{"id":157343,"date":"2025-09-15T01:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T01:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/157343\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T01:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T01:11:09","slug":"2025-emmy-awards-seth-rogen-jean-smart-notch-early-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/157343\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Emmy Awards: Seth Rogen, Jean Smart notch early wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Seth Rogen won best actor in a comedy series Sunday for \u201cThe Studio,\u201d and Britt Lower and Tramell Tillman took trophies for \u201cSeverance,\u201d kicking off the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards<\/a> on what could be a very big night for the two Apple TV+ series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could not wrap my head around this happening,\u201d said Rogen, who is up for three more Emmys during the show. \u201cI\u2019ve never won anything in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lower won best actress in a drama for \u201cSeverance\u201d and Tillman won best supporting actor in a drama. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy first acting coach was tough, y\u2019all,\u201d Tillman, wearing an all-white tuxedo, said from the stage. \u201cBut all great mothers are.\u201d<\/p>\n

He looked out to his mother in the audience and told her, \u201cYou were there for me where no one else was, and no one else would show up.\u201d<\/p>\n

His win had been widely expected but Lower\u2019s was a surprise in a category where Kathy Bates was considered a heavy favorite, for \u201cMatlock.\u201d <\/p>\n

Jean Smart<\/a> won best actress in a comedy for \u201cHacks\u201d for the fourth time, at 73 extending her own record for the oldest woman ever to win the category.<\/p>\n

Her castmate and constant scene partner Hannah Einbinder, who had also been nominated for all four seasons but unlike Smart had never won, took best supporting actress in a comedy. <\/p>\n

She said she had become committed to a bit where \u201cit was cooler to lose\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this is cool too!\u201d she shouted, then ended her speech by cursing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and saying \u201cFree Palestine!\u201d<\/p>\n

How the 2025 Emmys opened<\/p>\n

Stephen Colbert was the first person to take the stage to present the award during the CBS telecast at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles despite the recent controversial cancellation of his show<\/a> by the network. He was greeted by a rousing and lengthy standing ovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I have your attention, is anyone hiring?\u201d Colbert said. <\/p>\n

In an unusual show order, host Nate Bargatze<\/a> delivered his opening monologue only after the first award was handed out. <\/p>\n

Katherine LaNasa won best supporting actress in a drama for \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d a surprise in a category where most expected one of the three nominees from \u201cThe White Lotus\u201d to win. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am so proud and honored,\u201d LaNasa, looking emotional and shocked, said. <\/p>\n

The show opened with a sketch where \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d stars Mikey Day, Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson joined Bargatze, who played television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth opining on what the future of TV will be like.<\/p>\n

Bargatze-as-Farnsworth mentions that there will be a Black Entertainment Television. When asked if there will be a network for white people, he replied, \u201cWhy, CBS of course.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apple TV+ is poised to have a breakout Emmy year with the two most nominated shows, \u201cSeverance\u201d and \u201cThe Studio,\u201d<\/a> which are the favorites to win the two biggest awards.<\/p>\n

What to expect from the 2025 Emmy Awards <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Studio,\u201d with co-creator Rogen<\/a> starring as the new head of a movie studio, came into the evening with blockbuster buzz for its breakout first season.<\/p>\n

It tied a record for a comedy with 23 nominations, and with nine Emmys already won at last weekend\u2019s Creative Arts ceremony. It would be a major surprise if it did not break the record of 11 Emmy wins in a season by a comedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeverance,\u201d the Orwellian office drama about people who surgically split their psyches into workplace \u201cinnies\u201d and home \u201couties,\u201d was the top overall nominee with 27 nominations for its second season. It won six at the Creative Arts ceremony.<\/p>\n

Along with best drama \u2014 which would be a first for Apple \u2014 it\u2019s nominated in all four dramatic acting categories, with stars Adam Scott and Britt Lower each looking for their first Emmys.<\/p>\n

Its top competition for best drama could be \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d HBO\u2019s acclaimed drama about one shift in the life of an emergency room.<\/p>\n

Its star Noah Wyle<\/a> could be both the sentimental favorite and the actual favorite for best actor. He was nominated five times without a win for playing a young doctor on \u201cER\u201d in the 1990s, and now could finally take his trophy for what is in many ways a reprise of the role.<\/p>\n

Later in the show, could give \u201cThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert\u201d<\/a> the Emmy for best talk series for the first time as a sort of protest vote and tribute to its host<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many perceived the end of the show as punishment of Colbert and placation of President Donald Trump after Colbert was harshly critical of a legal settlement between the president and Paramount, which needed administration approval for a sale to Skydance Media. Executives called the decision strictly financial.<\/p>\n

How to watch and stream the Emmys and its red carpet<\/p>\n

The Emmys are airing live on CBS at 8 p.m. Eastern and 5 p.m. Pacific time.<\/p>\n

Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers may stream the show live. Standard Paramount+ subscribers can stream it Monday through Sept. 21.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

For more coverage of this year\u2019s Emmy Awards, visit: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/emmy-awards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Seth Rogen won best actor in a comedy series Sunday for \u201cThe Studio,\u201d and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[18945,12395,95953,2356,1036,3827,12,11643,88,793,95956,76416,95954,95952,95957,3031,95955,206,3784,1011,12649,10674,1505,56318,795],"class_list":["post-157343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-adam-scott","tag-bowen-yang","tag-britt-lower","tag-california","tag-comedy","tag-domestic-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-emmy-awards","tag-entertainment","tag-general-news","tag-hannah-einbinder","tag-james-austin-johnson","tag-jean-smart","tag-katherine-lanasa","tag-kathy-bates","tag-los-angeles","tag-mikey-day","tag-movies","tag-nate-bargatze","tag-noah-wyle","tag-seth-rogen","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-television","tag-tramell-tillman","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}