2025 Emmy Awards nominations: ‘Severance’ and ‘The Studio’ dominate

The nominees for the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled Tuesday — and while we won’t know the winners until September, AppleTV+ has dominated the nominations.

Severance dominated the field with 27 nominations, while The Studio led comedy nominees with a record-tying 23.

No other dramas came close to the dystopian workplace series Severance, which achieved a convergence of acclaim and audience buzz for its second season that brought an expected Emmy bounty.

Lead acting nominations came for Adam Scott and Britt Lower for what amounted to dual roles as their characters’ “innie” work selves and “outie” home selves. Tramell Tillman got a supporting nod for playing their tone-shifting, pineapple-wielding supervisor, and Patricia Arquette was nominated for supporting actress for playing an ousted outcast from the sinister family business at the centre of the show. Ben Stiller got a directing nomination.

Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara are among the Canadians who racked up multiple Emmy nominations this year.

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Seth Rogen & Catherine O’Hara let their real-life friendship inspire ‘The Studio’

Both received nods for Rogen’s AppleTV+ cringe comedy The Studio, which broke records Tuesday with 23 Emmy nominations — the most ever for a comedy series in its first season.

That beats the record set in 2021 by Ted Lasso, also from Apple, which scored 20 nominations in its debut year.

Rogen earned nominations for best lead actor in a comedy series, best directing and best writing.

Toronto’s O’Hara, meanwhile, earned two nominations — one as best supporting actress in The Studio, and another for a guest role in HBO zombie drama The Last of Us.

As expected, Emmy voters also heaped love on the so-called “Big Four” of comedy: Hacks, The Bear, Abbott Elementary and Only Murders in the Building. Many of those competing in the drama categories were likely just happy the Emmy-gobbling Shōgun is between seasons.

(Find a complete list of the nominees in the major categories, below.)

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Best Drama Series

AndorThe DiplomatThe Last of UsParadiseThe PittSeveranceSlow HorsesThe White Lotus

Best Comedy Series

Abbott ElementaryThe BearHacksNobody Wants ThisOnly Murders in the BuildingShrinkingThe StudioWhat We Do in the Shadows

Lead Actor, Drama

Sterling K. Brown, ParadisePedro Pascal, The Last of UsAdam Scott, SeveranceNoah Wyle, The PittGary Oldman, Slow Horses

Lead Actress, Drama

Kathy Bates, MatlockSharon Horgan, Bad SistersBella Ramsey, The Last of UsBritt Lower, SeveranceKeri Russell, The Diplomat

Lead Actor, Comedy

Adam Brody, Nobody Wants ThisSeth Rogen, The StudioJason Segel, ShrinkingMartin Short, Only Murders in the BuildingJeremy Allen White, The Bear

Lead Actress, Comedy

Uzo Aduba, The ResidenceKristen Bell, Nobody Wants ThisQuinta Brunson, Abbott ElementaryAyo Ederibi, The BearJean Smart, Hacks

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Supporting Actor, Drama

Zach Cherry, SeveranceWalton Goggins, The White LotusJason Isaacs, The White LotusJames Marsden, ParadiseSam Rockwell, The White LotusJohn Turturro, SeveranceTramell Tillman, Severance

Supporting Actress, Drama

Patricia Arquette, SeveranceCarrie Coon, The White LotusKatherine LaNasa, The PittJulianne Nicholson, ParadiseParker Posey, The White LotusNatasha Rothwell, The White LotusAimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus

Supporting Actor, Comedy

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Ike Barinholtz, The StudioPaul W. Downs, HacksHarrison Ford, ShrinkingJeff Hiller, Somebody SomewhereEbon Moss-Bachrach, The BearMichael Urie, ShrinkingBowen Yang, Saturday Night Live

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Liza Colón-Zayas, The BearHannah Einbinder, HacksKathryn Hahn, The StudioJanelle James, Abbott ElementaryCatherine O’Hara, The StudioSheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary

Guest Actor, Drama

Giancarlo Esposito, The BoysScott Glenn, The White LotusShawn Hatosy, The PittJoe Pantoliano, The Last of UsForest Whitaker, AndorJeffrey Wright, The Last of Us

Guest Actress, Drama

Jane Alexander, SeveranceGwendoline Christie, SeveranceKaitlyn Dever, The Last of UsCherry Jones, The Handmaid’s TaleCatherine O’Hara, The Last of Us

Guest Actor, Comedy

Jon Bernthal, The BearBryan Cranston, The StudioDave Franco, The StudioRon Howard, The StudioMartin Scorsese, The StudioAnthony Mackie, The StudioDave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live

Guest Actress, Comedy

Olivia Colman, The BearJamie Lee Curtis, The BearCynthia Erivo, Poker FaceRobby Hoffman, HacksZoe Kravitz, The StudioJulianne Nicholson, Hacks

Best Reality Competition Series

The Amazing RaceRuPaul’s Drag RaceSurvivorTop ChefThe Traitors

Best Limited or Anthology Series

AdolescenceBlack MirrorDying for SexMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryThe Penguin

Best Television Movie

Bridget Jones: Mad About the BoyThe GorgeMountainheadNonnasRebel Ridge

Lead Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Colin Farrell, The PenguinStephen Graham, AdolescenceJake Gyllenhaal, Presumed InnocentBrian Tyree Henry, Dope ThiefCooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Lead Actress, Limited Series or Movie

Cate Blanchett, DisclaimerMeghann Fahy, SirensRashida Jones, Black MirrorCristin Milioti, The PenguinMichelle Williams, Dying for Sex

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryBill Camp, Presumed InnocentOwen Cooper, AdolescenceRob Delaney, Dying for SexPeter Sarsgaard, Presumed InnocentAshley Walters, Adolescence

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or Movie

Erin Doherty, AdolescenceRuth Negga, Presumed InnocentDeirdre O’Connell, The PenguinChloë Sevigny, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryJenny Slate, Dying for SexChristine Tremarco, Adolescence

Best Animated Program

Arcane: League of LegendsBob’s BurgersCommon Side EffectsLove, Death + RobotsThe Simpsons

—The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on Sept. 14.

—— With files from The Associated Press and The Canadian Press