Emmy Nominations 2025: All the Snubs and Surprises
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The biggest night in television is almost here.
After all, the 2025 Emmy Award nominations were announced by Harvey Guillén and Brenda Song on July 15, with well-deserved TV shows like Severance and The Studio leading the pack with 27 and 23, respectively.
Meanwhile, other titles like The Last of Us and The Pitt earned several expected nods, which means they will be facing off in multiple categories at the 77th annual ceremony, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Pedro Pascal and Noah Wyle).
But there were some shows that raised eyebrows, both for being included and being absent in this year’s lineup. For instance, despite earning commercial success, The Handmaid's Tale's final season was shut out of all the categories. Although Squid Game made history by being the first non-English series to be nominated in the Outstanding Drama Series category in 2022, the second season of the Netflix show didn't seem to garner the same buzz.
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It’s an exciting day for others, however, like Kristen Bell, who was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category for Nobody Wants This. The Netflix series also joined the stacked nominees in the Outstanding Comedy Series category.
As some celebrate unexpected nods, The Bear is entering its fourth year of shining in the comedy series categories. In fact, last year, the series starring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri broke the record for most nominations in a single year with 23, which was previously held by 30 Rock with 22 nods in 2009.
Jeremy—who earned Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2024 and 2023 for his role as Chef Carmy—emphasized that the series changed his life. After all, he's nominated in the same category this year, too.
“It has instilled a faith that change is possible, if you are able to reach out, you are never really truly actually alone,” he said in his acceptance speech last year. “My beautiful cast, I love you forever. I love to work with you, I want us to be in each other’s lives forever, I love you so dearly.”
As for when viewers can see who takes home gold? Tune into the 2025 Emmy Awards on September 15 on CBS.
To see all the snubs and surprises from this year’s nominations, keep reading.
SNUB: The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale concluded in May after six seasons with an explosive series finale, though the final batch of episodes ultimately didn’t receive any nominations. It’s a surprising move since the show has been nominated for 77 Emmys across its run and earned 15 Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series.
SURPRISE: Martin Scorsese
The Godfather director may have earned a number of awards behind the camera, but he earned his first-ever acting nod—in the guest category—for his cameo in The Studio.
SNUB: Yellowjackets
Surviving the frigid Canadian winter through mutiny and cannibalism wasn’t enough for Yellowjackets to earn any nods this year.
SNUB: Diego Luna
Andor might’ve picked up 14 nominations this year, but its star Diego Luna didn’t earn a spot alongside Adam Scott, Sterling K. Brown, Gary Oldman, Noah Wyle and Pedro Pascal in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series category.
SNUB: Selena Gomez
Just like her co-star Steve, Selena Gomez didn’t earn any nominations for Only Murders in the Building, despite the series earning eight nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series.
SURPRISE: The Studio
The Apple TV+ series, starring Seth Rogen and Kathryn Hahn, earned critical acclaim following its release, and it proved its worth in gold after outperforming with 23 nominations. Indeed, the show earned Outstanding Comedy Series, Ike Barinholtz earned Outstanding Supporting Actor and Seth’s Outstanding Lead Actor, among other nods.
SURPRISE: Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford might have a vast filmography, but the Star Wars actor just earned his first-ever Emmy nomination at 83 years old for Shrinking in the Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series category.
SNUB: The Righteous Gemstones
The HBO dramedy may have earned critical acclaim when it came to reviews for its final season, but it didn’t translate to any major nominations. The series—which stars Danny McBride, Adam DeVine and Edi Patterson—only earned nods in technical categories, like cinematography, music supervision and sound editing.
SURPRISE: Paradise
Although the Hulu series didn’t garner significant traction online like fellow nominees The Pitt or The Studio, it did earn nods in the major categories. Along with Outstanding Drama Series, Sterling K. Brown was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor, James Marsden for Outstanding Supporting Actor and Julianne Nicholson for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
SNUB: Hot Ones
The Sean Evans-hosted series has continued to establish itself as a staple in the interviewing world, but was still left out of the Outstanding Talk Series category.
SURPRISE: Rashida Jones
While Black Mirror has earned its fair share of Emmy nominations since premiering in 2011, Rashida Jones became the first star to be nominated for Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the show.
SNUB: Steve Martin
Martin Short might’ve gotten his nod in the Outstanding Lead Actor In a Comedy Series for Only Murders in the Building, but his partner in crime Steve Martin was absent from the list.
SURPRISE: Bowen Yang
It’s been a wickedly great year for Bowen Yang, who became the most-nominated Asian male performer in Emmys history with four nods after his Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for Saturday Night Live. (He was nominated in the category in 2024, 2022 and 2021.)
The Wicked actor is also the only other actor to receive a nod for the sketch comedy, with Kenan Thompson earning nominations six times.
SNUB: Squid Game
Despite coming in hot at the 2022 Emmy Awards with 14 nominations—including Best Drama, the first non-English series to do so—the Netflix series was shut out of all categories for its second season.
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