Emmys 2025: 'Traitors' surprising win, 'Adolescence' & 'The Studio' sweeping, & the shockers

The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards unfolded at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, once again celebrating the best of American television. It was an evening that saw records fall and history made. The Studio dominated with a record 12 trophies, becoming the most decorated comedy in a single season. Adolescence delivered breakthrough wins, including Owen Cooper’s milestone as the youngest recipient ever. And The Pitt claimed the biggest prize of all: Best Drama Series.

Below is the full list of winners and nominees across all major categories

Best Limited or Anthology Series
Adolescence — Winner
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin

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 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 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 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

From limited series we move into comedy, where The Studio made history and swept the night.

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 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 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 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
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Bernthal, The Bear
Bryan Cranston, The Studio — Winner
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 — Winner

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 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

Drama categories carried the night’s most intense battles, capped by The Pitt’s ultimate triumph.

Best Drama Series
Andor
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
Paradise
The Pitt — Winner
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus

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 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 Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito, The Boys
Scott Glenn, The White Lotus
Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt — Winner
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 — Winner

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 Directing for a Drama Series
Janus Metz, Andor
Amanda Marsalis, The PittJohn Wells, The Pitt
Jessica Lee Gagné, Severance
Ben Stiller, Severance
Adam Randall, Slow Horses — Winner
Mike White, The White Lotus

Outside the scripted categories, television films, reality, and variety also had their moments.

Best Television Movie
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Winner
The Gorge
Mountainhead
Nonnas
Rebel Ridge

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

Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Daniel Lubetsky, Shark Tank
Alan Cumming, The Traitors — Winner
Kristen Kish, Top Chef
Jeff Probst, Survivor

Host for a Game Show
Elizabeth Banks, Press Your Luck
Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud
Ken Jennings, Jeopardy!
Colin Jost, Pop Culture Jeopardy!
Jimmy Kimmel, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Winner

Unstructured Reality Program
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Love On The Spectrum — Winner
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
Welcome to Wrexham

The 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards closed with a mix of history-making moments and familiar victories, offering a snapshot of television in flux. If there was a single headline, it belonged to The Studio. The comedy didn’t just take home the big prize for Best Comedy Series, it rewrote Emmy history by claiming its twelfth trophy, making it the most decorated comedy within a single season. Seth Rogen’s win as Best Actor in a Comedy and his team’s triumph in both writing and directing cemented its dominance. Even guest actor Bryan Cranston’s victory for his stint on the show signaled how fully it ruled this year’s comedic categories.

But the stage wasn’t owned by one series alone. The Pitt proved unstoppable in drama, winning Best Drama Series, Noah Wyle’s Best Actor in a Drama crown, and Katherine LaNasa’s Supporting Actress honor. Shawn Hatosy added to its tally with his Guest Actor in a Drama win, giving the series an across-the-board recognition that confirmed its power.

On the limited series side, Adolescence became the breakout story. Stephen Graham’s Best Actor award and Erin Doherty’s Supporting Actress win gave the show prestige, but the night truly belonged to Owen Cooper. At just 19, he became the youngest ever Emmy winner when he took Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. That single victory will be remembered as one of the most symbolic moments of the night, underscoring how quickly the industry is shifting toward younger talent. The directing win for Philip Barantini and the writing award for Jack Thorne and Graham capped off an extraordinary sweep.

Elsewhere, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy was named Best Television Movie, The Traitors won Best Reality Competition Program, and Love on the Spectrum earned the Unstructured Reality Program award. Alan Cumming’s victory as Host for The Traitors and Jimmy Kimmel’s win for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire highlighted how reality and game shows still carve their own space within a star-driven evening.

Taken together, these results paint a clear picture: television is not slowing down its reinvention. The Studio showcased what happens when comedy finds its rhythm, The Pitt brought heft and consistency to drama, and Adolescence showed that new voices and younger actors are shaping the future. The Emmys this year weren’t just a ceremony, they were a reminder that television thrives on both tradition and disruption, and 2025 gave us plenty of both.