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Emmy Awards 2025 recap: The biggest winners and most memorable moments

PHOTO: Seth Rogen accepts the Outstanding Comedy Series award for "The Studio" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
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Which shows came out on top at the Emmys?
By Mason Leib, Emily Shapiro, Angeline Jane Bernabe
Last Updated: September 15, 2025, 3:12 AM

Television's biggest night saw history made, big-name winners, moving speeches and a few surprises.

The 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards wrapped up at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

"The Studio," Seth Rogen's Hollywood-based comedy covering the life of powerful and klutzy studio executive Matt Remick, played by Rogen, took home the award for best comedy series and outstanding lead actor in a comedy series.

The medical drama "The Pitt" also claimed top awards including best drama and best lead actor in a drama for the show's star Noah Wyle.

Other big winners included Britt Lower from "Severance" for lead actress in a drama and Jean Smart from "Hacks" for lead actress in a comedy.

"Adolescence" won many of the major awards in the limited or anthology series categories, taking home outstanding limited or anthology series, lead actor (Stephen Graham), supporting actress (Erin Doherty) and supporting actor (Owen Cooper).

Read on for the night's top moments:

Latest headlines:

  • 'The Pitt' wins Emmy for outstanding drama series
  • Noah Wyle wins Emmy for outstanding lead actor in ‘The Pitt’
  • 'The Studio' wins Emmy for outstanding comedy series
  • 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' wins outstanding talk show
Here's how the night is unfolding. All times Eastern.

Sep 15, 2025 3:12 AM

'The Pitt' wins Emmy for outstanding drama series

"The Pitt" won the Emmy for outstanding drama series.

Other nominees in the category included "Andor," "The Diplomat," "The Last of Us," "Paradise," "Severance," "Slow Horses" and "The White Lotus."

PHOTO: Producer R. Scott Gemmill accepts the Outstanding Drama Series award for "The Pitt" at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
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Producer R. Scott Gemmill accepts the Outstanding Drama Series award for "The Pitt" at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Mike Blake/Reuters

Sep 15, 2025 3:07 AM

Noah Wyle wins Emmy for outstanding lead actor in ‘The Pitt’

In the drama category, Noah Wyle won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor for his performance in the HBO hospital show, "The Pitt."

Wyle ended his acceptance speech by acknowledging shift workers -- like those who work in hospitals -- by saying, “To anybody who is going on shift tonight, or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job. This is for you!“

PHOTO: Noah Wyle accepts the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for "The Pitt" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images
Noah Wyle accepts the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for "The Pitt" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images
PHOTO: Noah Wyle accepts the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for "The Pitt" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images
Noah Wyle accepts the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for "The Pitt" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images


The other nominees in the category were Sterling K. Brown for "Paradise," Gary Oldman for "Slow Horses," Pedro Pascal for "The Last of Us" and Adam Scott for "Severance.”


Sep 15, 2025 3:15 AM

'The Studio' wins Emmy for outstanding comedy series

The Emmy for outstanding comedy series went to "The Studio."

"I am legitimately embarrassed by how happy this makes me," said Seth Rogen, who accepted the award.

"Thank your executives!" Rogen finished.

Other nominees in the category included "Abbott Elementary," "The Bear," "Hacks," "Nobody Wants This," "Only Murders in the Building," "Shrinking" and "What We Do In the Shadows."

PHOTO: Seth Rogen accepts the Outstanding Comedy Series award for "The Studio" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images
Seth Rogen accepts the Outstanding Comedy Series award for "The Studio" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images

PHOTO: Seth Rogen accepts the Outstanding Comedy Series award for "The Studio" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images
Seth Rogen accepts the Outstanding Comedy Series award for "The Studio" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images


Sep 15, 2025 2:56 AM

'Adolescence' takes home Emmy for outstanding limited or anthology series

The critically acclaimed Netflix limited series "Adolescence" won the Emmy for outstanding limited or anthology series.

Stephen Graham, who also won outstanding lead actor for his role in "Adolescence," said while accepting the award, "What we managed to create was a beautiful family. Whether you was number one on the call sheet or No. 101 ... everyone was respected and treated with the utmost of respect. We are all the same. I think that's how you get the best work.”

Other nominees in the category were "Black Mirror," "Dying For Sex," "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" and "The Penguin."


Sep 15, 2025 2:34 AM

Phylicia Rashad honors Malcolm-Jamal Warner

“The Cosby Show” star Phylicia Rashad introduced the in memoriam segment, honoring her co-star Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who drowned in Costa Rica in July.

“He was a beloved teenager in an iconic television series who the world watched grow into manhood. And like all our friends and colleagues who transitioned this past year, Malcolm Jamal-Warner remains in our hearts,” Rashad said, as the crowd applauded.

PHOTO: Phylicia Rashad introduces an in memoriam performance during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.
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Phylicia Rashad introduces an in memoriam performance during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.
Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

“Even though they may no longer be here with us, we can all smile knowing that their impact will remain, knowing that their lasting impressions will continue to live on through story, knowing that they touched our lives,” Rashad said. “Whether you grew up watching them, or have just now discovered their brilliance, their light remains in the very fabric of our industry."

Others remembered in the in memoriam segment include "Gossip Girl" star Michelle Trachtenberg, who died from complications of diabetes in February; Robin Kaye, an “American Idol” music supervisor who was killed in her home in July; and Food Network chef Anne Burrell, who died by suicide in June.

During the in memoriam segment, singers Vince Gill and Lainey Wilson performed Gill's 1995 song, "Go Rest High on That Mountain."

PHOTO: Vince Gill and Lainey Wilson perform at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Mike Blake/Reuters
Vince Gill and Lainey Wilson perform at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 14, 2025.
Mike Blake/Reuters

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