At 9 a.m. on Monday (Pacific Time), School of Television Arts and Sciences officially started the final voting session of the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.This marks that the judges will have a full 10 days to decide which actors and series will win back the trophy that symbolizes the highest honor in the television industry.
Voting will last until 10 p.m. on August 27 (Pacific Time).This process will undoubtedly add more suspense to this year's Emmy Awards ceremony - it will be a breath-taking event full of variables, and anything can happen.
Looking back on the awards this season, HBO Max once again became the nomination winner, setting a record with an astonishing 142 nominations - surpassing its all-time high of 140 nominations set in 2022.Behind this glory is the strong performance of "Penguin Man", which leads the limited series with the most nominees in this category, and is also inseparable from the blessing of popular dramas such as "White Lotus Resort", "The Last of Us" and "The Desperate Writer".
Among many works, the two dramas stood out and became the nominated "harvester".Apple TV's workplace suspense drama "Life Cutting" won 27 nominations, and its comedy "Studio", which satirizes the Hollywood ecosystem, also received 23 nominations, tying the single-year comedy nomination record set by the third season of the FX series "Bear Family Restaurant" in 2024. "Bear Family Restaurant" itself also set history last year, winning 11 Emmy Awards in one go - although it regrets missing the Best Comedy Award, this is the most award-winning series in the history of comedy.
Although Netflix still maintains a record of total nominations (160 nominations in 2020), and is tied with CBS for the highest number of awards in a single year (44 wins in 2021 and 2024).However, the competition for drama series is particularly fierce."The Shogun", which won the championship last year, failed to run for the election this year due to qualification issues, but also gave up the stage for new faces.Among them, "Life Cutting" is a dark horse. It won two awards for music soundtrack and opening design in 2022, and now it has become the focus again.
HBO Max is not to be outdone and sent out a number of major new works to compete.These include the new medical drama "Pittsburgh", "The Last of Us", which swept eight awards in 2023, and "White Lotus Resort", which won 15 Emmy Awards, which won the limited drama championship in 2022.
Speaking of Pittsburgh, the show also brought Noah Wyer the opportunity to hit the Emmy Awards.He was nominated for "The Story of the Emergency Room", but he never won the title.This time, can he realize his dream?In the field of comedy, "The Desperate Writer" is trying to defend its throne, after a year it won three awards for Best Series, Screenwriter and heroine.Faced with "The Bear Restaurant", which has 21 Emmy Awards, the competition is intensifying.Will the latter's cast—Jeremy Allen White, Eben Merck-Bachlach, Lisa Coren-Chaves, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jon Favreau—come to take the award together again?The answer is about to be revealed.
Netflix hopes to continue its glory in the field of limited dramas.After winning the championship with "The Deer Demon", this year, another dark horse work from overseas, "Pureas", was released, winning 13 nominations.However, it will face powerful challenges from "The Penguin", FX's "Diet for Sex", Netflix's own classic series "Black Mirror" and the phenomenon-level crime drama "Monster: Brothers Menedes".
In the talk show category, the audience's attention is focused on "Stephen Colbert Evening Show" - the news that the show announced it will be suspended in May 2026 happened to be after the nomination was announced.His rival Jimmy Kimmel even quipped a billboard: “I’m going to vote for Stephen.”
We guess that many members of the School of Television Arts and Sciences may make the same choice.
The 77th Emmy Awards ceremony will be hosted by comedian Knight Baggettzer, live on CBS on September 14 at 8 pm ET (5 pm PT) and will be streamed simultaneously through some Paramount packages.
Now, please hurry up and cast your precious vote!
