Emmys 2025: ‘The Studio’ sets record with 13 wins

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 11: A view of the Emmy statue is seen during the 77th Primetime Emmys Press Preview at Peacock Theater on September 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES - Seth Rogen and "The Studio" won the award for best comedy series Sunday and broke a comedy record for wins in a season with 13, while Noah Wyle and "The Pitt" took the top drama prize.

"The Studio" came into the evening having won nine Emmys already during last weekend's Creative Arts ceremony. On Sunday night, the show added four more awards, which all went to Rogen. Along with the comedy series award, Rogen won best directing with his co-creator and longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg, and best writing with Goldberg and others.

Meanwhile, "The Pitt" from HBO Max won an Emmy for best drama series. The character-driven medical drama won over viewers and gained emotional momentum during a season whose biggest drama prizes once seemed destined to be swept by "Severance."

Noah Wyle, who stars in "The Pitt," won the best actor in a drama award, earning his first Emmy after five nominations with no wins in the 1990s for playing a young doctor on "ER."

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"I could not wrap my head around this happening," said Rogen, who is up for three more Emmys during the show. "I’ve never won anything in my life."

Stephen Colbert was the first person to take the stage to present the award during the CBS telecast at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles despite the recent controversial cancellation of his show by the network. He was greeted by a rousing and lengthy standing ovation.

"While I have your attention, is anyone hiring?" Colbert said.

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Colbert showed no bitterness to CBS, thanking the network, which telecast the Emmys and aired a commercial celebrating his win, for letting him be part of the late-night tradition.

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In an unusual show order, host Nate Bargatze delivered his opening monologue only after the first award was handed out.

Jean Smart won best actress in a comedy for "Hacks" for the fourth time, at 73 extending her own record for the oldest woman ever to win the category.

Katherine LaNasa won best supporting actress in a drama for "The Pitt," a surprise in a category where most expected one of the three nominees from "The White Lotus" to win.

Cristin Milioti won best actress in a limited series for "The Penguin."

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"I am so proud and honored," LaNasa, looking emotional and shocked, said.

First-time Emmy winners included Britt Lower, who won best actress in a drama, and Tramell Tillman, who won best supporting actor, in the night's two biggest moments for "Severance."

Tillman became the first Black actor to win best supporting actor in a drama playing the creepy, unnerving Seth Milchick.

Tillman thanked his first acting coach — his mother, who was also his date.

"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," he said. "My first acting coach was tough, y’all, but all great mothers are," the Associated Press reported. 

"Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder won her first Emmy, for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series and ended her acceptance speech win with vocal support for the Philadelphia Eagles, an expletive aimed at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and a call to "free Palestine."

Along with its creative arts wins, the Orwellian workplace satire ended up with eight for its acclaimed second season. Star Adam Scott lost out to Wyle for best actor.

Netflix’s critically acclaimed "Adolescence," the story of a 13-year-old in Britain accused of a killing, won six times, including the Emmy for best limited series.  The Associated Press reported that co-creator Stephen Graham won for lead acting and writing while 15-year-old Owen Cooper won best supporting actor and became the youngest Emmy winner in over 40 years.

The show opened with a sketch where "Saturday Night Live" stars Mikey Day, Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson joined Bargatze, who played television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth opining on what the future of TV will be like.

Bargatze-as-Farnsworth mentions that there will be a Black Entertainment Television. When asked if there will be a network for white people, he replied, "Why, CBS of course."