“Severance” put in overtime at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, nabbing no shortage of trophies — including a historic one for Tramell Tillman — while Seth Rogen’s “The Studio” dominated the comedy category.
Tillman on Sunday became the first Black actor to take home the award for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his fan-favorite turn as Mr. Milchick in the Apple TV thriller, which also earned Britt Lower, who stars as Helly R., a trophy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The Adam-Scott lead workplace show had the most nominations this year, with 27 nods in total, including for Ben Stiller and Jessica Lee Gagné, both of them nominated in the Best Director category. They ultimately lost out, however, to Adam Randall, who won for “Slow Horses.”
It was up for Outstanding Drama Series, too, but HBO’s “The Pitt” ended up earning that accolade.
The medical drama also earned Emmys for its leading man, Noah Wyle — who was last nominated in 1999 for his work on “ER” — as well as Shawn Hatosy in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series category and another for Katherine LaNasa for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
In the comedy category, Seth Rogen earned the first Emmy of the evening — and his first Emmy ever — for his star turn in “The Studio,” while seasoned winner Jean Smart took home her fourth trophy in the same category for leading HBO’s “Hacks.” It marks her seventh Emmy win, the second for playing Deborah Vance, while her co-star, Hannah Einbinder, won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the same show.
Fellow repeat winner, John Oliver, won in the Scripted Variety Series category for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” The show earned a writing award too, as it has every year since 2016. “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” meanwhile, won its first-ever Emmy on Sunday for Outstanding Talk Series, less than two months after CBS announced its cancellation.
Nate Bargatze played host for the night, vowing to avoid politics during the annual award show. Instead, he promised to donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of America, with a catch: he would deduct funds should winners exceed the 45-second acceptance speech time limit and add to it for speeches that went under.
Rogen, who also won for directing “The Studio” alongside longtime collaborator, Evan Goldberg, added an extra $6,000 to the pot by keeping it brief as he accepted his acting award. In the end, his show took home 12 awards, including “Outstanding Comedy Series,” which is the most a comedy series has ever won in a single season.
While the donation very quickly dipped into negative numbers, Bargatze ended the show by announcing $350,000 would be donated to the youth organization anyway.
“The Penguin,” a gritty Batman villain origin story starring Colin Farrell, also scored a whopping 24 nominations, including one for Cristin Milioti, who won her first Emmy in the Lead Actress in a Limited Series category. The third season of HBO’s dark comedy, “White Lotus” — which earned nominations for most of its ensemble cast, including Parker Posey, Aimee Lou Wood, Carrie Coon, Natasha Rothwell, Jason Isaac and Walter Goggins — boasted 23 nominations, but it failed to take home any trophies.
The night’s youngest nominee was Owen Cooper, who is just 15 years old. He won for his role on the Netflix series “Adolescence,” which also makes him the youngest performer to win the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series/Movie in decades. The Netflix show, which earned Stephen Graham a Lead Actor award, won for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series as well.
Rogen’s “The Studio,” meanwhile, was the front-runner in the Comedy category with 23 nods, including Outstanding Comedy Series. It was also nominated for best lead actress, supporting actor and supporting actress in a comedy series.
“The Bear,” a recurring winner in recent years, earned a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, as well as nods for its lead actor, Jeremy Allen White — who took home the trophy in 2024 — and for Ayo Edebiri, who earned a lead actress nomination in addition to her first for best director.
Originally Published: September 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM EDT
