The 2025 Emmy Awards are on Sunday night and preparations are under way to make sure the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles looks perfect.
One of the biggest nights of the year in TV, hundreds of big names will be descending on the LA live venue to find out if they’re among the winners.
And it appears reporters and photographers have already worked out where each famous face will be sitting when they find out if they’re a winner or not.
Hollywood faces of the new era, like Sydney Sweeney, will be sitting in front of legendary actors such as Harrison Ford, Jude Law, Sam Rockwell, and Sarah Paulson.
The reason for this is likely to be that Sydney, 27, will be presenting an award, and will need to be in a position close to the stage – she appears to be sitting with, among others, Javier Bardem and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Another notable headline from the pictures of the seating plan is that the stars of Disney Plus mystery comedy Only Murders In the Building won’t be sitting together on the night.
Selena Gomez, 33, will be sitting two rows in front of her co-stars Martin Short, 75, and Steve Martin, 80, with the on-screen detective trio separated by Jake Gyllenhaal.
Fans of the Apple TV series Severance will be pleased to know that stars of the show Patricia Arquette, Adam Scott, John Turturro, Britt Lower, and Zach Cherry will all be sat together.
Tramell Tillman, who also stars in the series, will be on the row behind, sat directly behind Patricia, while presenters Jennifer Coolidge and Jenna Ortega will be sat near one another.
Slightly further back are the likes of Sharon Horgan, Ashley Walters, and Stephen Graham, while young actors like Bella Ramsey, Owen Cooper and Aimee Lou Wood are a few rows from the front.
An unwelcome surprise may greet fans of Slow Horses star Gary Oldman and talkshow host John Oliver, with the two TV legends appearing to be several rows back from the front.
The key Emmy nominees
Outstanding drama series
- The White Lotus (HBO Max)
- Andor (Disney+)
- The Diplomat (Netflix)
- The Last of Us (HBO Max)
- Paradise (Hulu)
- The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Severance (Apple TV+)
- Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series
- Sterling K Brown – Paradise (Hulu)
- Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
- Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us (HBO Max)
- Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV+)
- Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max)
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series
- Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
- Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
- Britt Lower – Severance (Apple TV+)
- Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us (HBO Max)
- Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Outstanding limited or anthology series
- Adolescence (Netflix)
- Black Mirror (Netflix)
- Dying for Sex (Hulu)
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)
- The Penguin (HBO Max)
Outstanding limited or anthology series
- Adolescence (Netflix)
- Black Mirror (Netflix)
- Dying for Sex (Hulu)
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)
- The Penguin (HBO Max)
In the picture featuring Gary Oldman’s placeholder, the Harry Potter star appears to be only a handful of rows from the sound and lighting desk towards the back of the stalls in the auditorium.
If Slow Horses or Gary are to win – either for outstanding drama, best lead actor, or outstanding director – it may be a long walk to the stage for the veteran actor.
It’s Severance that leads the nominations with a whopping 27, which is still five nods behind the 32 Game of Thrones received for the Emmys in 2019, which followed its seventh and penultimate season.
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