Emmys 2025 live updates: Winners, speeches, big moments as Nate Bargatze hosts

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, "The Studio," for "The Oner" episode

Jeff Hiller tearfully thanked the cast and crew of "Somebody Somewhere" for creating a show about "love and connecting."

He thanked HBO, which aired the show, "for putting a show about sweaty middle-aged people on the same network as sexy teens of 'Euphoria.'"

"Most of all thank you Bridget Everett," Hiller continued. "You changed my life, and you told so many people to believe in themselves and they do."

Hiller said, "For the past 25 years, I've been like, 'World, I want to be an actor.'"

"And the world's like, 'Uh, maybe computers?'" he joked, noting how big a surprise this win was.

Jeff Hiller, "Somebody Somewhere"

In the first overtly political moment of the night, Hannah Einbinder ended her acceptance speech with a: “Go Birds, f--- ICE and free Palestine,” according to reports from news outlets in the room.

Her voice was cut from the stream on CBS when she appeared to say “F--- ICE.”

"The Traitors"

Hannah Einbinder, "Hacks"

"Severance" is already sweeping tonight, and Britt Lower just took home her first Emmy.

Through tears, she thanked the crew, cast and creators of the show, as well as her team, her family and friends.

"Thank you for Helly R.," Lower said in closing. "For choosing me."

Britt Lower, "Severance"

Bargatze's low-key, affable persona always helps endear him to crowds, even when his material isn't firing on all cylinders — and that certainly seems to be the case tonight. Bargatze's scripted jokes have been a mixed bag, but the crowd seems to be having fun and enjoying his energy.

Tillman, the first Black actor to triumph in the best supporting actor (drama) category, riveted the crowd with his acceptance speech. He quoted his "first acting coach" — his mother, who is seated in the audience.

"You remember what you want to remember. You make time for what you want to make for. Do the work. Show up. And most importantly, for the love of God, don't embarrass me in public," Tillman said.

He dedicated his award to his mom.

Tramell Tillman, "Severance"

Katherine LaNasa, accepting the best supporting actress in a drama series prize for her role as a nurse on "The Pitt," paid tribute to real-life nurses that "inspired" her character.

Katherine LaNasa, "The Pitt"

Jean Smart, accepting her seventh career acting Emmy (and her fourth for her lead role on "Hacks"), kept her acceptance speech tight but mentioned that she broke her knee this summer.

That's why she was "walking like John Wayne," she joked.

She ended her speech by urging everyone to "just be good to each other."

Jean Smart, "Hacks"

The host is asking winners to keep their speeches 45 seconds or less.

“I know how hard you guys have all worked to get here. I’m not trying to take anything away; 45 seconds, that’s what you got,” Bargatze said in his opening address. “And if you want to do more than that, do it on social media later. More people are going to see it there anyway.”

As an incentive, he said, he plans to donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He had previously told Jimmy Kimmel that was his plan.

“If you stay at 45 seconds, it stays at $100,000,” he said. “Every second you go over 45 seconds, we will deduct $1,000 away from the Boys & Girls Club ... [but] if you go under, we will put $1,000 a second back on.”

A shocked Rogen took the stage in a burnt orange velvet suit unsure of what to say.

"I've never won anything in my life," Rogen said, adding that he didn't prepare anything.

"This is so nice!" The academy must have loved his short and sweet speech.

He is also nominated tonight for directing, producing and writing the Apple TV show.

Stephen Colbert, taking the stage after the cold open, nodded to CBS' decision to cancel "The Late Show," which he's hosted for a decade.

"While I have your attention, is anyone hiring? Because I've got 200 very well-qualified candidates here with me tonight, who will be available in June," Colbert said to laughter and applause.

Seth Rogen, "The Studio"

The Emmy awards kicked off like it's Saturday night, not Sunday, with a sketch featuring host Nate Bargatze with "Saturday Night Live" stars Mikey Day, James Austin Johnson and Bowen Yang, who is nominated tonight.

The quartet spoofed Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, with another version of the "SNL" sketch Bargatze has done twice now on the show.

As Farnsworth, Bargatze explained what television would be, including all of the channels and what would be on them.

After explaining that there would be no history on The History Channel and no learning on The Learning Channel, Farnsworth is asked, "Will there be a network for white people, sir?"

"Why CBS of course," Bargatze answered. "The Caucasian broadcast system."

"And will there be a network for Asian people, sir?"

The celebs are heading in as the red carpet wraps up and the main show begins.

The show starts in less than five minutes, so let's set some stakes. Tonight's biggest rivalry in the best drama series category — HBO's "The Pitt," a frenetic portrait of life inside a hospital, versus Apple TV+'s "Severance," a dystopian corporate satire. Four other shows are nominated, too, but none have momentum like "The Pitt" and "Severance."

Cooper Koch, who is nominated for his role in "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story," shared that he’s still in communication with the brothers after meeting them a year ago.

“Right now, unfortunately, they did not receive parole,” Koch said. “It’s very common for it to not go their way the first time, and they will have another chance, sooner rather than later.”

Lyle Menendez sent the actor an uplifting message today ahead of the awards ceremony, which Koch read off his phone.

“For so many, what you brilliantly portrayed is their reality. The goal is not accolades, the goal is to raise awareness. We are stronger together. Love you brother.”

You might not realize it, but Sam Rockwell and Leslie Bibb, who co-starred on "The White Lotus," are also real-life husband and wife! Bibb spoke about working with her hubby on the third season of the hit series ahead of tonight's Emmys on the E! red carpet, saying: "I didn't understand how much I'd appreciate [working together]. That 'White Lotus' family is really tight. ... I love that we get to share this together."

"Severance" fans can breathe a sigh of relief: Star Adam Scott swore on the Emmys red carpet that the break between seasons this time around will be much shorter than the last one.

"It will not take three years or whatever absurd amount of time it was," Scott told CBS. He was quick to call the show's impressive 27 nominations "excessive."

He's up for best actor in a tight race against Noah Wyle of "The Pitt." Awards aside, "you know how lucky you are" to be on this kind of show, Scott said.

Asked by Variety whether he had a speech prepared, first-time Emmy nominee Harrison Ford responded: “For what? I’m not running for anything.”

Thinking about what he’d say if he were to win, Ford added: “I guess you say, ‘Thank you.’ Don’t you just say thank you?”

"Hot rabbi" Adam Brody's real-life wife, Leighton Meester, is joining him in the cast of "Nobody Wants This" for season two.

Meester called it "one of the most fun times I've ever had on set."

She said that Brody is "doing really good" ahead of the awards ceremony and that the couple had a nice drive over together through the L.A. traffic.

The star, known as the "internet's daddy," is nominated for an Emmy for his role as Joel in the second season of “The Last of Us."

The awards show comes on the heels of a busy year for Pascal, who starred in three major releases that came out within six weeks of one another: “The Fantastic Four: First Steps," Ari Aster’s horror film “Eddington" and Celine Song’s A24 film “Materialists.”

“It is the best time of my life,” he told The Associated Press. “Just, I don’t know ... look around, and it’s an incredible reflection of ... what I’m experiencing right now. I’m having a really amazing time.”

Though his run on the zombie apocalyptic show may be over, Pascal's star continues to rise. Next summer, he’ll step back into the "Star Wars" universe for the film “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.”

Javier Bardem, wearing a keffiyeh on the red carpet, is using his time chatting with E! to advocate for peace in Gaza.

"More and more people are gathering together," he said. "Film Workers for Palestine is a great union, and we don't target people individuals by their entities."

"Free Palestine," Bardem added.

It's been a minute since Noah Wyle has walked the Emmys red carpet. The last time he was here was 26 years ago, nominated for his starring role in "ER" in the 1990s.

Now, those experiences are "a little fuzzy," Wyle said, before he added that he's glad to be back.

This year, he's nominated for a different medical drama: "The Pitt."

Despite his vast medical-drama experience, Wyle is just a doctor on screen, which the real-life doctors in his family don't let him forget.

When people ask Patricia Arquette what is going to happen on "Severance," she lies, she told the E! red carpet tonight.

Asked for the craziest false plotline that she has ever shared, she said she can't even remember because there have been "so many lies."

Don't worry if you're a friend of Arquette's — she said lying isn't something she does in her normal life.

Ike Barinholtz of “The Studio” joked to Variety that he’s not celebrating the comedy show’s historic 23 nominations — yet.

“Nominations are nothing. Tonight you win! ... This is a war and we must defeat our enemies.”

The comedian is nominated tonight for his role as studio exec Sal Saperstein.

Barinholtz is also set to play Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming biographical drama “Artificial.” While he has not reached out to the tech billionaire, he says he has prepared for the roles in other ways: “I start poisoning my brain by watching lots of interviews with him.”

The stars of "Adolescence" all credited the show's success to the entire team working on it.

Ashley Walters said he is so proud of the feat they achieved by simply completing the show, which he said was such a hard thing to do, especially keeping an audience entertained through a one-shot take.

He credited the success to "having a team and people there to support you through it."

For Erin Doherty, what's most mind-blowing are "the people who are responding to the show." But the "biggest thing" for her is how real families are resonating with it.

And Owen Cooper, at only 15, is the youngest person nominated in his category — which he said is just a "bonus" to being nominated.

"I'm buzzing to be here," he said.

All three are nominated tonight.

“Shrinking” star Jason Segel told Variety that being on set with Harrison Ford makes him forget all his past regrets.

“When you’re sitting, acting across from Harrison Ford, you have no thought but ‘It all worked out great. Everything worked out perfectly,’” Segel said.

The first-time nominee is feeling her best on the red carpet.

"It's an incredible through line," Slate said of working on "Dying for Sex" and the incredible support the project has received.

Starring alongside Michelle Williams, whom she described as magical, is "still hard for me to understand," Slate said.

As for what's next acting-wise, Slate said she's up for anything. She especially wants to try her hand in the horror genre, perhaps starring in one of Guillermo del Toro's scary movie.

Funnyman Ben Stiller pulls double duty as an executive producer and director of the Apple TV+ hit show "Severance."

In an interview with E! on the red carpet, he made a reference to an inside term from the show.

"I think we're in outie mode here," he joked. "I feel like everyone's an outie. We're outside, we're above ground. My innie is a little more private."

Actor Christine Taylor, his wife, then chimed in, "Earlier today, we were in innie mode."

Going into the Primetime Emmys tonight, many shows have already taken home awards at the Creative Arts Emmys. Here’s who has picked up the most.

• “The Studio”: 9
• “The Penguin”: 8
• “SNL 50”: 7
• “Severance”: 6
• “Andor”: 4
• “The Traitors”: 4

“Hacks” star Megan Stalter wore a simple T-shirt and jeans to let her purse make the statement.

Specifically, the words “Cease fire!” were written on a piece of paper taped to her black bag.

“It’s the most important to stick up for people and for peace and to ask for an end to war. And I think it’s inspiring to other people to speak up," Stalter told Variety. "We have to use our platforms and say what’s important to us, because what’s the point of being at these big events if you’re not going to use your privilege?”

She wore blue jeans and a white T-shirt to the show. In an interview with E! ahead of the show, she joked, "we need to bring jeans back to the red carpet."

Tonight’s award show will reportedly have stronger security measures in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting last week.

Such measures will include increased police presence, stricter protocols around the venue and “expanded roles” for agencies like Homeland Security and the California Highway Patrol, according to Deadline.

“We aim to have any event in the City of L.A., like the Emmys, as secure as possible and as a safe as possible,” an LAPD spokesperson told the publication.

The LAPD didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Molly Gordon, of "The Bear," and Sam Nivola, of "The White Lotus," made their way to the carpet tonight.

The stars, who have among the rising stars of young Hollywood, are on two of the hottest shows on TV this Emmys season.

It took “Andor” creator Tony Gilroy a bit of time to gain some confidence about the Disney+ show, which is part of the massive "Star Wars" universe.

“I think once we started shooting during Covid ... and the first episode came in and we started cutting is the first time I ever went, ‘Oh, my god, this might not be the stupidest thing I’ve ever done,’” Gilroy told Variety on the carpet.

In fact, he was initially hoping the pandemic would give him an opportunity to escape making the show.

“My fantasy when Covid came was ‘Oh, well that’s good news, I can get rid of this show without disaster,’” he said.

The young actor, nominated for "The Studio," was tripping over her words after she met some heroes on the red carpet and after she admitted she could barely breathe in her skin-tight black gown.

She raved about working with Seth Rogen (also nominated tonight) on "The Studio," calling it a wonderful and fun experience.

"It's probably more fun than it seems, which is criminal. We're in the rip zone 24/7," Wonders said.

Asked what she would tell herself from one or two years ago, she said she'd tell herself to "be patient and be excited for what's to come."

"Just enjoy the ride, be present and hug your family," Wonders said.

Anybody who knows Owen Cooper knows that Jake Gyllenhaal is his No. 1 favorite actor, the young star of "Adolescence" told a Netflix camera.

Cut to: Gyllenhaal sneaking down a hotel hallway to surprise his teenage fan.

Cooper descended into a chorus of "oh my Gods" when Gyllenhaal surprised him mid-interview.

His mentor then handed him a gift — a "lucky duck," which Gyllenhaal said a friend gave him when he was nominated for an Oscar. Cooper could barely find the words to thank him.

"I just came by because he's been talking about me too much," Gyllenhaal joked.

Both actors are nominated tonight.

How many people are actually watching this year's nominees? Nielsen, the famed media research company, took a stab at answering that question. The firm measured total viewership hours across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms during the Emmys' eligibility window of June 1, 2024, to May 31.

Here are the most-watched titles in each of the marquee categories, according to Nielsen's findings:

Best drama series: "The White Lotus" (210.7 million total viewing hours), followed by "Severance" (157.5 million).

Best comedy series: "Abbott Elementary" (184.1 million total viewing hours), followed by "Only Murders in the Building" (159.1 million).

Best limited or anthology series: "Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story" (149.5 million total viewing hours), followed by "The Penguin" (102.3 million).

"The Bear" star Jeremy Allen White will not be at the Emmys this year as his best friend is getting married, according to Variety.

White is nominated for outstanding lead actor for his role as head chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto. he took home an award last year for the same role.

Celebrities, including nominees like Walton Goggins and reality stars like Phaedra Parks, have started to arrive at Peacock Theatre in their sharpest attire.

Patrick Ball, who got his big break starring as Dr. Frank Langdon on “The Pitt,” told Variety that it’s gotten “a lot harder” to visit the dentist now that he’s a bigger name.

“I went to the dentist to get a cavity filled and I just all of a sudden had pretty much everybody in the office coming in and looking into my mouth,” Ball told the publication in an interview on the carpet. “Yeah, it’s a different experience now.

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reports that U.S. adults are still tuning in to awards shows.

About half of respondents said they’ve watched all or most of an awards show over the past year, and a little more than half said they’ve at least watched clips.

The Oscars and the Emmys had recent upticks in viewership after a significant long-term decrease in people watching awards shows, according to the AP.

This Emmy class now includes both the youngest and oldest nominees in their respective categories, making history.

Kathy Bates is officially the oldest nominee for lead actress in a drama with her nod for CBS’s “Matlock” reboot. Bates is 77. Angela Lansbury previously held the record, having received her final nomination for “Murder, She Wrote” in 1996 when she was 70.

On the other end of the spectrum is Owen Cooper, who is nominated for “Adolescence.” At 15 years old, Cooper is now the youngest person in history to be nominated for the outstanding supporting actor in a limited series Emmy.

The show, nominated for three Emmys, received mixed responses after its first season dropped. Some praised it for its positive portrayal of Judaism; others have criticized how it depicts Jewish women.

NBC News spoke with four rabbis about the buzzy series, which generated intense online reaction, including a steady stream of Brody-focused “hot rabbi” memes, after it was released last year. (The show's second season premieres in October).

The religious leaders, who hail from a variety of denominations, all agreed that “Nobody Wants This” is an imperfect representation of the rabbinate and Jewish culture. Still, their levels of discontent with the series varied.

Read the full story here.

Though “Severance” dominated the nominations, Dichen Lachman, who plays Gemma, was among this year’s snubs.

In an interview earlier this year, Lachman talked about her favorite fan theories about the show, as well as the dramatic season two finale and the uncertain fate of her character.

Read the full story here.

The golden Emmy statuettes are made in Chicago before being flown to Los Angeles, according to United Airlines, which said it flew them in.

The airline posted yesterday on Instagram that it had flown the statuettes in for the 26th year in a row.

"Got a window seat to L.A.," it wrote.

For some veteran actors, a nomination feels long overdue. For others who are newcomers, a nod could help their stars rise even more in Hollywood. This year 33 performers received their first Emmy nominations for acting.

Among them: Harrison Ford, one of Hollywood’s most famous movie stars. The 83-year-old “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” actor was nominated for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his role as Dr. Paul Rhodes in the Apple TV+ series “Shrinking.” Other first-time nominees include:

• "Severance" stars Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry
• "The White Lotus" stars Jason Isaacs, Aimee Lou Wood and Scott Glenn
• “Adolescence" stars Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, Christine Tremarco and Ashley Walters
• "The Penguin" stars Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti
• "Dying for Sex" star Jenny Slate
• J.K. Simmons, for “Die Hart: Hart to Kill”
• “Presumed Innocent” stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Negga

HBO Max’s breakout medical drama “The Pitt” snagged 13 nominations, including one for star, writer and executive producer Noah Wyle, aka Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch.

Wyle is no stranger garnering praise from the TV Academy. The actor earned five consecutive Emmy nominations for his role as another TV doctor, John Carter, on NBC’s “ER.” But he never won.

Now, fans of “The Pitt” are hopeful Wyle, who was nominated in the outstanding lead actor in a drama series category, will actually receive a statuette for his excellent job saving (fictional) lives.

Still, it's a tough category, as Wyle will face another top contender: "Severance" star Adam Scott.

The show’s second season, which received 14 nominations, received high praise from critics and viewers, many of whom commented on the plot’s relevance to current events.

The new season focused on a time when many in the galaxy live in fear of the fascistic Empire. It centers on thief-turned-rebel spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), whom fans first meet in the 2016 feature film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” 

In season one, the events on Cassian’s adoptive home planet, Ferrix, help radicalize him, ultimately turning him into a leader within the resistance movement. Season two picks up with Cassian continuing the rebellion efforts as the Empire furthers its agenda.

“Andor” creator and showrunner Tony Gilroy told Rotten Tomatoes in a recent interview that he studied revolutions throughout history in writing the series. 

“For me, it was really important that by the time we were done, it was a definitive work about revolution, as many things as I could get in there from all the revolutions I’d read about,” he said. “In Season 2, we introduce propaganda and the use of media, we introduce large-scaled destruction of a planet, not just colonialism. We also deal with all the factionalism, every revolution you read about has multiple factions that are all fighting the one thing that’s pissing them off. At the end then they’re at each other’s throats.”

Read the full story here.

The series, which rose to the top of Netflix’s most-watched shows list in March, follows the fallout after a teenage boy is arrested for murdering his female classmate.

The story centers on Jamie (played by Owen Cooper), whose murder of his classmate Katie sends shock waves through their English suburb. Each episode is shot in one continuous take and focuses on a different aspect of the fallout.

“What we set out to do was not tell a whodunnit, but a whydunnit,” co-writer and co-creator Jack Thorne told NBC News. “We wanted to get inside Jamie, and we wanted to present this complicated portrait. And by establishing his guilt at the end of Episode 1, that gave us longer to do that.”

Cooper, who is 15, had no acting experience before the show. Now, he’s among the actors receiving the most buzz.

Read the full story here.

Some of your recent favorite shows weren’t in the mix of nominees today.

That’s because, per the Television Academy, any potential shows would have had to have aired between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025, to be contenders for the 2025 Emmys.

Still, stars from shows like HBO’s “The Gilded Age” and Netflix’s “Ginny and Georgia" could still be at the awards show (or among the many after-parties).

Time to reach for your 10th cup of coffee in honor of Lorelai Gilmore because there's about to be a Stars Hollow reunion in Hollywood.

Lauren Graham and her on-screen daughter, Alexis Bledel (who played Rory Gilmore), will reunite at this year's Emmys.

The duo, who reconnected in 2016 for a Netflix special, "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life," are among the presenters this year.

Emmy voters had to sift through scores of submissions, so it’s inevitable that some of the year’s most acclaimed performances and series were left off the final ballots.

This year, Diego Luna didn’t make the cut for his title role on the second (and final) season of the “Star Wars” prequel series “Andor.”

Natasha Lyonne was left out of the running as a crafty woman on the lam in Peacock’s “Poker Face.” (Peacock and NBC News are both owned by NBCUniversal.)

Steve Martin and Selena Gomez also didn’t appear on the list of contenders — though their “Only Murders in the Building” co-star Martin Short earned his fourth lead actor nomination for the series.

Meanwhile, on the surprises front, Sharon Horgan received recognition for her role on the second season of Apple TV+’s “Bad Sisters.” She also created and wrote the show.

Uzo Aduba received a nomination for Netflix’s “The Residence,” which was canceled after its first season. Netflix’s “The Four Seasons,” with an ensemble led by Tina Fey, received a nod in one category: Colman Domingo for outstanding comedy supporting actor.

Nate Bargatze is set to emcee the show for the first time. The comedian, who is currently on tour, gained notoriety when he hosted an episode of “Saturday Night Live” during its 49th season.

He was nominated for three Creative Arts Emmys for his 2024 comedy special, "Your Friend, Nate Bargatze." He's also nominated in the outstanding variety special (prerecorded) and outstanding writing for a variety special categories.

When he discussed his hosting gig on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last week, Bargatze said he has a strategy for urging winners to keep their speeches short.

“Everybody gets 45 seconds to do all the thank-yous,” Bargatze said. “So what I came up with is I’m going to donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club. … That’s what the show’s starting at. When everybody uses their 45 seconds, if someone goes over, we take away $1,000 a second every time they go over."

As usual, the Emmys will be a star-studded affair. In addition to the nominees, a slew of celebrities will hand out the statuettes. Some of them are nominees themselves, as well.

According to the TV Academy's release, here's who will be onstage:

• Elizabeth Banks
• Ike Barinholtz
• Angela Bassett

Fashion fiends can watch the stars arrive on the red carpet from 6 p.m. ET.

Those who just want to catch the highlights can tune in starting at 7 p.m. ET on CBS, where "Entertainment Tonight" will host a red carpet preshow.

The stars will be out for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards with some of the top streaming shows including “Severance,” “The Penguin,” “The Studio” and “The White Lotus” expected to dominate the night.

Here's what else we're on the watch for:

NBC News entertainment contributor Chris Witherspoon joined "TODAY" host Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Savannah Guthrie to talk about what fans can expect from the 2025 Emmy Awards, including the actors and series that he expects to win big.

This year’s show airs live on CBS and will stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.

However, viewers will need a Paramount+ Premium plan to access the stream live and on demand, so plan accordingly.

Peacock Theater will be a full house tonight.

The Television Academy gave a preview of where stars, including nominees, will be seated.

For the most part, it appears the arrangements are by show. For example, "Only Murders in the Building" co-stars and besties Martin Short and Steve Martin are seated next to each other (no surprise); nominees and co-stars of "Nobody Wants This" Adam Brody and Kristen Bell are also seated together; and "Severance" co-stars Patricia Arquette and Adam Scott are side-by-side in the front row.

One funny notable spelling error: "The Studio" co-creator and star Seth Rogen noticed his name was spelled wrong, and made a comment on The Hollywood Reporter's Instagram post of the seating chart.