After last year’s Primetime Emmy broadcast that sported fresh blood in terms of marquee category winners with Hacks for Comedy Series, Shōgun for Drama Series and Baby Reindeer for Limited Series/Anthology,

One actor in particular was snubbed at the Emmys following Severance season 1, but 2025 is proving to be a record-breaking year all around.

Several famous Northwestern alums scored Emmy Award nominations, announced by the Television Academy on Tuesday morning. Among them, Britt Lower (Communication ’08) secured her first-ever shot at Emmy glory for her lead performance on the Apple TV+ psychological thriller series “Severance.

The show’s star, Noah Wyle, has five Emmy nominations to his name from his days on that other medical drama he once starred in, ER, but honestly, he hit a new level of performance with The Pitt. Though he never won for ER, and he might not win here, given the competition, his performance is riveting, heartfelt, and most importantly, real.

Apple TV+ has the most nominated program at the 2025 Emmy Awards in drama Severance, with 27 noms for its second season, and most nominated comedy series in The Studio (23), which broke the record of another Apple series,

"White Lotus," "Abbott Elementary," "Severance," and "The Bear" were among the most nominated shows. Serafini will remain in custody without bail until his sentencing next month.

Television, it turns out, is geeky as hell. That seemed to be the major takeaway as the 77th annual Emmy Award nominations were announced Tuesday, with Severance leading all nominees with 27 total, HBO’s The Penguin coming in second with 24, The Last of Us in fifth with 16, and Andor coming in sixth with 14, including Outstanding Drama Series.

With only a few days until the Emmy nominations are revealed, Rotten Tomatoes has compiled a list of their predictions for each category. The television awards give recognition to series, films and miniseries each year and this year is no different.