77th Primetime Emmy Awards Honor Diverse TV Excellence in Los Angeles

The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards took place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze, honoring the best of the 2024-2025 TV season. Major winners included The Studio for Outstanding Comedy Series, The Pitt for Outstanding Drama Series, and Adolescence for Outstanding Limited Series, with 15-year-old Owen Cooper becoming the youngest male actor to win an Emmy. Despite CBS canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier in the year, it won Outstanding Variety Talk Series, while Last Week Tonight with John Oliver won Outstanding Variety Scripted Series. ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely following controversial comments he made about Charlie Kirk's killing, with Nexstar pre-empting the show across its ABC affiliates. Kimmel, like Colbert, has been a consistent critic of President Donald Trump, whose administration remains a significant subject in late-night television discourse. The awards ceremony's mix of entertainment and political undercurrents reflected ongoing tensions within the industry and its audience.