Adam Scott and Britt Lower in “Severance,” now streaming on Apple TV+.
Courtesy: Apple TV+
Today, the Television Critics Association announced the shows and movies nominated for the 2025 TCA Awards.
The 41st Annual TCA Award nominations show how big screen stars are continuing to make a major impact on the small screen, most evident in the individual categories where Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates and celebrated thespian Diego Luna are nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama. Hollywood icon Harrison Ford is competing in a crowded Individual Achievement in Comedy category featuring famed actor/comedian Seth Rogen and Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams.
Elsewhere, CBS’s groundbreaking, 25-year-old competition series Survivor will try to outwit, outlast, and outplay Outstanding Achievement in Reality entrants that include CBS’s The Amazing Race, Bravo’s Top Chef, and last year’s winner, Peacock’s The Traitors, to claim its first-ever TCA Award.
Apple TV+’s Severance leads all series with five nominations, while Netflix’s Adolescence, HBO’s The Pitt and The Studio, also from Apple TV+, each earned four nods.
Nominees will compete for accolades in 12 unique categories, recognizing exemplary performances and programming in Drama, Comedy, Miniseries, News and Information, Reality, Variety, Sketch or Talk Shows and more — leading up to the highly anticipated presentation of the esteemed Program of the Year Award.
That category includes a wide ranges of series including new series The Pitt, Adolescence, The Studio, Andor and The Rehearsal. These shows will face stiff competition for the title against past award winner Hacks, as well as Severance, and The White Lotus.
Vying for kudos in the Individual Achievement In Comedy are The Bear’s Liza Colón-Zayas, The Rehearsal’s Nathan Fielder, Harrison Ford from Shrinking, and Michelle Williams from Dying for Sex, along with Janelle Jones from Abbott Elementary, Somebody Somewhere’s Bridget Everett, Seth Rogen from The Studio, and both Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart from Hacks. Smart took home the trophy in this category in both 2021 and 2024.
Noah Wyler, who led the series The Pitt, has been nominated in the Individual Achievement In Drama category, which also includes Diego Luna from Andor, Matlock’s Kathy Bates, and Jacob Anderson from Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire. Also earning nominations in this category are Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham, both from Adolescence, along with three cast members of Severance — Britt Lower, Adam Scott, and Tramell Tillman.
“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. “Our members independently selected these nominees, having championed these shows and in their writing, reporting, and criticism throughout the past year.”
The Television Critics Association (TCA) represents approximately 235 professional journalists who cover television for publications across the United States and Canada. The members reach tens of millions of consumers each week, and are considered experts within the industry, representing their employers as moderators, panelists, radio/TV guests and more. The prestigious organization honors outstanding achievements in television and enduring contributions to the medium’s heritage through the TCA Awards each year.
Below is the list of the 2025 Television Critics Association nominees, excluding the Career Achievement and Heritage Award winners, which, all with all of the other category winners, will be announced later this summer.
Past TCA Award winners are listed on the organization’s official website here.
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+
