2025 Emmy Awards underway with 4 wins for Adolescence, 3 for Seth Rogen

Stars of tv shows The george pitt, The edward white genus lotus, The Studio and Hacks strutted on the red river carpet on Sunday for Hollywood's Emmy Awards, where the absurdist workplace tale Severance from Apple TV+ leads the nominations.

Severance pulled ahead early on in the night as both Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower got on the board. Tillman won best supporting actor in a drama, and immediately after was followed by Lower as she took home best lead actress in a drama — her first career nomination, and first career win. Katherine LaNasa also got a first career win, taking home best supporting actress for her role in The Pitt.

But The Studio star Seth Rogen was the first of the night to take home gold, earning his first Emmy after nine career nominations. Despite the show being a favourite for one of the night's biggest awards — best comedy series — Rogen was grateful and flustered in his acceptance speech. The Canadian comedian stated he'd "never won anything in [his] life" and hadn't even prepared a speech.

"I don't know what to say, this is so nice!" he said. Rogen created, directed and wrote the series with longtime writing partner Evan Goldberg. Later on in the night, he would earn his second and third trophies — outstanding directing for a comedy series alongside longtime collaborator and co-writer Evan Goldberg, and outstanding writing for a comedy.

The Studio came into the night with nine Emmys from last weekend's Creative Arts ceremony. With its wins Sunday, it eclipsed the record of most wins for a comedy series in a single season — set last year by The Bear with 11.

Rogen's second win would be followed by a directing for a limited series award for Philip Barantini — the director of Netflix's Adolescence. That smash-hit was one of the leaders heading into the night, with 13 total nominations. His win was soon followed by the young actor Owen Cooper, who was awarded outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie. 

"Standing up here is just, wow, it's just so surreal," he said to what was likely the loudest round of applause of the night. Shortly after, Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham accepted another award as the show won best writing for a limited series or movie.

But before getting to his category, it was Jean Smart's turn. She took home best actress in a comedy series for her role in Hacks. It was Smart's seventh win in her career, and fourth for this particular role.

And later, Hannah Einbinder  won best supporting actress in a comedy for the same show as Smart. It was her fourth nomination and first win — something she remarked on in her speech.

"I was really committed to the personal narrative I had that it was cooler to continue to lose," she said. "This is cool too — this is also punk rock."

Afterwards, she ended her speech with the first political statement of the night — with an expletive-punctuated protest against ICE and support for Palestine.

It was a decided shift away from the early tone set by host Nate Bargatze — who kept the night on track through a game that drained donation money to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for every second acceptance speeches went over time.

And in the night's opening segment, he recreated a popular sketch from his time on Saturday Night Live, in which he gave a rousing speech about the importance of the Emmys, before clarifying questions from fellow comedians brought the pitch back down to earth.

"What is streaming, sir?" one of his co-stars facetiously asked when he introduced the concept, playing the inventor of television.

"A new kind of way for studios to lose money," was the answer.

Another jab was aimed at the Emmys itself.

"Winning one will be very prestigious," he said.

"Ah, like an Oscar!" was the response — to an awkward silence followed by audience laughter.

Lead actor in a comedy series

Seth Rogen, The Studio — WINNER
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Lead actress in a comedy series

Jean Smart, Hacks — WINNER
Uzo Aduba, The Residence
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Drama supporting actress

Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt — WINNER
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus

Drama supporting actor

Tramell Tillman, Severance — WINNER
Zach Cherry, Severance
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
James Marsden, Paradise
Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus
John Turturro, Severance

Drama lead actress

Britt Lower, Severance — WINNER
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Comedy supporting actress

Hannah Einbinder, Hacks — WINNER
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Catherine O'Hara, The Studio
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Reality competition program

The Traitors — WINNER
The Amazing Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef

Comedy supporting actor

Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere — WINNER
Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding directing for a comedy series

Seth Rogen, The Studio — WINNER
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear 
Lucia Aniello, Hacks
James Burrows, Mid-Century Modern
Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal

Outstanding 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

Outstanding directing for a drama series

Adam Randall, Slow Horses — WINNER
Janus Metz, Andor
Amanda Marsalis, The Pitt
John Wells, The Pitt
Jessica Lee Gagné, Severance
Ben Stiller, Severance
Mike White, The White Lotus

Outstanding scripted variety series

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — WINNER
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding 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

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

Owen Cooper, Adolescence — WINNER
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story 
Bill Camp, Presumed Innocent 
Rob Delaney, Dying For Sex 
Peter Sarsgaard, Presumed Innocent 
Ashley Walters, Adolescence 

Outstanding 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

Outstanding writing for a comedy series

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez, The Studio — WINNER
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, Hacks
Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola, The Rehearsal
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Paul Simms, What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding variety special (live)

SNL50: The Anniversary Special — WINNER
The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar
Beyoncé Bowl,
The Oscars
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Best writing for a variety series

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver — WINNER
The Daily Show
Saturday Night Live

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