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By Kevin Slane
The 2025 Emmy Awards were all about getting the winners announced as quickly as possible.
Early in the telecast on CBS, host Nate Bergatze explained that anytime a winner went over their allotted 45 seconds for a speech, $1,000 would be taken away from a planned $100,000 donation to the Boys and Girls Club of America.
Though the gag was clearly in jest, the real-time subtraction of money shown on screen kept winners like Seth Rogen (for “The Studio”), Tramell Tillman (for “Severance”), and Jean Smart (for “Hacks”) brief in their remarks. Late-night host John Oliver was the quickest of the night, at under 20 seconds.
Beyond Bergatze’s comic prodding, the telecast zipped by for another reason: The same shows kept winning over and over again.
Seth Rogen’s showbiz comedy “The Studio” won almost every comedy award, taking home statues for Best Comedy Series, Best Actor (Rogen), Best Directing, and Best Writing.
Netflix’s searing drama “Adolescence” nearly swept the limited series categories, winning six of seven awards. The only award it didn’t win was Best Actress in a Limited Series — it wasn’t nominated.
The drama categories featured a bit more variety. HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt” won Outstanding Drama, Actor (Noah Wyle), and Supporting Actress (Katherine LaNasa), while Apple TV’s thriller “Severance” nabbed Outstanding Actress (Britt Lower) and Supporting Actor (Tramell Tillman). Also winning single awards were Disney’s Star Wars drama “Andor” (for writing) and Apple TV’s spy thriller “Slow Horses” (for directing).
Here is a full list of winners from the 2025 Emmys.
‘Andor’
‘The Diplomat’
‘The Last of Us’
‘Paradise’
‘The Pitt’ (WINNER)
‘Severance’
‘Slow Horses’
‘The White Lotus’
Britt Lower — ‘Severance’ (WINNER)
Kathy Bates — ‘Matlock’
Sharon Horgan — ‘Bad Sisters’
Bella Ramsey — ‘The Last of Us’
Keri Russell — ‘The Diplomat’
Sterling K. Brown — ‘Paradise’
Gary Oldman — ‘Slow Horses’
Pedro Pascal — ‘The Last of Us’
Adam Scott — ‘Severance’
Noah Wyle — ‘The Pitt’ (WINNER)
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’
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’
‘Andor,’ (“Who Are You?”) — Janus Metz
‘The Pitt,’ (“6:00 P.M.”) — Amanda Marsalis
‘The Pitt,’ (“7:00 A.M.”) — John Wells
‘Severance,’ (“Chikhai Bardo”) — Jessica Lee Gagné
‘Severance,’ (“Cold Harbor”) — Ben Stiller
‘Slow Horses,’ (“Hello Goodbye”) — Adam Randall (WINNER)
‘The White Lotus,’ (“Amor Fati”) — Mike White
‘Andor,’ (“Welcome to the Rebellion”) — Dan Gilroy (WINNER)
‘The Pitt,’ (“2:00 P.M.”) — Joe Sachs
‘The Pitt,’ (“7:00 A.M.”) — R. Scott Gemmill
‘Severance,’ (“Cold Harbor”) — Dan Erickson
‘Slow Horses,’ (“Hello Goodbye”) — Will Smith
‘The White Lotus,’ (“Full-Moon Party”) — Mike White
‘Abbott Elementary’
‘The Bear’
‘Hacks’
‘Nobody Wants This’
‘Only Murders in the Building’
‘Shrinking’
‘The Studio’ (WINNER)
‘What We Do in the Shadows’
Jean Smart — ‘Hacks’ (WINNER)
Uzo Aduba — ‘The Residence’
Kristen Bell — ‘Nobody Wants This’
Quinta Brunson — ‘Abbott Elementary’
Ayo Edebiri — ‘The Bear’
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’
Liza Colón-Zayas — ‘The Bear’
Hannah Einbinder — ‘Hacks’ (WINNER)
Kathryn Hahn — ‘The Studio’
Janelle James — ‘Abbott Elementary’
Catherine O’Hara — ‘The Studio’
Sheryl Lee Ralph — ‘Abbott Elementary’
Jessica Williams — ‘Shrinking’
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’
‘The Bear,’ “Napkins” — Ayo Edebiri
‘Hacks,’ (“A Slippery Slope”) — Lucia Aniello
‘Mid-Century Modern,’ (“Here’s To You, Mrs. Schneiderman”) — James Burrows
‘The Rehearsal,’ (“Pilot’s Code”) — Nathan Fielder
‘The Studio,’ (“The Oner”) — Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (WINNER)
‘Abbott Elementary,’ )“Back To School”) — Quinta Brunson
‘Hacks’, (“A Slippery Slope”) — Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky
‘The Rehearsal,’ (“Pilot’s Code”) — Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, and Eric Notarnicola
‘Somebody Somewhere,’ (“AGG”) — Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, and Bridget Everett
‘The Studio,’ (“The Promotion”) — Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez (WINNER)
‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ (“The Finale”) — Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, and Paul Simms
‘Adolescence’ (WINNER)
‘Black Mirror’
‘Dying for Sex’
‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
‘The Penguin’
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’
Cate Blanchett — ‘Disclaimer’
Meghann Fahy — ‘Sirens’
Rashida Jones — ‘Black Mirror’
Cristin Milioti — ‘The Penguin’ (WINNER)
Michelle Williams — ‘Dying for Sex’
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’
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’
‘Adolescence’ — Philip Barantini (WINNER)
‘Dying for Sex,’ (“It’s Not That Serious”) — Shannon Murphy
‘The Penguin,’ (“Cent’anni”) — Helen Shaver
‘The Penguin,’ (“A Great or Little Thing”) — Jennifer Getzinger
‘Sirens,’ (“Exile”) — Nicole Kassell
‘Zero Day’ — Lesli Linka Glatter
‘Adolescence’ — Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham (WINNER)
‘Black Mirror,’ (“Common People”) — Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali
‘Dying For Sex,’ (“Good Value Diet Soda”) — Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwhether
‘The Penguin,’ (“A Great or Little Thing”) — Lauren LeFranc
‘Say Nothing,’ (“The People in the Dirt”) — Joshua Zetumer
‘The Daily Show’
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ (WINNER)
‘The Amazing Race’
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
‘Survivor’
‘Top Chef’
‘The Traitors’ (WINNER)
‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ (WINNER)
‘Saturday Night Live’
‘The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar’
‘Beyoncé Bowl’
‘The Oscars’
‘SNL50: The Anniversary Special’ (WINNER)
‘SNL50: The Homecoming Concert’
‘The Daily Show’
‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ (WINNER)
‘Saturday Night Live’
Kevin Slane is a staff writer for Boston.com covering entertainment and culture. His work focuses on movie reviews, streaming guides, celebrities, and things to do in Boston.
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