The Studio scripts history at Emmy Awards

The Studio turned the Emmys into a wrap party, winning best comedy series and breaking a comedy record for victories in a season with 13, as Adolescence and The Pitt took the night's other top prizes.

“I'm legitimately embarrassed by how happy this makes me,” series co-creator Seth Rogen said with his signature giggle.

All four of the Emmys handed out during Sunday night's CBS telecast from the Peackock Theater in Los Angeles went to Rogen. Along with the comedy series award, he won best directing with Studio co-creator and longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg, and best writing with Goldberg and others.

The Pitt won best drama series while star Noah Wyle won Best Actor in a Drama, getting his first Emmy after five nominations with no victories in the 1990s for ER. Katherine LaNasa also won Best Supporting Actress for the HBO Max medical series that had a Cinderella evening, trumping such heavyweights as Severance and The White Lotus for the top prize.

Adolescence triumphs

The six wins for Netflix's acclaimed Adolescence, the story of a 13-year-old in Britain accused of a killing, included Best Actor for co-creator Stephen Graham, and Best Supporting Actor for 15-year-old Owen Cooper, who became the youngest Emmy winner in over 40 years.

Cooper said in his acceptance that he was “nothing three years ago.”

“It's just so surreal,” Cooper said. “Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple years back, I didn't expect to be even in the US, never mind here. So I think tonight proves that if you listen and you focus and you step out your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life.”

Best Supporting actress went to Erin Doherty, who played a therapist opposite Cooper.

Graham also won for writing.

Cristin Milioti won Best Actress in a Limited Series for The Penguin. Britt Lower and Tramell Tillman each won their first Emmy for Severance, the Apple TV Orwellian workplace satire that is considered the favourite for best drama. Lower won Best Actress in a Srama and Tillman won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.

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.

A night of surprise winners

Smart's castmate and constant scene partner Hannah Einbinder, who had also been nominated for all four seasons but unlike Smart had never won, took Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy.

LaNasa won Best Supporting Actress in a drama for the The Pitt, a surprise in a category where most expected one of the three nominees from The White Lotus to win.

In perhaps the biggest upset in a night full of them, Jeff Hiller won Best Supporting Actor in a comedy for Somebody Somewhere, over Ike Barinholtz of The Studio and others.

How the 2025 Emmys opened

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.

He and his show would later win Best Talk Series for the first time.

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