‘Severance’ Leads 2025 Television Critics Association (TCA) Nominations
Apple TV+’s Severance leads the 41st Television Critics Association nominees announced this morning, with five nominations. Close behind were Netflix’s Adolescence, HBO Max’s The Pitt and Hacks, and Apple TV+’s The Studio, earning four apiece. All are nominated for Program of the Year.
Joining those titles for Program of the Year are Disney+’s Andor, HBO’s The Rehearsal and HBO’s The White Lotus, marking no network representation this year.
Severance received three individual nominations for drama for cast members Adam Scott, Britt Lower and Tramell Tillman as well as a drama series nod. Hacks and Adolescence also received multiple individual acting nominations in comedy and drama, respectively. Disny+’s Andor, CBS’s Matlock and HBO’s The Rehearsal were triple nominees this year. AMC’s Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire was a double nominee, earning nods in drama series and individual achievement in drama for star Jacob Anderson. FX’s The Bear, a former champ with the TCA, managed just a single nomination, for Liza Colón-Zayas.
In some category confusion, at least with regards to the Television Academy and the Emmy Awards, Disney+’s Agatha All Along is placed in limited series while FX’s Dying for Sex is in comedy; those placements are reversed for the Emmy Awards, whose nominations will be announced on July 15.
Nominations were voted on by the 235 members of the Television Critics Association earlier this summer. As the TCA summer press tour was canceled, there will also be no in-person TCA Awards ceremony this year. Instead, winners will be announced later this summer in a virtual manner, via the TCA’s social media.
Nominees were chosen out of any show that was distributed on major broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025.
“With these nominations, we honor the art of television and the artists who create it,” said TCA president Andy Dehnart, the founder and editor of reality blurred, said. “Our members independently selected these nominees, having championed these shows and in their writing, reporting, and criticism throughout the past year.”
The TCA will reveal this year’s Career Achievement and Heritage Award winners later this summer.
Program of the Year
Adolescence — Netflix
Andor — Disney+
Hacks — HBO Max
The Pitt — HBO Max
The Rehearsal — HBO
Severance — Apple TV+
The Studio — Apple TV+
The White Lotus — HBO
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Abbott Elementary — ABC (2022 Winner)
English Teacher — FX
Hacks — HBO Max (2024 Winner)
Nobody Wants This — Netflix
The Rehearsal — HBO
Shrinking — Apple TV+
Somebody Somewhere — HBO
The Studio — Apple TV+
What We Do in the Shadows — FX
Outstanding Achievement in Drama
Andor — Disney+
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire — AMC
Industry — HBO
The Last of Us — HBO
Matlock — CBS
The Pitt — HBO Max
Severance — Apple TV+
The White Lotus — HBO
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries or Specials
Adolescence — Netflix
Agatha All Along — Disney+
Disclaimer — Apple TV+
Dying for Sex— FX
The Penguin — HBO
Rebel Ridge — Netflix
Say Nothing — FX
Sirens — Netflix
Outstanding New Program
Common Side Effects — Adult Swim
English Teacher — FX
Matlock — CBS
Nobody Wants This — Netflix
North of North — Netflix
Paradise — Hulu
The Pitt — HBO Max
The Studio — Apple TV+
Individual Achievement in Drama
Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire — AMC
Kathy Bates, Matlock — CBS
Owen Cooper, Adolescence — Netflix
Stephen Graham, Adolescence — Netflix
Britt Lower, Severance — Apple TV+
Diego Luna, Andor — Disney+
Adam Scott, Severance — Apple TV+
Tramell Tillman, Severance — Apple TV+
Noah Wyle, The Pitt — HBO Max
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear — FX
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks — HBO Max
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere — HBO
Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal — HBO
Harrison Ford, Shrinking — Apple TV+
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary — ABC
Seth Rogen, The Studio — Apple TV+
Jean Smart, Hacks — HBO Max (2021, 2024 Winner)
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex — FX
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information
60 Minutes — CBS (2012 Winner)
The Americas — NBC
Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing — Netflix
Frontline — PBS (Eight-time Winner in Category)
Leonardo da Vinci — PBS
PBS NewsHour — PBS
Pee-wee as Himself — HBO
We Will Dance Again — Paramount+
Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch
The Daily Show — Comedy Central
Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney – Netflix
Hot Ones — YouTube
Jimmy Kimmel Live! — ABC
Late Night with Seth Meyers — NBC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — CBS
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — HBO (2018, 2019, 2021 Winner)
Saturday Night Live — NBC
SNL50: The Anniversary Special — NBC
Outstanding Achievement in Reality
The Amazing Race — CBS (2011, 2022 Winner)
The Boyfriend — Netflix
Conan O’Brien Must Go — HBO Max
Couples Therapy — Showtime (2021 Winner)
Culinary Class Wars — Netflix
RuPaul’s Drag Race — MTV (2014 Winner)
Survivor — CBS
Top Chef — Bravo
The Traitors — Peacock (2024 Winner)
Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming
Doctor Who — Disney+ (2024 Winner)
Forever — Netflix
Heartstopper — Netflix
Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld — Netflix
Star Trek: Prodigy — Netflix
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place — Disney Channel
WondLa — Apple TV+
XO, Kitty — Netflix
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man — Disney+
Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Programming
Bluey Minisodes — Disney+
Carl the Collector — PBS
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood — PBS (2016 Winner in Youth Category)
Donkey Hodie — PBS
Odd Squad — PBS
Sesame Street — HBO (2001, 2011,, 2018 Winner in Youth Category)
Win or Lose — Disney+
Wonder Pets in the City — Apple TV+
Tallies by Program with 2 or more nominations
Severance — Apple TV+ — 5
Adolescence — Netflix — 4
Hacks — HBO Max — 4
The Pitt — HBO Max — 4
The Studio — Apple TV+ — 4
Andor — Disney+ — 3
Matlock — CBS — 3
The Rehearsal — HBO — 3
Abbott Elementary — ABC — 2
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire — AMC — 2
Dying for Se” — FX — 2
English Teacher — FX — 2
Nobody Wants This — Netflix — 2
Shrinking — Apple TV+ — 2
Somebody Somewhere — HBO — 2
The White Lotus — HBO — 2
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