The complete list of this year’s challengers

For a year filled with prominent performances, 15-year-old Owen Cooper made history as one of the youngest male nominees ever and served a nod for his gripping role in the “teens”. At the same time, Hollywood icons such as Harrison Ford and rising stars such as Jeremy Allen White and Quinta Brunson are struggling for great actors.

With the 77th Emmy Awards that will take place on September 14 at the PeaCock Theater in Los Angeles, here is the complete list of this year’s Emmy -nominated – which illuminates TV’s most convincing, creative and unforgettable programs and stars that captured both audience and critics.

Below is the full list of this year’s challengers.

Best drama

“Andor” (Disney+)
“Diplomat” (Netflix)
“The Last of US” (HBO MAX)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“The Pitt” (HBO MAX)
“Severrance” (Apple TV+)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV+)
“The White Lotus” (HBO MAX)

Best comedy

“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“The Bear” (Hulu)
“Hacks” (HBO MAX)
“No one wants this” (Netflix)
“Only murder in the building” (Hulu)
“Shrinks” (Apple TV+)
“The Studio” (Apple TV+)
“What we do in the shadows” (FX)

Best limited series

“Youth” (Netflix)
“Black Mirror” (Netflix)
“DYING FOR SEX” (FX)
“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” (Netflix)
“The Penguin” (HBO MAX)

Best actor (drama)

Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us”
Adam Scott, “Severrance”
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”

Best actress (drama)

Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Sharon Horgan, “Bad Sisters”
Britt Lower, “Severrance”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell, “Diplomat”

Best actor (comedy)

Adam Brody, “No one wants this”
Seth Rogen, “Studio”
Jason sail, “shrinking”
Martin Short, “Only Murder in the Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Best actress, comedy

Kristen Bell, “No one wants this”
The way of natural, the “residence”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Available, “Bear”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”

Best actor (limited series or TV movie)

Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
Stephen Graham, “Youth”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Triumed Innocent”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Dope Thief”
Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Mernendz Story”

Best actress, limited series or TV movie

Cate Blanchett, “disclaimer clause”
Meghann Fahy, “Sirens”
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”

Supporting actors (drama)

Zach Cherry, “Severrance”
Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”
Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”
James Marsden, “Paradise”
Sam Rockwell, “The White Lotus”
John Turturro, “Severrance”
Tramel Tillman, “Severrance”

Supporting actress (drama)

Patricia Arquette, “Severrance”
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”

Supporting Actor (Comedy)

Ike Barinholtz, “Studio”
Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons”
Harrison Ford, “shrinking”
Jeff Hiller, “Someone somewhere”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”
Michael Urie, “shrinking”
Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live”

Supporting actress (comedy)

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

Supporting actors (limited series or film)

Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Mernendz Story”
Bill Camp, “Triumed Innocent”
Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”
Rob Delaney, “Dying for Sex”
Peter Sarsgaard, “Triumed Innocent”
Ashley Walters, “Adolescence”

Supporting actress (limited series or film)

Erin Doherty, “Youth”
Ruth Negga, “Triumed Innocent”
Deirdre O’Connell, “The Penguin”
Chloë Sevigny, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Mernendez Story”
Jenny Slate, “Dying for Sex”
Christine Tremarco, “Teenance”

Comedy guest actor

Jon Bernthal, “The Bear”
Bryan Cranston, “Studio”
Dave Franco, “Studio”
Ron Howard, “Studio”
Martin Scorsese, “Studio”
Anthony Mackie, “Studio”

Comedy guest actress

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

Drama guest actors

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, “Severrance”
Gwendoline Christie, “Severrance”
Kaitlyn Dever, “The Last of Us”
Cherry Jones, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Catherine O’Hara, “The Last of Us”

Variation script series

“Last week tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Worthy of a reality/competition program

Rupaul Charles, “Rupaul’s Drag Race”
Alan Cumming, “the traitors”
Christian Kish, “Top Chef”
Jeff Probst, “Survivor”
The sharks, “Shark Tank”

TV movie

“Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” (Peacock)
“The Gorge” (Apple TV+)
“Mountainhead” (HBO)
“Nonnas” (Netflix)
“Rebel Ridge” (Netflix)

Animated program

“Arcane: League of Legends” (Netflix)
“Bob’s Burgers” (FOX)
“Common side effects” (adult swim)
“Love, Death + Robots” (Netflix)
“The Simpsons” (Fox)

Variety Special

“Ali Wong: Single Lady” (Netflix)
“Adam Sandler: Love You” (Netflix)
“Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years” (Hulu)
“Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor” (Netflix)
“Sarah Silverman: Postmortem” (Netflix)
“Your friend, Nate Bargatze” (Netflix)

Documentary or nonfiction special

“Deaf president now!” (Apple TV+)
“Martha” (Netflix)
“PEE-Wee as He of Himself” (HBO)
“Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)” (Hulu)
“Will & Harper” (Netflix)

Documentary or nonfiction series

“Manager’s Table” (Netflix)
“100 footwave” (HBO)
“Simone Biles: Rising” (Netflix)
“SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night” (Peacock)
“Social Studies” (Fat Hulu)

Reality or racing program

“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“Rupaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
“Survivor” (CBS)
“Top boss” (Bravo)
“Traitors” (peacock)

Variety Talk Series

“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
“The late show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)

Directoring for a drama series

Janus Metz, “Andor” (“Who are you?”)
Amanda Marsalis, “The Pitt” (18:00)
John Wells, “The Pitt” (“7:00 AM”)
Jessica Lee Gagné, “Severance” (“Chikhai Bardo”)
Ben Stiller, “Severrance” (“Cold Harbor”)
Adam Randall, “Slow Horses” (“Hello Goodbye”)
Mike White, “The White Lotus” (“Amor Fati”)

Director for a comedy series

Available, “Bear” (“Napkin”)
Lucia Aniello, “hacks” (“a slippery slope”)
James Burrows, “Mid Hundred Modern” (“Here’s to You, Mrs. Schneiderman”)
Nathan Fielder, “The Repetitions” (“Pilot’s Code”)
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, “The Studio” (“The Oner”)

Direct for a limited series/TV movie

Philip Barantini, “Youth”
Shannon Murphy, “Dying for Sex” (“It’s Not Such Severe”)
Helen Shaver, “The Penguin” (“Cent’anni”)
Jennifer Getzinger, “The Penguin” (“A Fantastic or Little Thing”)
Nicole Kassell, “Sirens” (“exile”)
Leslie Linka Glads, “Zero Day”

Write for a comedy series

Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (“Back to School”)
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Down and Jen backs, “Hacks” (“A Slips Slope”)
Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola, “The Repetitions” (“Pilot’s Code”)
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen and Bridget Everett, “Someone somewhere” (“Agg”)
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez, “The Studio” (“The Promotion”)
Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis and Paul Simms, “What we do in the shadows” (“The Finale”)

Drama series

And gilroy, “Andor”
Joe Sachs, “The Pitt” (“14:00”)
R. Scott Gemmill, “The Pitt” (“07:00)
And Erikson, “Severance” (“Cold Harbor”)
Will Smith, “Slow Horses” (“Hello Goodbye”)
Mike White, “The White Lotus” (“Full Moon Party”)

Write for a limited series, movie or drama special

Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, “Youth”
Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali, “Black Mirror” (“ordinary people”)
Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether, “Dying for Sex” (“Good Value Diet Soda”)
Lauren Lefranc, “The Penguin” (“A Fantastic or Little Thing”)
Joshua Zetumer, “Say Nothing” (“The People in the Dirt”)

Write for a variety special

“Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor”
“Cunk On Life”
“Sarah Silverman: Postmortem”
“Your friend, Nate Bargatze”
“SNL50: Anniversary Special”

Write for a variety series

“The Daily Show”
“Last week tonight with John Oliver”
“Saturday Night Live”

The 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2025) will take place on September 6 and 7 at the PeaCock Theater in Los Angeles.

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