The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards are set for Sunday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with comedian Nate Bargatze slated to host and a slate of presenters and nominees from across the television landscape preparing for television’s biggest night.
Stars were spotted readying for the ceremony on Saturday and early Sunday, with presenters including Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Coolidge, Jude Law, Sydney Sweeney and Sofía Vergara among those scheduled to appear onstage. Several nominees and guests were photographed attending to last-minute preparations — Finding Nicole actress Blanca Blanco was seen wearing pale pink eye pads and choosing jewelry before stepping onto the red carpet, while other attendees were photographed applying makeup or vacationing with friends ahead of the event.
The nominations this year reflect a streaming-era tilt, with Apple TV+ and HBO among the top contenders. Severance led drama contenders with 27 nominations, The Studio led comedy categories with 23 nominations, and HBO’s The Penguin amassed 24 nominations in the limited-series and TV movie fields. The White Lotus also scored heavily across supporting and guest acting categories, while Netflix’s Adolescence received 13 nominations.
Severance’s haul included multiple acting and directing nominations, with Adam Scott and Britt Lower recognized for their portrayals of dual "innie" and "outie" versions of their characters and Tramell Tillman earning a supporting nod. Ben Stiller received a directing nomination for the series. The Studio’s nominations reflected its starry guest roster and creative team, with co‑creator Seth Rogen receiving multiple nods for acting, writing and directing and guest appearances by filmmakers including Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard earning acting nominations.
Among the drama series nominees were Andor, The Diplomat, The Last of Us, Paradise, The Pitt, Severance, Slow Horses and The White Lotus. The comedy series field included Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Hacks, Nobody Wants This, Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking, The Studio and What We Do in the Shadows.
Individual acting nominations highlighted a mix of veterans and newer faces. The lead-actor drama nominees included Sterling K. Brown for Paradise, Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Pedro Pascal for The Last of Us, Adam Scott for Severance and Noah Wyle for The Pitt. Lead-actress drama nominees included Kathy Bates for Matlock, Sharon Horgan for Bad Sisters, Britt Lower for Severance, Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us and Keri Russell for The Diplomat. Kathy Bates, at 77, is the oldest acting nominee in lead categories this year.
Comedy acting nominations included Uzo Aduba for The Residence, Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This, Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary, Ayo Edebiri for The Bear and Jean Smart for Hacks in lead-actress categories, and Adam Brody, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Short and Jeremy Allen White in lead-actor categories. Supporting and guest acting nominations ranged widely and included names such as Harrison Ford, Olivia Colman, Bryan Cranston and Bryan Cranston’s fellow guest nominees on The Studio.
In limited-series and TV movie categories, Colin Farrell received a lead-actor nomination for The Penguin, with Cristin Milioti also nominated for the series. Other limited-series nominations included Adolescence, Black Mirror, Dying for Sex and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Youth performer Owen Cooper received a supporting-actor nomination for his role in Adolescence.
Two categories were announced early on CBS Mornings: the talk-series nominees included The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; reality-competition nominees included The Amazing Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Survivor, Top Chef and The Traitors.
The nominations once again underscored the fragmentation of television audiences in the streaming era. While some shows reached impressive streaming figures — Warner Bros. Discovery reported that The Pitt touched an audience of about 10 million at some point on HBO Max — audience patterns differ markedly from earlier eras when network broadcasts drew far larger simultaneous audiences.
The ceremony will present awards across drama, comedy, limited series, supporting and guest categories, writing and directing honors, and other craft categories. Winners will be announced during the live telecast Sunday, with industry attention focused on which streaming-era titles translate nomination momentum into wins and how veteran performers fare in a crowded field of first-time and repeat nominees.