Stars of television shows The Pitt, The White Lotus and Hacks strutted on the red carpet on Sunday for Hollywood’s Emmy Awards, where Seth Rogen’s The Studio showed off a stunning run of successes.
The Studio star Seth Rogen was the first of the night to take home gold, earning the Canadian actor his first Emmy after nine career nominations. Despite going on to accept one of the night’s biggest awards — for best comedy series — Rogen was grateful and flustered in his first acceptance speech. The Canadian comedian stated he’d “never won anything in [his] life” and hadn’t even prepared a speech.
“I don’t know what to say. This is so nice!” he said. Rogen also earned trophies for comedy directing alongside longtime collaborator and co-writer Evan Goldberg, and outstanding writing for a comedy.
The Studio came into the night with nine Emmys from last weekend’s Creative Arts ceremony. With its four wins Sunday — all personally won by Rogen — it eclipsed the record of most wins for a comedy series in a single season set last year by The Bear with 11.
Severance pulled ahead early on in the night as both Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower got on the board. Tillman won best supporting actor in a drama, and immediately after was followed by Lower as she took home best lead actress in a drama — her first career nomination and first career win.
Katherine LaNasa also got a first career win, taking home best supporting actress for her role in The Pitt. The medical drama series also took best lead actor (Noah Wyle) and best drama series wins — the first and last of which helped complete a stunning shutout of The White Lotus.
Netflix’s Adolescence led wins for the night with six, including an award for best directing in a limited series for Philip Barantini. That smash-hit was one of the leaders heading into the night, with 13 total nominations. Barantini’s win was soon followed by the young actor Owen Cooper, who was awarded outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie.
“Standing up here is just, wow, it’s just so surreal,” he said to the second-loudest round of applause of the night as he broke the Emmy record for youngest male acting winner. The record had previously been held by Scott Jacoby, who was 16 when he won in the supporting drama actor trophy for The Certain Summer in 1973.
Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham accepted another award as the show won best writing for a limited series or movie, before Graham won for best lead actor for limited series. On top of all that gold, Adolescence‘s Erin Doherty won for best supporting actress in the same category, while the show won best limited or anthology series.
Despite the love the crowd showed for Cooper, it was Stephen Colbert who earned the loudest applause as his The Late Show With Stephen Colbert won best talk show.
Earlier in the night he’d jokingly showed his headshot onstage in an effort to find work; the comedian’s show was cancelled earlier this year, shortly after Colbert criticized his network, Paramount, for settling a lawsuit with U.S. President Donald Trump over a 60 Minutes story. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end its run in May 2026.
While Paramount denied the cancellation was related to Colbert’s comments, and instead cited financial reasons, the L.A. crowd seemed to see the award (Colbert’s second, after a directing award last week) as a repudiation, chanting his name and delivering a standing ovation.
“Sometimes you only know how much you love something when you get sense you might be losing it,” he said. “My friends, I have never loved my country more desperately.”
Hacks delivers wins
Jean Smart took home best actress in a comedy series for her role in Hacks. It was Smart’s seventh win in her career, and fourth for this particular role.
And later, Hannah Einbinder won best supporting actress in a comedy for the same show as Smart. It was her fourth nomination and first win — something she remarked on in her speech.
“I was really committed to the personal narrative I had that it was cooler to continue to lose,” she said. “This is cool too — this is also punk rock.”
Afterwards, she ended her speech with the first political statement of the night — with an expletive-punctuated protest against ICE and support for Palestine.
As the night went on, an in memoriam section honoured Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, Michelle Trachtenberg and more. That and a segment repudiating the American government’s shuttering of public broadcasting outlets were a decided shift away from the light tone set by host Nate Bargatze — who kept the night on track through a game that drained donation money to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for every second acceptance speeches went over time.
And in the night’s opening segment, he recreated a popular sketch from his time on Saturday Night Live, in which he gave a rousing speech about the importance of the Emmys, before clarifying questions from fellow comedians brought the pitch back down to earth.
“What is streaming, sir?” one of his co-stars facetiously asked when he introduced the concept, playing the inventor of television.
“A new kind of way for studios to lose money,” was the answer.
Another jab was aimed at the Emmys itself.
“Winning one will be very prestigious,” he said.
“Ah, like an Oscar!” was the response — to an awkward silence followed by audience laughter.
Lead actor in a comedy series
Seth Rogen, The Studio — WINNER
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Lead actress in a comedy series
Jean Smart, Hacks — WINNER
Uzo Aduba, The Residence
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Drama supporting actress
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt — WINNER
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
Drama supporting actor
Tramell Tillman, Severance — WINNER
Zach Cherry, Severance
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
James Marsden, Paradise
Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus
John Turturro, Severance
Drama lead actress
Britt Lower, Severance — WINNER
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Comedy supporting actress
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks — WINNER
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
Reality competition program
The Traitors — WINNER
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
Comedy supporting actor
Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere — WINNER
Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding directing for a comedy series
Seth Rogen, The Studio — WINNER
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Lucia Aniello, Hacks
James Burrows, Mid-Century Modern
Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal
Outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie
Philip Barantini, Adolescence — WINNER
Shannon Murphy, Dying for Sex
Helen Shaver, The Penguin
Jennifer Getzinger, The Penguin
Nicole Kassell, Sirens
Lesli Linka Glatter, Zero Day
Outstanding directing for a drama series
Adam Randall, Slow Horses — WINNER
Janus Metz, Andor
Amanda Marsalis, The Pitt
John Wells, The Pitt
Jessica Lee Gagné, Severance
Ben Stiller, Severance
Mike White, The White Lotus
Outstanding scripted variety series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — WINNER
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding writing for a drama series
Dan Gilroy, Andor — WINNER
Joe Sachs, The Pitt
R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt
Dan Erickson, Severance
Will Smith, Slow Horses
Mike White, The White Lotus
Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie
Owen Cooper, Adolescence — WINNER
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story
Bill Camp, Presumed Innocent
Rob Delaney, Dying For Sex
Peter Sarsgaard, Presumed Innocent
Ashley Walters, Adolescence
Outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie
Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham, Adolescence — WINNER
Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali, Black Mirror
Kim Rosenstock, Elizabeth Meriwether, Dying for Sex
Lauren LeFranc, The Penguin
Joshua Zetumer, Say Nothing
Outstanding writing for a comedy series
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez, The Studio — WINNER
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, Hacks
Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola, The Rehearsal
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Paul Simms, What We Do in the Shadows
Outstanding variety special (live)
SNL50: The Anniversary Special — WINNER
The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar
Beyoncé Bowl,
The Oscars
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Best writing for a variety series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver — WINNER
The Daily Show
Saturday Night Live
Limited series / TV movie supporting actress
Erin Doherty, Adolescence — WINNER
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 lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin — WINNER
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Meghan Fehy, Sirens
Rashidah Jones, Black Mirror
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Best actor in a limited or anthology series or movie
Stephen Graham, Adolescence — WINNER
Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Best talk series
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — WINNER
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Outstanding limited or anthology series
Adolescence — WINNER
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Best comedy series
The Studio — WINNER
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
What We Do in the Shadows
Best actor in a drama series
Noah Wyle, The Pitt — WINNER
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Adam Scott, Severance
Best drama series
The Pitt — WINNER
Andor
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
Paradise
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus
