‘The Pitt’ edges out ‘Severance’ for best drama Emmy in night filled with upsets
“The Pitt” creator R. Scott Gemmill accepts the Emmy for drama series.
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Freshman drama “The Pitt,” HBO Max’s hour-by-hour look at a day shift inside a Pittsburgh emergency room, won best drama at the 77th Emmy Awards Sunday night.
The medical drama entered the night as a dark horse contender, with many predicting Apple TV+‘s “Severance” would win the category. “The Pitt” also beat out “The Last of Us” (HBO), “The White Lotus” (HBO), “Andor” (Disney+), “The Diplomat” (Netflix) and “Slow Horses” (Apple TV+).
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John Wells accepts the award for outstanding drama series for “The Pitt” during the show at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025.
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The 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards have wrapped and the drama category, not surprisingly, provided the most drama with HBO Max’s first-year medical drama “The Pitt” collecting the top prize along with lead actor for Noah Wylie and supporting actress for Katherine LaNasa. Apple TV+’s sci fi thriller “Severance” won lead actress for Britt Lower and supporting actor for Trammell Tillman.
“Adolescence,” Netflix’s intense British drama about the case of a teenage boy accused of murder, dominated the limited series category, winning the top award as well as earning Emmys for Stephen Graham for lead actor and writing (with Jack Thorne), Owen Cooper for supporting actor, Erin Doherty for supporting actress and Philip Barantini for directing. The series also won for directing and writing.
Apple TV+’s “The Studio,” another freshman show, scored big in the comedy category winning for series, and lead actor Seth Rogen, who also shared Emmys for writing and directing. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder of “Hacks” won prizes for lead and supporting actress in a comedy, respectively.
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Noah Wyle of ‘The Pitt’ wins first Emmy for lead actor in a drama
Noah Wyle accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for “The Pitt” at the 77th Emmy Awards.
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Noah Wyle has secured his first-ever Emmy more than a quarter-century after he was last nominated for the honor.
Wyle, who broke out in the ’90s for his five-time Emmy-nominated role as Dr. John Carter on NBC’s “ER,” clinched his first win for lead actor in a drama series for his moving performance as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch in HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt.” On top of starring as its chief attending physician, Wyle also served as a writer and executive producer on the series.
Our experts break down the 2025 Emmys: A night of many sweeps, a few big surprises
Britt Lower accepts the Emmy for lead actress in a drama series for “Severance.”
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Another Emmys are in the books, and after a season of speculation about whether the awards would be full of sweeps or surprises, voters split the difference — while comedy series “The Studio” and limited series “Adolescence” racked up win after win, drama rivals “Severance” and “The Pitt” split the early prizes before “The Pitt” triumphed in the end.
The ceremony, hosted by Nate Bargatze, largely avoided political controversy, and in some stretches of the show the primary tension was around his acceptance-speech money clock, which added or subtracted to a charity pot based on whether winners went over their allotted time. Still, this year’s awards had enough surprises in store to keep things interesting, including unexpected wins for Britt Lower, Jeff Hiller, “Slow Horses” and “Andor” — plus a totally expected but very popular triumph for beloved late-night host Stephen Colbert.
Columnists Mary McNamara and Glenn Whipp broke it all down, as it happened. Read their live chat below.
‘The Studio’ wins comedy series at Emmys, beating past champs ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Bear’
Seth Rogen accepts the award for comedy series for “The Studio” at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. “It’s getting embarrassing,” he said of his numerous wins.
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Thank you, Sal Saperstein! Freshman series “The Studio” is the top comedy at the Emmys, bringing its awards total to 13.
Last year’s winner, “Hacks,” and previous winner “The Bear” were also in the running for the comedy series award, along with “Abbott Elementary,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Shrinking” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”
‘Adolescence,’ Netflix’s hit crime drama, wins Emmy for limited series
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“Adolescence,” the buzzy Netflix drama about a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a female classmate, won the Emmy for limited or anthology series.
The four-episode U.K. project was highly praised for its approach of filming each installment in a single camera shot.
Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’ wins Emmy for talk series as cancellation looms
Stephen Colbert during the show at the 77th Emmy Awards.
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“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” won the Emmy for talk series for the first time, marking a victory for the canceled show.
In his moving acceptance speech, host Stephen Colbert reflected on the start of his version of “The Late Show,” saying he told producer Spike Jonze 10 years ago, “I don’t know how you could do it, but I’d kind of like to do a late night comedy show that was about love.”
Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen honored with Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at Emmys
Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen accept the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 77th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Beloved actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen became the first couple to jointly accept a prestigious award from the Television Academy honoring philanthropy at Sunday’s Emmy Awards.
Kristen Bell and Michael Schur presented the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award to the duo during the live telecast. Schur created “The Good Place,” which Danson starred in alongside Bell from 2016-20.
Cristin Milioti ‘loves acting so much,’ gives rousing, tearful speech
Cristin Milioti accepts the award for lead actress in a limited series for “The Penguin” during the show at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Cristin Milioti gave an impassioned speech picking up her first Emmy win for lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie for her role in “The Penguin.”
“I wrote this on the back of notes that I took in therapy the other day, so don’t look at the back,” she said.
“I loved making this show, and I loved playing Sofia so much, and it’s very hard to make sense of being alive right now … in this world. And so I’m deeply grateful for the bright spots. And making this show with our incredible cast and incredible crew, and getting to inhabit this woman, was a bright spot for me, despite it being like very grisly. Playing her felt like flying,” she said.
“I love acting so much!” she shouted before letting out a hearty “Woo!”
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Shutdown of Corp. for Public Broadcasting, recipient of Governors Award, gets jeers at Emmys
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Patricia Harrison, the president and chief executive of the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, accepting the Governors Award on night two of the Television Academy’s 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 7 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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As the recently defunded Corp. for Public Broadcasting phases out operations, the media nonprofit received a final toast from the Television Academy.
At last week’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, the academy recognized the CPB as the recipient of the 2025 Governors Award, which “honors an individual, company or organization that has made a profound, transformational and long-lasting contribution to the arts and/or science of television.” Honorees in recent years have included “Dawson’s Creek” writer-producer Greg Berlanti and LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD.
Stars sound off on which show is more stressful: ‘The Pitt’ or ‘The Studio’
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Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel reunite in Stars Hollow — sorry, we mean the Emmys
“Gilmore Girls” stars Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham present an award at the 77th Emmy Awards on Sunday.
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One of television’s finest mother-daughter duos reunited on stage to present the award for writing for a comedy series, which went to Seth Rogen and the team from “The Studio.” Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel played Lorelai and Rory Gilmore for seven seasons, beginning in 2000. The 25th anniversary of the show’s premiere is in October.
The actors stood on a re-creation of the Gilmore house, saying the series “took the season of fall hostage” and joked about the “terrifying” length of the scripts from the show, which was known for its fast-talking characters.
The two actors and many of the original cast members reunited in 2016 for a Netflix revival miniseries, “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,” with four episodes representing the four seasons to continue the story several years later.
Despite its enduring popularity, “Gilmore Girls” was nominated for only a single Emmy — for makeup — which it won.
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How do you keep acceptance speeches short? Put $100,000 for Boys & Girls Club on the line
John Oliver accepts the award for scripted variety series for “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.”
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This year’s Emmys show has hit on a novel, sometimes off-putting approach to keeping acceptance speeches short. At the beginning of the show, host Nate Bargatze announced that $100,000 was going to be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Los Angeles, but whenever a winner went over in their speech, the money would start to drop.
The visual of winners trying to express themselves while a projection of the money going to a beloved children’s charity plummets behind them is not great. It’s also having unpredictable results. John Oliver said, “F— you, Nate Bargatze,” before racing through his speech in about five seconds and running off stage. Others, like Hannah Einbinder, kept talking and said they’d pay the swiftly depleting money back.
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All the looks from the 2025 Emmys red carpet
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Television’s biggest night is here and with it comes some of the best red carpet fashion of awards season.
Selena Gomez was among the stars who made a splash at the Emmys. Walking arm in arm with fiancé Benny Blanco, the “Only Murders in the Building” actor and executive producer donned a red high-neck gown by Louis Vuitton. Other red-hot standouts include looks from Mariska Hargitay, Sydney Sweeney, Sara Foster and Cristin Milioti. Britt Lower was red-adjacent in a burnt-copper Calvin Klein gown (the two previous lead actress drama winners wore red).
And the naked dress was alive and well thanks to Jenna Ortega’s bejeweled Givenchy look. The star channeled Isabella Rossellini’s “Death Becomes Her” character in a top made entirely of jewels and pearls. Justine Lupe’s Carolina Herrera gown and Charlotte Le Bon’s Courréges chainmail dress also turned heads.
Colman Domingo in Valentino, Seth Rogen in Etro, Pedro Pascal in Celine, Walton Goggins in Louis Vuitton and James Marsden were among the men who dressed to impress.
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Jenna Ortega turns heads in a bejeweled Givenchy look.
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Philip Barantini, the only man nominated for directing a limited series, wins Emmy
Philip Barantini accepts the award for directing for a limited series for “Adolescence” during the show at the 77th Emmy Awards.
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When Elizabeth Banks took the stage to present the Emmy for directing for a limited series, she noted the demographics of the nominees.
Banks, who has directed films including “Pitch Perfect 2,” “Charlie’s Angels” and “Cocaine Bear,” took a jab at Hollywood’s long history of predominantly honoring male directors when introducing the category’s nominees.
“When was the last time a directing category had five women and one man?” she quipped.
The nominees for the award included Shannon Murphy (“Dying for Sex”), Helen Shaver (“The Penguin”), Jennifer Getzinger (“The Penguin”), Nicole Kassell (“Sirens”), Lesli Linka Glatter (“Zero Day”) and Philip Barantini (“Adolescence”).
Barantini won.
“Mom, I said I would make you proud and I’ll continue to do so,” Barantini said after thanking the show’s cast and crew as well as his family in his acceptance speech.
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Jeff Hiller wins supporting actor in a comedy over ‘Shrinking,’ ‘The Studio’ stars
Jeff Hiller accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for “Somebody Somewhere” during the show at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Jeff Hiller won the award for supporting actor in a comedy, beating out competitors Ike Barinholtz, Colman Domingo, Harrison Ford, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Michael Urie and Bowen Yang.
Hiller plays Joel on “Somebody Somewhere.”
“Thank you to HBO for putting a show about sweaty middle-aged people on the same network as the sexy teens of ‘Euphoria,’” he said in his acceptance speech. “I feel like I’m gonna cry because for the past 25 years, I’ve been like, ‘World, I want to be an actor,’ and the world’s like, ‘Maybe computers,’” he continued.
Hiller told The Times in August his nomination, which was his first, came as a surprise, and his exuberant speech pointed to a similar feeling Sunday for the first-time winner.
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Hannah Einbinder sends message on Gaza and ICE in acceptance speech
Hannah Einbinder accepts the award for supporting actress in a comedy series for “Hacks.”
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Hannah Einbinder did not shy away from politics in her acceptance speech for supporting actress in a comedy at the Emmys on Sunday night.
“Free Palestine,” the “Hacks” star said to applause, adding another two words that were censored from the telecast: “F— ICE.”
It was hard to tell how effusive the applause was from the audience since Einbinder spoke the words at the end of a speech that ran over and was already rushing to get off stage. Several actors, including Einbinder, are wearing red pins at tonight’s ceremony, part of a collective effort by actors, filmmakers and other artists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The pins show the outline of a hand with a small black heart in the center. In addition to Einbinder, Aimee Lou Wood of Season 3 of “The White Lotus,” was seen with the pin, and Megan Stalter of “Hacks” sported a black bag with the words “Cease Fire!”
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Britt Lower wins first Emmy for ‘Severance’
Britt Lower accepts the award for lead actress in a drama series for “Severance.”
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Britt Lower won her first Emmy Award on her first nomination for her role as Helly R./Helena Eagan in the Apple TV+ drama “Severance.” “It’s a privilege to even be mentioned alongside such an incredible group of artists,” she said in her speech. She was nominated alongside Kathy Bates, Sharon Horgan, Bella Ramsey and Keri Russell. Bates was the favorite pick in this category among many awards prognosticators. “Thank you for Helly R. for choosing me,” Lower said to conclude her speech.
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40 years of ‘The Golden Girls’ celebrated in tribute
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This would be an appropriate point in the evening to grab a slice of cheesecake. In a moving tribute celebrating the 40th anniversary of the premiere of “The Golden Girls,” Reba McEntire, Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman sang the show’s theme song, “Thank You for Being a Friend,” on a re-creation of its iconic kitchen set.
Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, Betty White and Estelle Getty played four single women living in Miami in their “golden” years for seven seasons beginning in 1985. “The Golden Girls” received 68 Emmy nominations and 11 wins, including one for each of its stars and two in the comedy series category.
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Host Nate Bargatze opens Emmys 2025, spoofing television and starting a charity clock
Host Nate Bargatze opens the show Sunday at the 77th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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The 2025 Emmy Awards kicked off with a sketch celebrating “the most powerful medium ever created.”
First-time host Nate Bargatze teamed up with “Saturday Night Live” cast members Bowen Yang, Mikey Day and James Austin Johnson for the opening of the 77th Emmy Awards in a skit that imagined how television came to be. Bargatze portrayed Philo T. Farnsworth, the “visionary genius” who saw the potential of television’s future.
Katherine LaNasa wins supporting actress in a drama for ‘The Pitt’
Katherine LaNasa accepts the award for supporting actress in a drama series for “The Pitt.”
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Katherine LaNasa picked up her first Emmy award for her performance as charge nurse Dana Evans in “The Pitt” in a category crowded by the ladies of “The White Lotus.” “I am so proud and honored to receive this award from the Academy,” she said. “My whole career, I wanted to work for John Wells, and he elevates everything in his wake. John, I’m so much better when you’re around, mostly because I don’t want to get fired.”
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Tramell Tillman is first Black actor to win an Emmy for supporting actor in a drama
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Tramell Tillman of Apple TV+’s hit series “Severance” won the Emmy for supporting actor in a drama, becoming the first Black actor to win the category. He received a standing ovation as he accepted the award.
Tillman was awarded for his portrayal of the enigmatic and possibly sinister employee supervisor Seth Milchick, who leads the macrodata refinement team at Lumon Industries after previous boss Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) is unceremoniously removed. The actor was spotlighted in several episodes during the show’s second season, particularly the finale, when Mr. Milchick boogied while backing a marching band during an employee celebration for completing the Cold Harbor file.
Stephen Colbert, the night’s first presenter, gets a standing ovation
Stephen Colbert received a standing ovation from the crowd at the 77th Primetime Emmys.
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To kick off the presentation of awards, Stephen Colbert made his way to the stage to announce the lead actor in a comedy series. And attendees quickly rose to their feet in support of the late-night host who made headlines recently with the shocking cancellation of CBS’ long-running talk show “The Late Show.”
“Stephen, Stephen!” the crowded chanted.
Colbert was quick to address the elephant in the room: “Is anybody hiring?”
“I’ve got 200 very well-qualified candidates with me here tonight,” he said, referring to the staff and crew of his show.
“I also brought my own resume here tonight,” showing off a piece of paper.
Colbert handed the paper to Harrison Ford to give to Steven Spielberg.
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Seth Rogen channels Matt Remick of ‘The Studio’ in both style and speech
Seth Rogen accepts the award for actor in a comedy series for “The Studio” at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Seth Rogen claimed the first award of the night for lead actor in a comedy series, wearing a brown suit that felt straight out of the wardrobe of “The Studio.” The actor, much like his character in the Hollywood satire, seemed genuinely surprised at the win.
“This is so nice,” he said in his brief speech, thanking his loved ones and those who worked on the Apple TV+ series.
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Who will Ike Barinholtz thank if he wins an Emmy?
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Jason Segel talks about ‘Shrinking’ production returning to Altadena
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Jason Segel, the star of Apple TV+’s “Shrinking,” was on the red carpet when he was asked about how the comedy series returned to production in Altadena after the Eaton wildfire.
“Some of our sets were in Altadena, which burned down unfortunately,” he said. “It was heartbreaking for our cast and crew. Obviously everyone who lives in these affected areas, it was tragic. But we’re building back strong — Altadena strong, Palisades strong. So many people were affected, but we’re all coming back.”
Segel is nominated for lead actor in a comedy series.
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Cooper Koch from ‘Monsters’ shares message from Lyle Menendez on red carpet
Cooper Koch, who starred in Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” was interviewed on ET’s red carpet show and said he had received a message from Lyle Menendez about his Emmy nomination.
“For so many, what you brilliantly portrayed is their reality. The goal is not accolades, the goal is to bring awareness,” Koch read from his phone.
Koch is nominated for lead actor in a limited series.
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Prepping for the Emmys with ‘Shrinking’s’ Michael Urie
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The 5 best TV moments you won’t see awarded at this year’s Emmys
Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy in “The Gorge.”
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This year’s Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 14 on CBS, are set to shine a spotlight on 25 different categories in the main broadcast. This undertaking could take over three hours. But it would take much, much longer to honor every great scene, performance and quirky coincidence to appear on TV in the last year. There are so many shows and so many ways to be compelled (and sometimes repelled) by their content.
And so, cue the trumpets! Here, The Envelope presents its own, deeply subjective awards honoring the greatest moments in television during the 2024-25 season — at least those that won’t get their proper recognition at the big show. Welcome to the 2025 Envy Awards!
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Lucky Starzzz, a contestant on Season 17 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” poses on the red carpet at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater.
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Arrietty poses on the red carpet at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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2025 Emmys predictions: Our expert picks the winner in 15 major categories
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Call me foolish. Call me naive. But not too long ago, I truly believed that the big categories in this year’s Emmys were going to come down to the wire. That when that final envelope was opened, we’d be on the edge of our seats… or at the very least not completely numbed to the inevitability of the winners.
It could still happen, of course. I’m ready for “The Pitt” to make me cry again should the throwback medical drama prevail for drama series.
Derek Hough dances on the Emmys red carpet
Derek Hough dances on the red carpet at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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The director behind Glambot explains why the red carpet mainstay still matters
Glambot director Cole Walliser with the machine.
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Jackie Chan wielding panda bear plushies at the 89th Academy Awards. Brad Pitt serving duck face at the 92nd. Anya Taylor-Joy’s otherworldly hair flip just last year. These are some of the most iconic Glambot videos shot by director Cole Walliser, who has been operating E!’s high-speed red carpet camera, a staple of awards season, since 2016.
It was a much different entertainment landscape then, before #MeToo and #AskHerMore, the latter of which Walliser says he’s inoculated from by virtue of the slo-mo clips the Glambot generates. “For better or worse, it doesn’t allow me to ask more!” he chuckles from his Venice Beach office six weeks out from this year’s Emmys, which will be Walliser’s 10th, though he admits he’s ignorant of the nominees. “I try to stay tuned out to who’s nominated and who’s coming because I don’t want to get nervous,” he tells The Envelope.
Michael Urie of ‘Shrinking’ is a first-time Emmy nominee. We followed him as he got ready
Michael Urie and his partner Ryan Spahn arrive at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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These days, Michael Urie spends most nights scribbling his name on Playbills after performances of “Oh, Mary!,” Cole Escola’s bawdy comedy about First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in which Urie plays her teacher. And every now and then, in the bustle of signing and posing for fan selfies, he says, someone will chirp “Good luck at the Emmys!” and it feels like a whiplash reminder of his other major career achievement this year.
“It’s like, ‘Oh, yeah! That’s right, I have to go do that, don’t I?” he says, still very much processing his first Emmy nomination.
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Beyoncé has already won her first Emmy. Could she win one more trophy?
“Beyoncé Bowl” is nominated for live variety special, which will be presented during the Emmys telecast.
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Beyoncé already has one Emmy in her trophy case. “Beyoncé Bowl,” the pop star’s “Cowboy Carter“-themed NFL halftime performance, could get one more during the prime-time telecast.
The special earned Beyoncé her first-ever Emmy in August for costumes for variety, nonfiction or reality programming, which she shared with designers Shiona Turini, Erica Rice, Molly Peters, Chelsea Staebell and Timothy White. The award is selected by a panel and was announced in advance along with other juried awards. “Beyoncé Bowl” received five overall nominations, including for choreography, production design and directing for a variety special. Winners of those categories were announced at last week’s Creative Arts Emmys, but so far “Beyoncé Bowl’s” tally remains at one.
Nate Bargatze wants short Emmy award speeches and to give a lot of money to charity
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5 Emmy contenders on the note that actually made their show better
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Feedback is the seasoning that flavors the success of our favorite TV shows. Whether it’s from an executive, a trusted colleague or the actors, advice can shape tone, pacing, plotlines and character arcs — all of which can make or break a series. We asked some of this year’s Emmy contenders how creative collaborations provided the notes to their success.
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Emmys host Nate Bargatze has a genius plan to keep thank-you speeches short this year
Comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards on Sunday.
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Nate Bargatze probably isn’t the Emmys host most people were expecting — which seems to be the reason he’s hosting. The Tennessee-bred comedian doesn’t live in Hollywood. He’s nice, polite and genuinely seems to want the best for people. So basically … we’re not exactly sure how he got the gig. But like the George Washington character he famously portrayed on “Saturday Night Live,” the measure and logic of his popularity is hard to quantify yet it’s oddly reasonable to the average American.
What Bargatze cultivates in comedy is a radical sense of safeness at a time when things feel hopelessly the opposite. When talking to him days before hosting the 77th edition of the awards, it’s clear that he knows his role is to entertain, make people laugh and move the night along. Behind that simple directive, there’s a genius to his slow, Southern gentleman persona that has made him the country’s highest-grossing stand-up comedian. So much so that he’s doing three back-to-back arena shows in Denver before the awards show just as a warmup.
LAPD says it’s ‘fully prepared’ for Emmy Awards, a high-security event
The Peacock Theater as preparations for the 77th Primetime Emmys were underway Thursday.
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The Emmy Awards bring together the best and brightest in television each year, and as such, it’s always a tightly secured event. This year will be no exception.
The security measures for Sunday’s awards ceremony, which will be held at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live in the heart of downtown, was reviewed with close eyes this week in light of Wednesday’s fatal shooting of political commentator Charlie Kirk in Utah.
Emmy nominations 2025: List of nominees
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The countdown is over: The 2025 Emmy nominations have been announced.
“Severance,” Apple TV+’s sci-fi workplace dark comedy, was the top nominee, earning 27 total nominations. HBO’s gritty comic book gangster origin story, “The Penguin,” followed with 24 total noms. The swanky luxury drama “The White Lotus” and the sharp Hollywood satire “The Studio,” also from HBO and Apple TV+, respectively, followed with 23 nominations apiece.
How to watch the 2025 Emmy Awards (and everything else you need to know)
Emmy statues on the red carpet Sunday at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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Whether you spent the last year in tears watching “The Pitt,” doubled over with laughter watching “The Studio” or binge-watching your go-to comfort show, this year’s Emmy Awards has something for you.
The 77th Emmy Awards, celebrating the best of the 2024-25 television season, are upon us. Hit series from this year’s slate, including “Severance,” “Hacks” and the aforementioned shows, could soon grab golden statuettes, and their casts and creatives will assemble in Los Angeles for the starry night this weekend.