Emmys 2025 as it happened: Adolescence, The Studio and Severance win big

Good morning! And happy Emmys Awards day – aka the International Logies – to those who celebrate. It has been a cracking year for television, with the return of The White Lotus, the conversation-starting Adolescence, actual TV comedy with The Studio and Hacks and the (possible) decline of the once-hot The Bear.

First, we’ll be bringing you coverage from the red carpet, with fashion editor Damien Woolnough, who is in New York for fashion week, kicking proceedings off. Then join us for the ceremony, from 10am, where our culture editor-at-large Michael Idato will be reporting from inside the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. Deputy television editor Meg Watson and culture writers Karl Quinn and Thomas Mitchell will keep you up-to-date with all the winners, speeches and breakout moments.

Culture Editor-at-Large Michael Idato has delivered his verdict on the 77th Emmy Awards, declaring it a changing of the guard. “Where was The White Lotus? Remember The Bear? Shogun? Baby Reindeer? Turns out a year is a long time in TV, with an almost entirely new guard of TV mega-hits carving up the spoils. For The Studio, in the comedy category and as a first season show, it wrote itself into the Emmy history books.”

Read his full wrap-up of the evening here.

The post-show bash for the Emmys, as with the Oscars, is known as the Governors Ball. That’s not a homage to California Governor Gavin Newsom, but rather the fact that the Emmys, like the Oscars, are overseen by a board of governors.

The Emmys Governors Ball is held in the convention centre adjacent to the Peacock Theatre, where the telecast was staged. Inside is a gigantic cavernous room with gold chandeliers and gigantic Emmy statues in the centre and perimeter of the room.

Described as a “Starlight Soiree” by organisers, it also features 50,000 exotic flowers. In a more cashed-up era it was a formal dinner. Now it’s a buffet, so big you’d think an Australian RSL club had set up shop.

Other viewing parties in Los Angeles tonight include the Disney party at Vibiana, the Netflix party at Nya Studios West, HBO’s party at the San Vicente Bungalows and the Apple TV+ party at Ysabel.

That’s it for the ceremony, with The Studio making Emmys history as the most awarded comedy ever, while Adolescence’s Owen Cooper became the youngest Emmy winner ever for supporting actor in a limited series. The Pitt also won big, scoring three out of three, with best actor, best supporting actress and best drama.

Stay with us as we wrap up the awards with Michael Idato’s on-the-ground analysis, more photos and award shenanigans. And check out fashion editor Damien Woolnough’s best-dressed verdict here.

Dr Robbie rise up! I called it at the start of the night, but I’m just as happy to report it now: Noah Wyle has won best actor in a drama for his lead role in The Pitt.

Wyle, who made his name as Dr John Carter in ER, anchored this new medical drama as a kind and desperately overworked emergency room doctor at a Pittsburgh hospital dealing with the overwhelming daily stress of the job as well as the historical stress of COVID. His turn (and the wider show) has been widely celebrated by doctors around the world for its depiction of what life is actually like inside underfunded and overworked hospitals – and he’s dedicated his win to those doctors, nurses and wider medical staff tonight. “To anybody who’s going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job. This is for you.”

Never underestimate Hollywood’s appetite for navel-gazing. The industry loves the industry, which is probably why The Studio has won the Emmy for outstanding comedy series (oh, and it’s also very funny).

The Studio has cleaned up tonight, and Seth Rogen seemed borderline embarrassed finding himself on stage to accept yet another shiny trophy.

“If you watched our show, thank you very much. I am legitimately embarrassed by how happy this makes me. These are the best people I know, and it is truly one of the great honours of my life.”

This was always going to be a hotly contested category, but The Studio came in with a strong chance. Previous winner The Bear (the comedy that ain’t a comedy) has largely fallen off a cliff, while there was a sense that Abbott Elementary and Hacks have had their turn.

Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, created by Hollywood insider Erin Foster, could have been a bolter but ultimately, Hollywood did what it does best: clapped itself on the back.

• WINNER Noah Wyle, The Pitt
• Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
• Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
• Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
• Adam Scott, Severance