The best and worst moments from 2025 Emmys

Best: The audience gets wild for Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert was the first to be presented at the 77th Emmy Awards and was greeted with a standing ovation from the audience. The reaction will come months after CBS announced that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” would end in May 2026. The ovation was a clear sign on which side the Hollywood players in the room stood at the decision.

Later in the show, “The Late Show” won the Emmy for the Talk series, and the Award Show audience erupted. Colbert gave a powerful speech of love and loss that covered with “I have never loved my country so desperate.”

Worst: ‘The Golden Girls’ theme that performed live

After hosting Nate Bargatze emphasized – partly as a joke, partly to keep the show in motion – that speeches over 45 seconds would remove a grand from a $ 100,000 donation to Boys and Girls Club of America, it was still some time to take out for Reba Mcentire, Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman for Sjunga to Sjunga. Long in the long round.

Best: Jeff Hiller wins outstanding support actors in a comedy series

Jeff Hiller, who knocked out Harrison Ford, Ike Barinholtz and Colman Domingo, took home the Emmy Award for outstanding support actors in a comedy series for his performance in “Someone somewhere.” Fellow -nominated Bowen Yang and Michael Urie seemed shocked and excited for Hiller when Julianne Nicholson announced her name. Hiller thanked the star Bridget Everet to “change his life.”

Worst: A male director for limited series beats 5 female nominees

Presenter Elizabeth Banks was rightly excited that outstanding director in a limited series had five female nominees for only one male nominees that had not happened at the price exhibition before. After all this conversation – and a joke about the lonely male director Philip Barantini was “The Oneer” in the group – she quickly announced that Barentini won for her direction “The teens.”

Barantini’s win is really well deserved, but the leadership up to the disclosure was a tough look.

Worst: Winners punished for talking more than 45 seconds while presenters walked

Bargatze’s joke about switching off money from a $ 100,000 donation to Boys and Girls Club of America for every second in addition to 45 seconds that Emmy winners went on their acceptance number was fun. But when they were set in comparison to how long – and often Cringey – the presenters must continue, maybe they should have been with a timer.

Best: Tina Fey gives Lorne Michaels Emmy for “SNL” 50th anniversary special

It was a “Saturday night live” reunion when Tina Fey presented Lorne Michaels with the Emmy Award for outstanding variety special for “SNL50: The Jubilee Special.” After joking that she may have been a partial choice to present the award, Fey as a suitable handed Emmy to Michael’s well worth it. The creator of the Sketch series received a standing ovation when he accepted the award and honored 50 seasons of “SNL “‘s legacy. Cameras cut to “SNL” Alums Steve Martin and Martin briefly brilliant at the producer.

Best: Cristin Miliotis Acceptal Hall

Cristin Milioti won Emmy for outstanding actress in a limited series and gave one of the best speech of the night in a show where many felt rushed due to the donation’s addition/subtracter. Her love for her role in “The Penguin” and passion for acting in general was never more clear than in her ecstatic suspension: “I love you and I love to act so much. Wooo!”

Best: Britt Lower Snuck A “Departure Sweat” reference to her acceptance speech sheet

Britt Lower’s Innie carved a secret message in her Emmy Award Acceptance. When she accepted the Lead actress award in a drama series for her performance in “Severrance”, there was a note on the back that read: “Drop me out.” The moment reflected a scene in the Apple TV+ series where Lower’s Innie spoke out to her father while she posed as her Outie Helena Eagen. On the Sci-Fi workplace drama, Lower plays both Helly R. and Helena Eagan when her characters navigate in the cut world by Lumon Industries.

Worst: The up and down donations to Boys and Girls Club of America

Bargatzes a bit about donating to Boys and Girls Club was fun at first, but the 45 -second watch otherwise the donation number would go clearly emphasized the winners. Even when the show continued and the number fell and it became clearer that it was a bit that would end with money being donated far beyond $ 100,000 (and it did) it was still in the head for many under speech.

Thanks to that, it seemed to be the only joke in the whole show. Each of Bargatze’s performances throughout the show just referred to money status. It got old fast and unfortunately lasted the whole ceremony.