The 2025 Emmy nominations have arrived — cue the social feeds absolutely losing it. This year’s list delivers all the drama: Apple TV+’s Severance dominated with 27 nods, while plenty of crowd favourites found themselves with their jaws on the floor.
Here’s your breakdown of who got the glory, who’s been snubbed, and when to set your Emmy watch party alarm. The Emmys never disappoint when it comes to shaking things up — let’s get into it.
Who got snubbed from the 77th Emmy Awards nominations?
Every year, half the Emmy voters seem to be swinging through the awards list like they’re at a warehouse fire sale — somehow missing all the prime stuff on the shelves. 2025’s nominations are no exception, with entire fandoms left scratching their heads (or sharpening pitchforks). Here are the unlucky divas who were snubbed from this year’s Emmy nominations:
Squid Game
Netflix’s global juggernaut Squid Game got iced out for its second season, despite winning six Emmys back in the day. The series’ third and final season will be eligible for next year’s awards.
Elisabeth Moss & The Handmaid’s Tale
Once the darling of the Television Academy, The Handmaid’s Tale now and Elisabeth Moss fell short this year. Moss and her powerhouse cast were almost completely blanked for their final season.
Yellowjackets
From smashing into the Emmys with ten nominations across its first two seasons to getting exactly zilch for its third, Yellowjackets went from buzzworthy to missing in action and I’ll never forgive Emmy voters for it.
Jon Hamm
The Mad Men legend didn’t even get a whiff of the action for his return to centre stage in Your Friends & Neighbors, a series that only landed a theme song nom.
Ted Danson
With 18 nominations and two wins on his résumé, you’d figure anything with Ted Danson would at least get a participation ribbon for his role in A Man on the Inside. Nope. This year’s clever senior-citizen caper was left behind, proving that not even TV royalty is safe from the dreaded snub.
Selena Gomez & Diego Luna
Despite Only Murders in the Building picking up several nods, Selena Gomez somehow missed out on acting love again, while Andor’s Diego Luna was left behind too — even though his own show bagged a healthy stack of nominations. Sometimes, the lead is just too obvious, I guess.
Talk show drama
The Best Talk Series category shrank to three spots, leaving solid regulars like Late Night With Seth Meyers and Hot Ones out in the cold.
Industry
Industry — the messy HBO drama about the finance industry which gives me flashbacks to all the finance bros I’ve unfortunately date — earned not a single acting nomination, even with a cast oozing with cult status. Did Emmy voters even watch or were they too busy consulting their own accountants in panic?
The 77th Emmy nominations list
Although I may never recover from those snubs, there is still lots to celebrate when it comes to this year’s Emmy nominations. Here’s who actually made the cut:
Best Drama Series
Best Comedy Series
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Nobody Wants This
- Only Murders in the Building
- Shrinking
- The Studio
- What We Do in the Shadows
Limited or anthology series
- Adolescence
- Black Mirror
- Dying for Sex
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
- The Penguin
Best lead actor in a drama series
- Sterling K Brown, Paradise
- Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
- Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
- Adam Scott, Severance
- Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Best lead actress in a drama series
- Kathy Bates, Matlock
- Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters
- Britt Lower, Severance
- Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
- Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Best directing for a drama series
- Janus Metz, Andor
- Amanda Marsalis, The Pitt
- John Wells, The Pitt
- Jessica Lee Gagne, Severance
- Ben Stiller, Severance
- Adam Randall, Slow Horses
- Mike White, The White Lotus
Best lead actress in a limited or anthology series
- Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
- Meghann Fahy, Sirens
- Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
- Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
- Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Best lead actor in a limited or anthology series
- Colin Farrell, The Penguin
- Stephen Graham, Adolescence
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
- Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
- Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Best directing in a limited or anthology series or movie
- Philip Barantini, Adolescence
- Shannon Murphy, Dying for Sex
- Helen Shaver, The Penguin
- Jennifer Getzinger, The Penguin
- Nicole Kassell, Sirens
- Lesli Linka Glatter, Zero Day
Best writing for a drama series
- Dan Gilroy, Andor
- Joe Sachs, The Pitt
- R Scott Gemmill, The Pitt
- Dan Erickson, Severance
- Will Smith, Slow Horses
- Mike White, The White Lotus
Best lead actor in a comedy series
- Seth Rogen, The Studio
- Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
- Jeremy Allen-White, The Bear
- Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
- Jason Segel, Shrinking
Best lead actress in a comedy series
- Uzo Aduba, The Residence
- Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
- Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
- Jean Smart, Hacks
- Ayo Edibiri, The Bear
When are the 77th Emmy Awards?
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from LA’s Peacock Theater on Sunday, September 14 (US time). In Australia, that means settling in at around 10am on Monday, September 15.
Clear your schedule, prep your snacks and prepare for acceptance speeches, red carpet looks and a healthy dose of online drama!
