By Sanjana Ray

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This year’s Emmy Awards could have doubled up as a tribute to two popular television series, considering they bagged awards (or were nominated) in almost every category at the annual ceremony. While Adolescence, one of the best shows of 2025, won six awards through the night, The Studio, co-created by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg held fort with 13 wins (including last week’s Creative Arts Emmys). However, a number of other bingeworthy titles also made their mark, going home with awards for a host of exciting sections. To this end, here’s a list of the winning shows, and where you can watch them.
Emmy Awards 2025 winners: Adolescence bags six awards, The Studio dominates with 13 wins & 10 other Emmy-winning series to add to your watchlist

1. Adolescence — Netflix
Awards: Outstanding limited or anthology series, Outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie (Stephen Graham), Outstanding supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie (Erin Doherty), Outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie (Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham), Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie (Owen Cooper), Outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie (Philip Barantini)
One of the best series of 2025 so far, Adolescence makes for a nail-biting watch. The show starts with the shocking arrest of a 13-year-old boy, Jamie Miller, for the murder of his classmate, Katie Leonard. The four episodes, filmed in a single, continuous shot per instalment, explore the psychological impact of this crime on his parents and sister — who get treated like outcasts in their neighbourhood, and on Jamie himself, who through a terrific sequence in episode three, serves as a reminder of all the dangers that come with online radicalisation (the conversation around incels), toxic masculinity, and unchecked rage.
2. The Studio — Apple TV+
Awards: Outstanding comedy series, Outstanding writing for a comedy series (Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez (“The Promotion”)), Outstanding directing for a comedy series (Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (“The Oner”)), Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series (Seth Rogen)
Created by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, The Studio dominated with a series of wins at the Emmy Awards. The series takes a comedic look at a legacy Hollywood movie studio, Continental Studios, and its new head, Matt Remick (Rogen), who struggles to find a balance between artistic integrity and commercial sell-outs. Through its raucous narrative and a star-studded guest appearance roster, the show explores the business demands of making successful films and navigating the complexities of the modern film industry.
3. The Pitt — JioHotstar
Awards: Outstanding drama series, Outstanding lead actor in a drama series (Noah Wyle), Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series (Katherine LaNasa)
Unlike the never-ending but still binge-worthy Grey’s Anatomy, The Pitt is a medical drama series that actually focuses on the intense, fast-paced work of, and urgency within, an ER at the Pittsburgh trauma hospital over a single, extended 15-hour shift. Led by the emotionally scarred Dr Michael “Robby” Rabinovich (Noah Wyle), the series explores the professional challenges, personal crises, ethical dilemmas, burnouts, and resource shortages faced by the staff, while portraying the realistic emotions and physical toll of frontline emergency medicine.
4. Severance — Apple TV+
Awards: Outstanding lead actress in a drama series (Britt Lower), Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series (Tramell Tillman)
Mark (Adam Scott) works for a biotechnology corporation, Lumon Industries, and heads a team whose memories have been surgically ‘severed’ to be divided between their work and personal lives. However, when a new mysterious colleague enters the fray… things start to unfold rapidly.
5. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — Youtube
Awards: Outstanding talk series
Two months after CBS announced that it was cancelling The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the popular show — where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the world in his trademark satire style — won an Emmy Award for best talk series. Colbert and his staff received a standing ovation, with many in the crowd chanting “Stephen! Stephen!” when they took the stage.
6. The Penguin — JioHotstar
Awards: Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie (Cristin Milioti)
Starring Colin Farrell, this crime drama series is a spin-off of the 2022 film The Batman, which featured the actor as Oswald “Oz” Cobblepot. The story follows Oz’s brutal and fascinating rise to power in the Gotham City underworld, and the Falcone crime family’s empire following the death of mob boss Carmine Falcone.
7. The Traitors — Netflix
Awards: Outstanding reality competition program
Based on the Dutch format De Verraders, The Traitors is a reality show that abides by a game that splits its contestants into two groups: The Faithful and the Traitors. At the beginning of the season, host Alan Cumming picks the Traitors that will pit the Faithful against each other by murdering them one by one, while trying to remain undercover. The Faithfuls can split the winnings if they successfully eliminate all the Traitors by the end, but if even one Traitor remains, the Traitor gets to keep the jackpot for themself. The series, which is set in an ancient castle in Scotland, won in this category at the 2024 Emmy Awards as well.
8. Andor — JioHotstar
Awards: Outstanding writing for a drama series (Dan Gilroy (“Welcome to the Rebellion”))
This one’s for the ever-dedicated Star Wars fandom. Andor features as a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, where Cassian Andor — a popular figure in this universe (and many others) — embarks on a dangerous path that’s destined to turn him into a Rebel hero. It’s a good place to start for those who wish to understand how the events of the Star Wars saga we know and love — cemented by the “Luke, I am your father” — came to be.
9. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — JioHotstar
Awards: Outstanding writing for a variety series, Outstanding scripted variety series
This popular late-night talk show created and hosted by John Oliver, which takes a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, bagged two Emmy Awards this year.
10. Slow Horses — Apple TV+
Awards: Outstanding directing for a drama series (Adam Randall (“Hello Goodbye”))
The Slough House is the administrative unit of MI5’s rejects who are tasked with the most uninspired, pushing tasks in a bid to make them quit the service themselves. However, when the Slow Horses get tangled with a dangerous gambit by “The Park”, the fictional headquarters of the MI5, things take a thrilling turn.
11. Somebody Somewhere — JioHotstar
Awards: Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series (Jeff Hiller)
This comedy-drama starring Bridget Everett follows the journey of Sam, a queer woman in her 40s, who returns to her Kansas hometown after the death of her sister and struggles to find her footing. Through the support of her coworker Joel and a community of outsiders in her town, Sam learns about the complex layerings of acceptance in a series that explores themes of grief, queer identity in middle America, dysfunctional family dynamics, and the importance of human connection.
12. Hacks — Netflix
Awards: Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series (Hannah Einbinder), Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series (Jean Smart)
The comedy-drama centres around two main characters — Deborah Vance (Smart), a legendary Las Vegas comedian who is forced to reinvent herself and her act so she can keep her residency at the Palmetto Casino, and a young comedy writer Ava Daniels (Einbinder), who is struggling to find work after being cancelled by the internet. Things take a hilarious turn when fate (and a prickly agent) pairs Deborah and Ava together, and the two reluctantly indulge in a mentor-mentee relationship.