The Emmy nominations are here. 'Severance,' 'The White Lotus' and
'Adolescence' could have a big day
[July 15, 2025]
By ANDREW DALTON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Severance” could separate itself from the
competition and reach the upper echelons of the Emmy Awards when
nominations are announced Tuesday morning.
The dystopian workplace drama from Apple TV+ achieved a convergence of
acclaim and audience buzz for its second season that often leads to the
kind of Emmy dominance enjoyed in recent years by “Succession” and
“Shogun."
But a flowering of Emmys tends to follow HBO's “The White Lotus"
wherever it goes, and HBO Max's newcomer “The Pitt” could challenge for
nominations and for wins when the trophies are handed out in September.
All will benefit from the absence of “Shogun,” which last year led all
Emmy nominees with 25 and set a record for wins in a season with 18. Its
second season is still in the early stages of production and it
shouldn't be around for next year's Emmys either.
“Severance” has become a signature show for Apple TV+. The streamer has
gotten plenty of Emmy nominations for dramas including “The Morning
Show” and “Slow Horses,” and “Ted Lasso” was downright dominant on the
comedy side.
But Apple has lacked the kind of breakaway prestige drama that HBO seems
to produce perennially.
Adam Scott and Britt Lower are virtual locks for lead acting nominations
for what amounted to dual roles as their characters' “innie" work selves
and “outie” home selves. Tramell Tillman is just as likely to get a nod
for playing their tone-shifting, pineapple-wielding supervisor, and Ben
Stiller is bound to get a directing nomination.
“Severance” got 14 nominations for its first season in 2023, but won
just two, for its music and its title sequence.
Nominations will be streamed live beginning at 11:30 a.m. Eastern at
Emmys.com/nominations. The reality competition series and talk series
nominees will be announced earlier on “CBS Mornings" at around 7:45 a.m.
Eastern.
What else may get 2025 Emmy nomination
Apple TV+'s Hollywood satire “The Studio” could draw a host of comedy
nominations for its first season as it takes on previously dominant Emmy
veterans like “Hacks” and “The Bear.”
“The Studio” star and co-creator Seth Rogen could get nods for acting,
writing and directing, and the show's all-star guest stars, including
Zoë Kravitz, Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard, may also add some novelty
to the nominations.
“Hacks” star Jean Smart has won best lead actress in a comedy for all
three previous seasons of the HBO Max series, and is the favorite for
the fourth. The show won best comedy series last year too.
“The Bear” set a record for comedy nominations with 23 last year for its
acclaimed second season. This year, its third season is up for Emmys
(even though its fourth has already aired). It got a more lukewarm
reception, leaving its status coming into the nominations murky.
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Emmy statues appear at the 70th Primetime Emmy Nominations
Announcements at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on July
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 “The White Lotus,” HBO's darkly
comic resort drama, submits all the members of its big ensemble cast
in supporting categories, which they tend to dominate. Its
Thailand-set third season included ballyhooed performances from
Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon, Parker Posey and Sam Rockwell among
several others.
“The Pitt,” HBO Max's prestige medical procedural starring “ER”
veteran Noah Wyle, had reached the top tier of most prognosticators'
Emmy prediction lists by the time its first season ended in April.
Wyle, who was nominated five times without a win for “ER,” could
join Scott to make best actor in a drama a two-man race. And the
show's other doctors and nurses, played by lesser known actors,
could draw nominations if “The White Lotus” cast leaves them any
room.
Last year, the British Netflix production “Baby Reindeer” was
surprisingly dominant in the limited series categories. This year,
it will surprise no one if the Netflix British crime drama
“Adolescence” does the same in the same categories. It was probably
the most acclaimed show of the year. Fifteen-year-old Owen Cooper,
who plays the 13-year-old accused of a killing at the center of the
story, is likely to get one of several acting nominations.
How streaming has changed TV and the Emmys
All the shows are living in the splintered world of the streaming
era, and the like the Oscars its most acclaimed nominees rarely have
the huge audience they once did. While an impressive average of 10
million people per episode watched Wyle on “The Pitt” at some point
on HBO Max, according to Warner Bros. Discovery, 30 years ago an
average of 30 million sat down on the same night and watched him on
“ER” on NBC.
The broadcast networks have largely become Emmy non-entities, with a
few shining exceptions. ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” has annually drawn
plenty of comedy nominations and should get its share this year. And
Oscar-winner Kathy Bates is a front-runner for the best actress in a
comedy Emmy for her role on CBS’s “Matlock.” She would be the first
person nominated in the category from a network show since 2019, and
the first to win it since 2015.
CBS will air the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards from the Peacock Theater
in Los Angeles on Sept. 14. Nate Bargatze is slated to host.
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