The 2025 Emmys Are Tonight. Here’s Everything You Need To Know

The biggest night in television is finally here.

The 77th edition of the annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be given out on Sunday night.

The best shows that came out sometime between June 2024 and May 2025 will be awarded across categories.

Apple TV+^[1] is the big winner so far when it comes to nominations^[2]. Its fan-favorite^[3] show Severance^[4] picked up a total of 27 nominations. Lead actors Adam Scott and Britt Lower, who play Mark and Helly on the show, are both nominated for best actor nominations.

HBO’s The Batman^[5] spin-off show The Penguin^[6] came in second place with 24 nominations.

On the comedy side, critics^[7] believe Apple TV+’s take on Hollywood, The Studio, which got an impressive 23 nominations, will dominate the categories its nominated in — Hollywood loves Hollywood!

The Television Academy will also be honoring actor couple Ted Danson (famous for shows like Cheers and The Good Place^[8]) and Mary Steenburgen (who you might know from the movie Step Brothers) with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. The award is given to honor the philanthropic efforts of media figures and has been previously awarded to the likes of Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney.

The Emmy Awards are broken into two weekends. Last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys focused on technical and guest acting categories. The Studio and The Penguin^[9] led that show with their wins.

The fan-favorite latest addition to the Star Wars series Andor won four Creative Arts Emmy Awards, including for outstanding fantasy/sci-fi costumes and visual effects. The show is up for an outstanding drama series award tonight but has tough competition against Severance and other big name nominees like HBO’s White Lotus and The Last of Us.^[10][11][12]

When is it?

The awards ceremony will start at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET on Sunday night and go on for about three hours.

Where is it?

The ceremony is taking place at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The Primetime Emmys have been held in that theater since 2008. It was formerly known as Nokia Theater and then Microsoft Theater until 2023 when NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service acquired naming rights.

How do I watch it?

CBS will be broadcasting the ceremony live. If you don’t have network television or access to streaming services with live TV like Hulu Live, you can stream the awards on the Paramount+ app. But there is a catch: you can only stream the show live if you’re subscribed to its premium tier, which costs $13 a month and comes with a free trial.

Who’s hosting it?

The show will be hosted by Grammy-nominated comedian Nate Bargatze. It will be Bargatze’s first time hosting the awards show. In 2024, he made $82.2 million from his comedy tour to become the year’s highest grossing stand-up comedian. ^[13]

Who else is nominated?

Other genre shows, such as Black Mirror^[14], Paradise^[15], and What We Do in the Shadows^[16] are also up for awards tonight with at least one nomination each.

Several records were also made in the nominations. Harrison Ford^[17] got his first ever Emmy nomination for his work in Apple TV+’s Shrinking.

Kathy Bates became the oldest actress^[18] to be nominated for a best lead actress in a drama series award at 77 for her work in CBS’ Matlock.

The 15-year-old star of Netflix’s top-viewed series Adolescence,^[19] Owen Cooper, became the youngest person^[20] to be nominated for an outstanding supporting actor in a limited series award.