Who will win at the Emmys 2025? Well, when it comes to this particular awards show, nobody has ever gone broke from betting on a front-runner. Dark horses can certainly surge at the Emmys, as seen last year when Hacks unexpectedly overtook The Bear for best comedy. But generally speaking, momentum matters more.
Therefore, we predict that the Emmy winners 2025 can be foretold by looking at which show in each genre notched the most total nominations. (With one notable exception—but we’ll get to that.) Severance, Apple TV+’s innovative workplace drama, leads the pack at the show overall, having earned 27 total nominations. (It already won six of those awards at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend, including one for guest actress Merritt Wever.) It feels like a lock for outstanding drama—unless there’s a last-minute push for The Pitt, an HBO Max series with the soul of an old-fashioned network procedural.
In comedy this year, there’s no show more nominated than The Studio, another Apple production that’s particularly beloved by entertainment professionals—just the sort of people Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are lovingly skewering. It received 23 nominations in total, already won nine awards at the Creative Arts Emmys, and should win in several major categories as well, potentially allowing Rogen more than one opportunity to give the kind of acceptance speech this very show so memorably spoofed in its Golden Globes episode.
And finally, the most nominated exclusive series this year is The Penguin, which netted 24 nods. But though that show already took home eight Creative Arts prizes, it seems more likely that the big winner at Sunday’s ceremony will be Adolescence, which took Netflix by storm this winter. That series racked up 13 total Emmy nods, winning three trophies already at the Creative Arts awards. Though upsets can happen, Adolescence feels like this year’s answer to Baby Reindeer—an unstoppable force from across the pond destined to hoover up all awards in its path.
But we won’t know for certain until all the categories are announced. Check below for a full list of winners, updated live as they’re revealed on CBS and Paramount+ at the Emmy Awards.
OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
leading Chef
WINNER: The Traitors
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
WINNER: Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters
WINNER: Britt Lower, Severance
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
OUTSTANDING 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
WINNER: Tramell Tillman, Severance
John Turturro, Severance
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
WINNER: Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Uzo Aduba, The Residence
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
WINNER: Seth Rogen, The Studio
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
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