2025 Creative Arts Emmys Predictions: ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Severance’ and ‘The Studio’ Should Dominate
This weekend, for two nights, the Television Academy will present Creative Arts Emmys for the best in artisan work for the last year of television. Across the two-night event happening on Saturday and Sunday, almost 100 awards will be given out before the Primetime award show, giving a slight idea to how the big night might pan out.
Severance has the highest number of nominations this year with 27, so it wouldn’t be a shock for the series to move through the Creative Arts Emmys and take home some wins, including in picture editing and cinematography. The series could also win Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, which would position it better to take home Outstanding Drama Series. It will be going up against The Pitt in this category, which could prove to be the biggest competitor Severance has. The AppleTV+ original is also poised to take home Outstanding Title Design for its changed opening sequence. The Pitt could take home Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Shawn Hatosy’s performance in the series, as direct-competition Severance isn’t in this category.
The Studio looks to take home awards at the Creative Arts Emmys as well, including both Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series. The show also holds five out of the six slots for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, so the real surprise would be if the sole nominee from a different show, Jon Bernthal, takes home the award. While the category is packed with actors for the show, Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston seems most likely to gain favor with voters enough to push out his competition. The Studio could also win in Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Zoë Kravitz performance in the series.
Juried Awards have already been announced and will be presented over the weekend as well, including awards for Love, Death + Robots, Beyoncé Bowl, Arcane, and White Rabbit.
The Creative Arts Emmys will take place this weekend on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7. FXX will air an edited version of the ceremonies the following weekend on Saturday, September 13 at 8:00 p.m. PT. The Primetime Emmy Awards will be held the next night, September 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m PT.
Here are my predictions in 13 key categories at the Creative Arts Emmys this weekend:
Outstanding Television Movie
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
The Gorge (AppleTV+)
Mountainhead (HBO Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
Nonnas (Netflix)
Rebel Ridge (Netflix) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Bernthal, The Bear (FX)
Bryan Cranston, The Studio (AppleTV+) – PREDICTED WINNER
Dave Franco, The Studio (AppleTV+)
Ron Howard, The Studio (AppleTV+)
Anthony Mackie, The Studio (AppleTV+)
Martin Scorsese, The Studio (AppleTV) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Olivia Colman, The Bear (FX)
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear (FX) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Cynthia Erivo, Poker Face (Peacock)
Robby Hoffman, Hacks (HBO Max)
Zoë Kravitz, The Studio (AppleTV+) – PREDICTED WINNER
Julianne Nicholson, Hacks (HBO Max)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito, The Boys (Prime Video)
Scott Glenn, The White Lotus (HBO) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt (HBO Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
Joe Pantoliano, The Last of Us (HBO)
Forest Whitaker, Andor (Disney+)
Jeffrey Wright, The Last of Us (HBO)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Jane Alexander, Severance (AppleTV+)
Gwendoline Cristie, Severance (AppleTV+)
Kaitlyn Dever, The Last of Us (HBO) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Cherry Jones, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Catherine O’Hara, The Last of Us (HBO)
Merritt Wever, Severance (AppleTV+) – PREDICTED WINNER
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
The Bear (FX)
Hacks (HBO Max) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Shrinking (AppleTV+)
The Studio (AppleTV+) – PREDICTED WINNER
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
The Last of Us (HBO)
The Pitt (HBO Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
Severance (AppleTV+) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Slow Horses (AppleTV+)
The White Lotus (HBO)
Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Adolescence (Netflix) — PREDICTED WINNER
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Dying for Sex (FX)
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)
The Penguin (HBO Max) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series
Andor, “Who Are You?” – Yan Miles, ACE (Disney+)
The Last of Us, “Through the Valley” – Timothy A. Good, ACE (HBO)
Severance, “Attila” – Joseph Landauer (AppleTV+)
Severance, “Chikhai Bardo” – Keith Fraase, ACE (AppleTV+) – PREDICTED WINNER
Severance, “Cold Harbor” – Geoffrey Richman, ACE (AppleTV+) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
The White Lotus, “Amor Fati” – John M. Valerio, ACE; Scott Turner (HBO)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, “Blame it on the Rain” – Peggy Tachdjianj, ACE (Netflix)
The Penguin, “Bliss” – Andy Keir (HBO Max)
The Penguin, “Cent’anni” – Meg Reticker (HBO Max) – PREDICTED WINNER
The Penguin, “A Great or Little Thing” – Henk van Eeghen, ACE (HBO Max) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Sirens, “Exile” – Catherine Haight, ACE (Netflix)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single Camera Comedy Series
The Bear, “Tomorrow” – Joanna Naugle, ACE (FX)
Hacks, “I Love LA” – Susan Vaill, ACE (HBO Max)
The Rehearsal, “My Controls” – Adam Locke-Norton, ACE (HBO)
The Rehearsal, “Pilot’s Code” – Stacy Moon (HBO) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
The Studio, “The Promotion” – Eric Kissack, ACE (AppleTV+) – PREDICTED WINNER
What We Do in the Shadows, “The Finale” – Yana Gorskaya, ACE; Dane McMaster, ACE; Liza Cardinale, ACE (additional editor); Matthew Freund (additional editor) (FX)
Outstanding Animated Program
Arcane (Netflix)
Bob’s Burgers (FOX)
Common Side Effects (Adult Swim) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Love Death + Robots (Netflix) – PREDICTED WINNER
The Simpsons (FOX)
Outstanding Title Design
Dark Matter (AppleTV+)
The Decameron (Netflix)
House of the Dragon (HBO)
The Penguin (HBO Max) – POTENTIAL SPOILER
Severance (AppleTV+) – PREDICTED WINNER
The White Lotus (HBO)
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