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At the Emmys 2025 on September 14, 2025, Apple TV+’s The Studio was crowned Outstanding Comedy Series, sealing what had already been a history-making evening at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
The sharp Hollywood satire, created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez, faced a stacked category that included past winners Hacks and The Bear, as well as Abbott Elementary, Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking, What We Do in the Shadows, and Nobody Wants This.
The show didn’t just win the top prize at the 2025 Emmys; it rewrote the Emmy record book. The Studio entered with 23 nominations, the most ever for a comedy debut, and ended the night with 13 victories.
That tally included nine Creative Arts Emmys for areas like casting, production design, costumes, cinematography, picture editing, sound, and Bryan Cranston’s guest performance. On the main broadcast, Rogen collected three individual honors, Lead Actor, Writing, and Directing, the last shared with Goldberg, before stepping back up with the cast and producers to claim the series award.
Premiering March 26 after an SXSW debut and already renewed for a second season, The Studio stars Rogen, Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, and Kathryn Hahn, with Perez making Emmy history as the first Latina producer to win Best Comedy.
Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire turns Emmys 2025 night into a record-breaking run
What set The Studio apart at the 2025 Emmys was not just its subject matter but the way it turned a satire of Hollywood into an event series that the industry couldn’t ignore.
The show zeroed in on the absurdities of studio life, from IP-driven decision-making to desperate executives trying to stay relevant. Each episode layered broad comedy with sharp observations that clearly struck a chord with voters who live and work in that same ecosystem.
The cast also helped carry the momentum. Catherine O’Hara’s performance as Patty Leigh, the ousted studio head mentoring Rogen’s Matt Remick, was singled out by critics for grounding the chaos with emotional weight. Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, and Kathryn Hahn filled out the executive suite, turning boardroom squabbles into episodes that felt both ridiculous and uncomfortably familiar.
Add in the parade of cameos, Martin Scorsese, Zoë Kravitz, Ron Howard, Anthony Mackie, and Dave Franco, and the show doubled as a self-aware commentary on Hollywood’s endless appetite for self-mythology.
Behind the scenes, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg made a bold choice: they directed every single episode of The Studio. That decision gave the series a steady rhythm, the kind of consistency that allowed its humor and tension to build without ever feeling scattered. The long takes amplified the discomfort in boardroom silences and stretched the comedy in moments where everything spiraled out of control. Viewers felt trapped in the chaos with the characters, and that immersion paid off.
The visual world of The Studio also set it apart. The production design, modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mayan Revival style, turned the fictional Continental Studios into more than just a backdrop. It became a character of its own, a temple of Hollywood excess where vanity and ambition clashed daily. Emmy voters noticed, handing out wins in craft categories like set decoration and cinematography.
The timing of its rollout couldn’t have been sharper. Premiering at SXSW in March 2025, the show built strong word-of-mouth marketing before it even hit Apple TV+. By the time Emmy nominations landed in July, it was the industry darling, tying The Bear’s 2024 record with 23 nominations and walking into Emmy night with unstoppable momentum.
Rogen’s sweep of individual awards only reinforced how central his presence was, both as a performer and behind the scenes. His wins for acting, writing, and directing in a single evening tied a long-standing Emmy record and underscored how much The Studio had become his signature project.
By the end of the Emmys 2025 night, with 13 wins in total, the show cemented its place as a cultural talking point and an industry favorite, a combination rarely achieved by a first-year comedy.
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