Emmy Predictions 2025 - Which Programs Will Likely Be Nominated for Drama Series?

From June 12 to 23, 2025, voting is taking place for The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. As such, it's fun to look at which actors and shows have the best chances of actually being nominated this year. So, these are my predictions for which programs will be nominated for Drama Series.

Programs most likely to be nominated:

1. AppleTV+'s Severance
2. Max's The Pitt
3. HBO's The White Lotus
4. HBO's The Last of Us
5. Disney+'s Andor
6. AppleTV+'s Slow Horses
7. Netflix's Squid Game
8. Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale

Serious threats that could break through:

1. Netflix's The Diplomat
2. Hulu's Paradise
3. Netflix's Dept. Q
4. HBO's House of the Dragon
5. Netflix's Bridgerton
6. Peacock's The Day of the Jackal
7. AppleTV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors
8. Netflix's Black Doves
9. Showtime's The Agency
10. AppleTV+'s Bad Sisters
11. Showtime's Yellowjackets
12. CBS' Matlock
13. HBO's Industry

Some considerable long-shots:

1. Paramount+'s Landman
2. CBS' Elsbeth
3. Paramount+'s Lioness
4. Netflix's The Perfect Couple
5. AMC's Interview With the Vampire
6. Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin
7. Paramount+'s 1923
8. AMC's Dark Winds
9. AppleTV+'s Pachinko
10. HBO's Dune: Prophecy
11. Paramount+'s MobLand
12. Netflix's Forever
13. FX's Grotesquerie

Colorful oddities that still have an outside chance:

1. Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2. Netflix's The Night Agent
3. ABC's High Potential
4. FOX's Doc
5. Prime Video's Cross
6. Paramount+'s Evil
7. PBS' Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
8. Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again
9. FX's The Old Man
10. AppleTV+'s Dark Matter
11. Netflix's You
12. Paramount+'s Happy Face
13. Starz's The Couple Next Door

The nominations for The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 15. The winners will be awarded in a ceremony airing on CBS and Paramount+ and hosted by stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze on Sunday, September 14.