Television’s biggest night has arrived once again, and with it comes a chance to celebrate the best and brightest talents of the past year’s small screen offerings at the 2025 Emmy Awards — and the most awarded shows of the night are a great example of the excellence in acting, writing, directing, and producing that the television landscape is full of.
The overall TV slate is so good lately that a few shows ended up breaking some awards records during the ceremony. Seth Rogan’s hit new comedy The Studio won a whopping 12 awards this year, including nine at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend — which allowed it to break the record for most wins in a single season. The record was previously held by The Bear, which won 11 awards for its second season during last year’s ceremony.
The new Apple TV+ comedy also surpassed The Bear’s record for most wins in a show’s first season. The FX dramedy won 10 Emmys during its first season, while The Studio blew past that number between both ceremonies.
There were also a lot of incredible acting wins this year, but possibly none more exciting than Cristin Milioti. The underrated actress, who is also an accomplished Broadway performer, won Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series for her work as Sofia Falcone in the HBO drama The Penguin. This is Milioti’s first Emmy nomination and also her first win.
Meanwhile, Owen Cooper, 15, became the youngest-ever male Emmy winner, for his breakout role in Netflix mini-series Adolescence. The drama dominated the Los Angeles ceremony, scooping up six trophies, including Britt Lower winning Best Actress in a Drama Series.
The Pitt also beat mega-hits like Severance and The White Lotus to scoop up the award for best drama, with Noah Wyle winning Best Actor in a Drama, but Severance didn’t walk away empty handed, picking up two major awards.
Overall, there were nine wins for The Penguin, including Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup, and five wins for The Pitt, including 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. The Last of Us had one win, for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour).
You can check out the full list of winners from the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards below.
Best Drama Series
Andor The Diplomat The Last of Us Paradise The Pitt — WINNER 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 — WINNER What We Do in the Shadows
Best Limited or Anthology Series
Adolescence — WINNER Black Mirror Dying for Sex Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story The Penguin
Best Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race RuPaul’s Drag Race Survivor Top Chef The Traitors — WINNER
Best Talk Series
The Daily Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — WINNER
Best Scripted Variety Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver — WINNER Saturday Night Live
Best Live Variety Special
The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar Beyoncé Bowl The Oscars SNL50: The Anniversary Special — WINNER SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
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) — WINNER
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates (Matlock) Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters) Britt Lower (Severance) — WINNER 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) — WINNER John Turturro (Severance)
Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Colin Farrell (The Penguin) Stephen Graham (Adolescence) — WINNER 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) — WINNER Julianne Nicholson (Paradise) Parker Posey (The White Lotus) Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus) Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)
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) — WINNER
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This) Seth Rogen (The Studio) — WINNER 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) — WINNER 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) — WINNER Kathryn Hahn (The Studio) Janelle James (Abbott Elementary) Catherine O’Hara (The Studio) Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary) Jessica Williams (Shrinking)
Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer) Meghann Fahy (Sirens) Rashida Jones (Black Mirror) Cristin Milioti (The Penguin) — WINNER 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) — WINNER 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) — WINNER 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)
Best Writing for a Comedy Series
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky (Hacks) Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola (The Rehearsal) Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere) Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez (The Studio) — WINNER Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Paul Simms (What We Do in the Shadows)
Best Writing for a Drama Series
Dan Gilroy (Andor) — WINNER Joe Sachs (The Pitt) R. Scott Gemmill (The Pitt) Dan Erickson (Severance) Will Smith (Slow Horses) Mike White (The White Lotus)
Best Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham (Adolescence) — WINNER Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali (Black Mirror) Kim Rosenstock, Elizabeth Meriwether (Dying for Sex) Lauren LeFranc (The Penguin) Joshua Zetumer (Say Nothing)
Best Directing for a Comedy Series
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) Lucia Aniello (Hacks) James Burrows (Mid-Century Modern) Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) Seth Rogen (The Studio) — WINNER
Best Directing for a Drama Series
Janus Metz (Andor) Amanda Marsalis (The Pitt) John Wells (The Pitt) Jessica Lee Gagné (Severance) Ben Stiller (Severance) Adam Randall (Slow Horses) — WINNER Mike White (The White Lotus)
Best Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Philip Barantini (Adolescence) — WINNER Shannon Murphy (Dying for Sex) Helen Shaver (The Penguin) Jennifer Getzinger (The Penguin) Nicole Kassell (Sirens) Lesli Linka Glatter (Zero Day)
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Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
