Joey, Megan, and Clarence give their most passionate pleas as the Television Academy casts votes for the Emmys 2025 season.
Each Emmy cycle, we here at the Water Cooler give the Television Academy some recommendations before checking off their Emmys 2025 ballots. We give recommendations in drama, comedy, and limited series both above and below the line (crafts). Do you have performances or series that you’d like to ensure the Television Academy considers? Leave your recommendations in the comments below!
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Great podcast and wonderful work highlighting content that deserves attention! That’s why we can’t miss the chance to recommend FYC: Francesc Corbera in The Mallorca Files S3 Ep4, competing in the Best Guest in Drama Series category. A lead character in the episode, with a performance truly worth considering!
Now's a good a time as any for my annual IAIW wishlist (In An Ideal World), where there are 6 nominees per category and for those who choose to make as few episodes as possible, they get their own category. It's simply unfair that a 7-episode limited series competes against those shows who make the effort to produce 10, 13 and 20+ episodes.
So away we go
Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Ghosts
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
Best Lead Actor
Matt Berry, What We Do In The Shadows
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Best Lead Actress
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Pooma Jagannathan, Deli Boys
Rose McIver, Ghosts
Jean Smart, Hacks
Best Featured Actor
Paul Downs, Hacks
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Brett Goldstein, Shrinking
Timothy Simons, Nobody Wants This
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Best Featured Actress
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Jane Lynch, Only Murders in the Building
Justine Lupe, Nobody Wants This
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
Guest Actor
Bradley Cooper, The Righteous Gemstones
Griffin Dunne, Only Murders in the Building
Tony Goldwyn, Hacks
Richard Kind, Mid-Century Modern
Christopher McDonald, Hacks
Damon Wayans Jr., Shrinking
Guest Actress
Ariana Grande, Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy, Only Murders in the Building
Kaitlin Olson, Hacks
Da'vine Joy Randolph, Only Murders in the Building
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
Cobie Smulders, Shrinking
Best Television Presentation (7 episodes or less)
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
The Rehearsal
Slow Horses
Somebody Somewhere
The Studio
Drama Series
The Bear
The Handmaid's Tale
Paradise
The Pitt
Severance
The White Lotus
Best Lead Actor
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Adam Scott, Severance
Jon Hamm, Your Friends and Neighbors
Eddie Redmayne, Day of the Jackal
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Best Lead Actress
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Ayo Edibiri, The Bear
Britt Lower, Severance
Lashana Lynch, Day of the Jackal
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Best Featured Actor
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
Ebon Moss Bachrach, The Bear
Tramel Tillman, Severance
Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus
John Turturro, Severance
Best Featured Actress
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Dichen Lachman, Severance
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Lisa Colon-Zayacs, The Bear
Best Guest Actor
Robby Benson, Severance
Jon Bernthal, The Bear
Beau Bridges, Matlock
Scott Glenn, The White Lotus
Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
Joel McHale, Yellowjackets
Best Guest Actress
Jane Alexander, Severance
D'Arcy Carden, The Handmaid's Tale
Donna Lynn Champlin, Law and Order: SVU
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear
Hilary Swank, Yellowjackets
Merrit Wever, Severance