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Emmy Voting Opens With 228 Top Series Submissions, One Less From 2024


Voting for the 2025 Emmy Awards is now open, with nearly 24,000 TV Academy members selecting nominees across drama, comedy, limited series and more.

Newcomers hope to shake up the lineup, including CBS’ rebooted procedural “Matlock,” Hulu’s suspense drama “Paradise” and the hospital-set “The Pitt.” Together, these shows are among the 126 series vying for the nomination, compared to 107 in 2024, 171 in 2022 and 133 in 2021. Among the frontrunners: Netflix’s critically acclaimed British drama “Adolescence” is widely seen as the platform’s best shot at eclipsing its robust winner from last year, “Baby Reindeer.” The streamer is also pinning hopes on Ryan Murphy’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and the anthology sci-fi series “Black Mirror.” If all three land, it would mark Netflix’s first triple-play in this category since Hulu’s 2022 trio of “The Dropout,” “Dopesick” and “Pam & Tommy.” Additional top contenders include HBO Max’s “The Penguin,” a gritty Gotham-set drama starring Colin Farrell, and FX’s emotional “Dying for Sex,” headlined by Michelle Williams. Scripted variety is down to just six submissions, including “Saturday Night Live” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” set to face multiple cancelled series such as “After Midnight” and “It’s Florida, Man.” According to Academy rules, this converts the category into a juried award.

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