2025 Emmy Nominations Go Big on Genre with SEVERANCE, ANDOR, THE PENGUIN and More

Every year at Nerdist, we scan the Primetime Emmy nominations to see if our favorite genre shows earned recognition from the Television Academy. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. This year they did. Big time. Severance, Andor, The Last of Us, and The Penguin are all up for a whole lot of trophies at this 2025’s Emmys.

Harvey Guillén and Brenda Song announced the nominees for the 77th annual Emmy Awards, and innies and outies alike have reason to celebrate. Apple TV’s sci-fi workplace smash hit, Severance, leads the way with a whopping 27 Emmy nominations in 2025. Right behind it with 24 is a show we didn’t expect to have so many. Not because it doesn’t deserve them, but because it’s technically a superhero show. HBO’s The Penguin garnered 24 Emmy nominations for the 2025 season. Hollywood satire The Studio tied for third overall alongside The White Lotus with 23 nominations.

The Last of Us (16) and Andor (14) also made this year’s Emmy nomination ceremony an especially successful one for genre television, even if Andor‘s dearth of acting nominations doesn’t sit right with us. Somehow, only Andor‘s Forest Whitaker nabbed an Emmy nomination for Drama Actor in a guest role in 2025. Fortunately, the acting categories across the drama, comedy, and limited series categories are overflowing with 2025 Emmy nominations big stars we love like Adam Scott, Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Quinta Brunson, Kristen Bell, Gwendoline Christie, Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri, Jason Segal, Martin Short, Kathryn Hahn, Bryan Cranston, and so so much more. The casts and guest stars of Severance, The White Lotus, and The Studio are well represented.

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Other notable nods include Harrison Ford’s first Emmy nomination ever. Catherine O’Hara also got two 2025 Emmy nominations that show why she’s the best. She earned a nomination for both drama (The Last of Us) and comedy (The Studio).

Even Agatha All Along (3) and The Acolyte (1) got on the scoreboard, showing just how far genre TV has come. Not that long ago, neither show would have even been considered for an Emmy nomination. Now, a Star Wars series is up for the night’s biggest award alongside a show about fungal zombies. Will either win a 2025 Emmy? Or will they both lose out to a series where employees with split brains randomly find a department full of goats?

The fact that we even get to ask that question proves genre TV is already a big winner at this year’s Emmys.

You can find the full rundown of every 2025 Primetime Emmy category and the nominees here. We’ve also listed some of the most notable categories below.

2025 Emmy Nominations List

Drama Series

Andor
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
Paradise
The Pitt
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus

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

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

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
John Turturro – Severance
Tramell Tillman – Severance

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

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

Drama Guest Actor

Giancarlo Esposito – The Boys
Scott Glenn – The White Lotus
Shawn Hatosy – The Pitt
Joe Pantoliano – The Last of Us
Forest Whitaker – Andor
Jeffrey Wright – The Last of Us

Drama Guest Actress

Jane Alexander – Severance
Gwendoline Christie – Severance
Kaitlyn Dever – The Last of Us
Cherry Jones – The Handmaid’s Tale
Catherine O’Hara – The Last of Us

Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
The Studio
What We Do in the Shadows

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

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

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

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

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Ike Barinholtz – The Studio
Paul W. Downs – Hacks
Harrison Ford – Shrinking
Jeff Hiller – Somebody Somewhere
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear
Michael Urie – Shrinking
Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

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

Comedy Guest Actor

Jon Bernthal – The Bear
Bryan Cranston – The Studio
Dave Franco – The Studio
Ron Howard – The Studio
Martin Scorsese – The Studio
Anthony Mackie – The Studio
Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night Live

Comedy Guest Actress

Olivia Colman – The Bear
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Bear
Cynthia Erivo – Poker Face
Robby Hoffman – Hacks
Zoe Kravitz – The Studio
Julianne Nicholson – Hacks

Limited or Anthology Series

Adolescence
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin

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

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

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Javier Bardem – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Bill Camp – Presumed Innocent
Owen Cooper – Adolescence
Rob Delaney – Dying for Sex
Peter Sarsgaard – Presumed Innocent
Ashley Walters – Adolescence

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or Movie

Erin Doherty – Adolescence
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

Outstanding Talk Series

The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Reality Competition Program

The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
The Traitors

Variety Scripted Series

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live

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