What to know about this year's Emmy nominations
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The Emmys' limited series/TV movie acting categories have come to represent some of the best and most-talked-about shows on television, and this year's crop of contenders is no exception.
The seven actors who joined the 2025 Envelope Roundtable were Javier Bardem, who plays father, victim and alleged molester Jose Menendez in Netflix's 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story'; Renée Zellweger, who reprises her role as the British romantic heroine in 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy'; Stephen Graham, who co-created and stars in 'Adolescence' as the father of a teenage boy who commits a heinous murder; Jenny Slate, who plays the best friend of a terminally ill woman in FX's 'Dying for Sex'; Brian Tyree Henry, who portrays a man posing as a federal agent in order to rip off drug dealers in Apple TV+'s 'Dope Thief'; Elizabeth Banks, who takes on the role of an estranged sibling and recovering alcoholic in Prime Video's 'The Better Sister'; and Sacha Baron Cohen, who appears as the deceived husband of a successful filmmaker in Apple TV+'s 'Disclaimer.'
6 popular TV reboots that discovered the secret to Emmy success Kathy Bates stars in 'Matlock,' which hopes to join the list of TV reboots to find traction with Emmy voters when nominations are announced in July.
Every year, Emmy prognosticators weigh the chances of TV's newcomers. But what about newcomers that are also old-timers?
Whether you prefer to call them remakes, revivals or reboots, reimaginations of beloved movies and TV shows are all the rage: Think of CBS' 'Matlock,' which swapped in Academy Award winner Kathy Bates for Andy Griffith as a charming lawyer who gets things done in the legal system; Peacock's 'Bel-Air,' which turned a multicam sitcom into a drama; or HBO's 'Perry Mason,' which was less about the courtroom than Mason as private investigator.
Who the experts think will earn Emmy nods
The race for the 2025 Emmy Awards is upon us, and your beloved Buzzpeople are back. As TV academy members prepare to cast their nomination ballots, our panel of six veteran television journalists, expert awards watchers all, are here to share their insights on the leading contenders — and what less-heralded shows and performers they think also deserve attention.
See the results of our ranked-choice poll in the major categories, as well as our participants' individual picks.
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How to watch the 2025 Emmy nominations and everything else you need to know Emmy Award nominations will be announced July 15.
July signals summer fun, Independence Day and ... Emmy nominations.
Nominations for TV's biggest awards show will be announced Tuesday. This year's field of small-screen offerings includes returning favorites like HBO's 'The White Lotus' and breakout hits such as Apple TV+'s 'The Studio.'
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