‘Severance’ and ‘The Penguin’ lead 2025 Emmy nominations

The nominations for the 2025 Emmys have been announced, and Severance and The Penguin have received the most each. Check out the full list of nominees below.

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Apple TV+’s Severance boasts 27 nominations, while HBO’s The Penguin has 24. The top five is rounded off with The Studio and The White Lotus (23 apiece) and The Last Of Us (16).

Among the big names battling it out to win the top prizes for acting are Harrison Ford – earning his first Emmy nomination aged 83 – Quinta Brunson, Jeremy Allen White, and Britt Lower.

The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards honour the best in American prime time TV from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025. The ceremony is set to be held on September 14 at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater. CBS and Paramount+ are set to air the ceremony, with comedian Nate Bargatze hosting.

Actors Harvey Guillén and Brenda Song announced the nominees at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre, also in Los Angeles, earlier today (July 15).

The complete list of nominees for the 2025 Emmys is:

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

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