Seth Rogen, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winnerJean Smart, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winnerNoah Wyle, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winnerBritt Lower, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winnerStephen Graham, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie winnerCristin Milioti, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie winnerJeff Hiller, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winnerTramell Tillman, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winnerKatherine LaNasa, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winnerErin Doherty, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie winner
The winners were announced on September 14, following the Creative Arts Emmys on September 6 and 7. With 30 total wins each, HBO and its streaming service HBO Max tied with Netflix to lead all networks and platforms.[16] Combined with its nine Creative Arts Emmys, The Studio was the most awarded comedy in a single year with thirteen wins, breaking The Bear's record of eleven from the previous year.[17] Seth Rogen won four awards for the aforementioned program to tie Moira Demos, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Dan Levy for the most wins for an individual in one year.[18]The Pitt became the first medical procedural to win Outstanding Drama Series since ER in 1996.[19]Tramell Tillman became the first Black male performer to win Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Severance.[20] At age 15, for his role in Adolescence, Owen Cooper became the youngest male acting winner in Emmy history, breaking a record previously held by Scott Jacoby who won Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama in 1973 for That Certain Summer.[21]
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[22][23][a] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.
The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was presented to married actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, in recognition of "a lifetime of extraordinary philanthropy, activism and unwavering commitment to global good". This marked the first time the award was presented to a couple.[24]
Nominations and wins by program
For the purposes of the lists below, "major" constitutes the categories listed above (program, acting, directing, and writing), while "total" includes the categories presented at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Programs and networks must have multiple wins or major nominations or at least five total nominations to be included.
On March 5, 2025, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also known as the Television Academy, announced that the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards would be held on September 14.[28]CBS broadcast the ceremony as part of a rotating deal among the "Big Four" networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC) signed in 2018.[29] Additionally, it was announced that the ceremony would be available live and on-demand via Paramount Skydance's streaming service Paramount+.[28] The ceremony was produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment (Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon, and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay) for the third consecutive year.[30] On April 16, comedian Nate Bargatze was announced as the ceremony's host.[31]
During a press conference held on September 11 promoting the show, producer Collins announced that the ceremony would feature reunions in tribute to the 25th anniversaries of The WB and CW comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls and CBS reality competition series Survivor, and the 35th anniversary of NBC's police procedural franchise Law & Order. Furthermore, the telecast would pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls with country singer Reba McEntire and Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman performing the series' theme song, "Thank You for Being a Friend".[32]Eric Dane and Jesse Williams were initially scheduled as co-presenters to honor the 20th anniversary of ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, but Dane was absent from the ceremony while Williams presented alone. According to Collins, he told reporters for Variety after the awards ceremony, "I just was told that he wasn't able to make it, and fortunately, Jesse was able to present by himself."[33]
In an effort to shorten winner's acceptance speeches and have the telecast run on time, Bargatze announced that he would donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of America. However, for every second an award winner's speech went over the 45-second limit $1,000 would be deducted from the donation.[34] Similarly, for every second under the limit another $1,000 would be added.[35] At the end of the show, Bargatze stated that CBS would donate the full $100,000 to the charity, and that he would add an additional $250,000.[36]
On January 8, 2025, the Television Academy announced rule changes that affected the directing and guest performer awards. Starting with the 77th ceremony, individuals or directing teams are permitted to submit multiple episodes for consideration in the directing categories, provided that the episodes are from different programs. In previous years, directors or directing teams could only submit one entry per category.[40] Additionally, any performer who previously won or has been nominated in the lead or supporting acting categories would be ineligible to submit a performance of the same character in the same series for consideration in the guest performance categories in subsequent years.[41]
The broadcast generally received mixed to negative reviews from critics.[44] Aramide Tinubu, writing for Variety, found the onslaught of surprise winners adding to the excitement, but criticized host Bargatze's performance saying, "He lacked the enthusiasm and gumption needed to lead a three-hour-long award program and often seemed stunned to be in the spotlight." She also noted that the decision the forty-five second acceptance speech rule to caused winners to hurriedly rush through their speeches while contrasting that with presenters' introductions that seemed to drag down the ceremony.[45] Daniel Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "It was an ill-conceived mess, punctuated by well-deserved wins and emotional and effective speeches, but rarely helped by Bargatze's consistently uneasy performance."[46] Brian Lowry of TheWrap commented, "Unfortunately, racing through the speeches came at too high a cost for the show itself, one that played out in uneven pacing and awkward moments strewn throughout." He concluded that due to the time limit, the ceremony was "an otherwise bland affair, which, one suspects, is just the way the Television Academy wanted it."[47]
In a more positive review, Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times complimented the Levys and said of host Bargatze, "If your goal was to avoid insulted celebrities, social media outrage or petulant notes from the White House, you could have done no better than to hire Bargatze, a clean, calm, classical, noncontroversial, nonpolitical, very funny, very successful comedian." He also reserved praise for several presenters such as Stephen Colbert, Brad Garrett, and Ray Romano.[48] Matt Roush wrote in TV Insider, "There was a sense that for all of the ribbing, this Emmys broadcast was a pleasurable celebration of an ever-evolving medium." He also gave high marks toward Bargatze, but criticized the acceptance speech 45-second rule as tiresome.[49] David Nemetz of TVLine "These Emmys were strangely anti-TV at times, with a self-deprecating tone that bordered on masochistic. But they also showcased the best that TV has to offer, with surprise wins and stirring speeches that reminded us of the sheer quantity of top-notch programming we’re blessed to have at our fingertips right now."[50]
The ceremony was viewed by 7.59million people in the United States, making it the most-viewed Emmys in four years, representing a 10% increase over the previous year's ceremony.[51] It also achieved a 1.28 rating among adults ages 18–49.[51] Ratings figures included those who watched the telecast on CBS or streamed it on Paramount+.[52]
At the beginning of the tribute, Rashad briefly eulogized Warner.[55]
Notes
↑ The outlets listed for each program are the U.S. broadcasters or streaming services identified in the nominations, which for some international productions are different than the broadcaster(s) that originally commissioned the program. Programs broadcast by HBO or HBO Max were listed under both services in the nominations list; only the original broadcaster is listed below.
↑ "77th Emmy Awards Program"(PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. p.128. Archived(PDF) from the original on September 4, 2025. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
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