Here’s What We Know About the 2025 Emmy Nominations

The White Lotus season 3 detail that you probably missed in the trailer
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Award season is officially in sight, with this weekend seeing the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.

The prestigious ceremony, hosted this year by comedian Nate Bargatze, will honour the past year in television. And from The White Lotus and Dying for Sex to Nobody Wants This and Adolescence, there is no shortage of contenders.

Severance leads the Emmy nominations this year with a whopping 27 nods, with The Penguin and The White Lotus receiving 24 and 23, respectively. As well as The Studio (23), The Last of Us (16), Andor (14) and Hacks (14), who are all front runners going into Sunday night’s event.

A TV still from Disney's 'Dying for Sex'

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Here is the full list of 2025 Emmy award nominations ahead of the ceremony, and what we know so far...

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 lead 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 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 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 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 lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

Colin Farrell - The Penguin
Stephen Graham - Adolescence
Jake Gyllenhaal - Presumed Innocent
Bryan Tyree Henry - Dope Thief
Cooper Koch - Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

Cate Blanchett - Disclaimer
Meghan Fehy - Sirens
Rashidah 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 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 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 reality competition programme

The Amazing Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
The Traitors

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

We will continue to update this story.

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