmy Award acceptance speech. As she accepted the award for lead actress in a drama series for her performance in “Severance,” there was a note on the back that read: “LET ME OUT.” The moment mirrored a scene in the Apple TV+ series in which Lower’s Innie spoke out against her father while posing as her Outie Helena Eagen. In the sci-fi workplace drama, Lower plays both Helly R. and Helena Eagan as her characters navigate the severed world of Lumon Industries.

Worst: The Up and Down Donations to Boys and Girls Club of America

Bargatze’s bit about donating to the Boys and Girls Club was funny at first but it the 45 second clock otherwise donation number would go down clearly stressed the winners out. Even as the show went on and the number dropped and it became more clear that it was a bit that was going to end with money being donated well beyond $100,000 (and it did) it was still getting in the head of many during speechs.

Tack on to that it seemed to be the one joke of the entire show. Every one of Bargatze’s appearances throughout the show just referenced the money status. It got old fast and unfortunately lasted the entire ceremony.

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Near the end of the 77th Emmy Awards, HBO Max’s “The Pitt” beat Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller’s Apple TV+ show for Outstanding Drama Series. Plenty of prognosticators had their money on “Severance,” whose second season debuted in January to stellar reviews and seemed unbeatable … until “The Pitt,” which premiered around the same time and started generating buzz in the late winter/spring.

TheWrap’s Steve Pond predicted this very outcome in one of his last Emmy columns of the season. Why? “Maybe because ‘The Pitt’ came on late in the eligibility period and seemed to seize real momentum heading into voting, particularly with voters who can embrace the old-school (but souped-up) charms of a medical series,” he wrote. “Statistics clearly say that ‘Severance’ will win, but this race feels a whole lot closer than stats suggest, so we’re going to predict an upset.”

Created by R. Scott Gemmill, who exec produces with fellow “ER” alum John Wells and series star Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” found a receptive audience for its first season right away. It continued to grow week after week, averaging 10 million viewers per each of its 15 episodes. The show, which is produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, also debuted as one of the top five most-watched Max original series premieres ever.

“The Pitt” unfolds in real time over a grueling 15-hour shift in an under-funded and -staffed Pittsburgh hospital, and stars Wyle as Dr. Michael “Robby” Rabinovitch, a senior attending ER physician. The actor and EP has explained that the impetus for the show was to spotlight the frontline workers who risked their lives daily during the pandemic. For their part, the medical community gave “The Pitt” its stamp of approval, praising its realism and accuracy.

The success of “The Pitt” has led to a slew of reports about the state of prestige television and a potential swing back to more network-style storytelling (like “ER”) that was once the backbone of the industry.

In addition to Outstanding Drama Series, “The Pitt” also won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Noah Wyle), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Katherine LaNasa), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Shawn Hatosy) and Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series. “Severance,” too, won one lead, one supporting award and one guest acting award for Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman and Merritt Wever respectively, keeping the night thrilling to the end.

Last year, the big upset came in the Outstanding Comedy Series category, where HBO Max’s “Hacks” overcame FX’s “The Bear.” Meanwhile, the heavily favored drama frontrunner, FX’s “Shōgun,” walked away with the top prize, one of a record-setting 18 it took home for its first season.

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The Easter egg in question was spotted by eagle-eyed Emmys viewers, who noted online that Lower had scribbled three words in all caps on the back of the paper containing her acceptance speech. The three words? “LET ME OUT.”

Lower, notably, made no reference to the not-so-hidden message, but “Severance” fans have gotten used to looking for easy-to-miss details and clues.

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— best of helly r./helena eagan (@hellyrfiles) September 15, 2025

The message is, of course, a nod to “Severance” and specifically Lower’s “innie” character in the show, Helly R. Helly writes those same words on her arms during a memorable scene in “Severance” Season 1. Beyond that, Helly and her fellow “Severance” innies have spent the entire show demanding that they be let out of the labyrinthine Lumon Industries office floor where they all work.

Lower’s scribbled Emmys message, in other words, cheekily suggests that it was not Helly R. who accepted the Lead Actress Emmy Sunday night, but her “outie” self, Helena.

“It’s a privilege to even be mentioned alongside such an incredible group of artists,” Lower said during her speech, referencing her fellow Lead Actress nominees this year. “I share this award with my heroic cast and crew whose work catalyzes mine.”

“Thank you to my mom and my dad, my brother, my husband, our kids, our co-parents, our chosen family. I love you so much,” Lower added. “Thank you for this. And thank you [to] Helly R. for choosing me.”

“Severance” Season 2 netted the most Emmy nominations of any of this year’s nominated shows. In addition to Lower, her “Severance” co-star Tramell Tillman also took home the Emmy Sunday night for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

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In 2024, the show took home 11 Emmys for its second season, becoming the winningest comedy series in a single year at the Television Academy awards. On Sunday, however, the show didn’t score a single Emmy. When combined with its shutout at the Creative Arts Emmys in early September, “The Bear” ends its 2025 season with a total of zero Emmy wins.

This gives it the biggest drop for a comedy series in a single year in Emmys history — and ties it with “The Crown” for the biggest drop for any series.

Why did the once adored FX series have such a precipitous fall from grace? There are a few reasons.

To begin with, “The Bear” had extremely limited competition for this negative record. The majority of shows that have won 10 Emmys or more are limited series or TV movies (beginning with “Angels in America” in 2004 and also including “John Adams,” “Chernobyl,” “Watchmen,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Behind the Candelabra”), which didn’t return the following year and thus couldn’t suffer a drop.

“Game of Thrones” was one of the only shows that could reasonably compete with “The Bear” in this arena. In 2015, the HBO series broke the record for the most wins in a single season for an ongoing program, scoring 12 Emmys for Season 5. The following year, “Game of Thrones” matched this total, bringing in 12 more Emmys for Season 6. After a year off, “Game of Thrones” returned in 2018 with a nine-Emmy haul (giving it a drop of only three awards from one season to the next). It then beat this total with 12 wins in 2019 for its final season.

Aside from “Game of Thrones” and “The Bear,” only three seasons of continuing series television have scored double-digit wins at the Emmys. In 2022, Season 1 of “The White Lotus” scored a 10-Emmy haul — though this happened in the limited series category, where its first season was classified. The following year, Season 2 was moved to the drama series categories and won half as many Emmys, five. In 2024, “Shōgun” shattered the Emmys record with 18 wins, but the show has yet to release a second season.

That leaves “The Crown,” which earned 11 Emmys out of 24 nominations for its fourth season in 2021. When the Netflix series returned to the Emmys in 2023, however, it went home empty-handed with only six noms, giving it a similar fall to “The Bear.” The show would return in 2024 for its final season, winning three times.

As for what made Emmy voters turn on “The Bear” so dramatically, it may be a combination of the fresher competition and the renewed discourse over whether the intense show even belongs in the comedy category.

At the moment, voters seem to be looking for comedy series that are first and foremost funny. Its worth noting that even during its record-breaking season, “The Bear” lost the top Emmy prize to “Hacks,” a show about the art and business of comedy that is packed with frequent and overt humor.

This year, it was Apple TV+’s “The Studio” that received the most voter love of any comedy. The show won 13 Emmys total, including Outstanding Comedy Series. The Hollywood send-up is unwaveringly committed to generating laughs, with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and company filling each episode with wall-to-wall gags. It also boasts strong technical elements, using long takes and intricate sets to play up both the glamor and the mania of show biz. No wonder it’s the new champ.

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“The Studio” ended Emmy season in glory on Sunday night, taking home 13 awards and setting two new records before the end of the night. Its record haul was made up of nine wins at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sept. 6 — including Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Bryan Cranston) and Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series — and an additional set of wins at the Primetime Emmys on Sunday, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Seth Rogen), Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and the top prize: Outstanding Comedy Series.

The trophy trove made the Apple TV+ and Lionsgate series the new holder of two records previously set by FX’s “The Bear.” “The Studio” broke the record as the comedy series with the most Emmy wins in a single season, pushing ahead of “The Bear,” whose 11 Emmys for its second season set a new milestone just last year. (In spite of its record-breaking haul, “The Bear” lost the Outstanding Comedy Series award to “Hacks.”)

“The Studio” also had the winningest first season of a comedy series — an achievement “The Bear” claimed in 2023 with 10 awards.

“The Studio” follows Seth Rogen as Matt Remick, a lifelong movie fan promoted to studio chief. As Remick ascends to his dream job, he realizes that he must walk the uncomfortable line between art and commerce. Rogen and longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg created the show with Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez.

Reasons for “The Studio’s” dominance include its showing at the Creative Arts Emmys. While “The Bear’s” record season scored seven CAE wins in 2024, “The Studio” earned nine. In addition to being a compelling comedy, “The Studio” is technically sophisticated, making extensive use of long, complicated takes. Its craftsmanship enabled it to take all of the Creative Arts categories in which “The Bear” won — cinematography, picture editing, sound editing, sound mixing and guest acting — but also add wins for production design, contemporary costumes and music supervision.

Fervor for “The Studio” also reflects how the Television Academy has cooled on the once unbeatable FX series about culinary greatness. In just one year, “The Bear” dropped from 11 wins to scoring none in 2025. It’s a record decline that comes amid weaker reviews for “The Bear” Seasons 3 and 4 and, perhaps even more significant, widespread debate over whether the largely dramatic show should compete as a comedy.

One sign that voters might be taking note of that debate came last year, when the show set its record for wins but then notably lost the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy to Season 3 of HBO Max’s “Hacks,” a show about…comedians.

With this in mind, it’s not hard to see how “The Studio” crossed the finish line as the new champ. The show is both a throwback to and evolution of traditional sitcoms, with each episode following a single, largely non-serialized premise with high production value — and a steady stream of laughs.

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Cooper had already made history in July when he became the youngest-ever nominee in the supporting actor in a limited series category. Now he’s got the gold to seal his place in the record books. Not too shabby for a kid from outside Manchester, England, who had no acting experience prior to making the Netflix’s limited series created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham.

Prior to this year’s ceremony, Jharrel Jerome was the youngest supporting actor in a limited series winner, an honor he earned in 2019 at age 21 for Netflix’s “When They See Us.”

Cooper isn’t the youngest overall acting winner. That distinction still belongs to Roxana Zal, who was 14 when she won best supporting actress in a limited series in 1984 for “Something About Amelia.”

Kristy McNichol also holds an impressive record as the only person to win two Primetime Emmys before turning 18. She took home her first statuette on her fifteenth birthday in 1977 for (the now defunct category) Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress In A Drama Series for “Family.” Two years later, she picked up Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the same show.

Other young winners in the acting categories include Zendaya, who was 24 when she became the youngest-ever Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series champ in 2020 for “Euphoria”; Michael J. Fox, 25, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “Family Ties” in 1986; Richard Thomas, 21, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for “The Waltons” in 1973; Scott Jacoby, 16, Outstanding Supporting Actor for the TV movie “That Certain Summer” in 1973; Anthony Murphy, 17, Outstanding Lead Actor for the PBS limited series “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” in 1973.

And the youngest ever nominees who did not win? In first place is Keshia Knight Pulliam, who scored a comedy supporting actress nod for “The Cosby Show” in 1986, when she was just 6 years old. Tied for second are Fred Savage and Millie Bobby Brown, both 13 when they received their first noms — he for comedy lead actor in 1989 for “The Wonder Years” and she for drama supporting actress in 2017 for “Stranger Things.”

Other notable young’uns who were recognized by the TV Academy but didn’t win: Malcolm Jamal Warner, 16, supporting comedy actor for “The Cosby Show” in 1986; Asante Blackk, 17, limited series supporting actor for “When They See Us” in 2019; Claire Danes, 16, lead drama actress for “My So-Called Life” in 1995; and Patty Duke, 18, continued lead actress for “The Patty Duke Show” in 1964.

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