#FIRSTLOOK: “THE STUDIO” LEADS APPLE TV+’S RECORD-BREAKING 22 WINS AT EMMYS

Today, Apple TV+ scores a record-breaking 22 wins at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series for “The Studio,” which dominates as the most-winning series overall this year and the most-winning freshman comedy in history, setting a new record with 13 wins overall. Global phenomenon “Severance” leads as this year’s most-winning drama with eight wins including Outstanding Lead Actress Britt Lower and Outstanding Supporting Actor Tramell Tillman, while hit spy drama “Slow Horses” earns a win for Outstanding Directing for a Drama. 

“What an unforgettable, record-setting night for Seth, Evan, and ‘The Studio’ creative team,” said Zack Van Amburg, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. “It has meant the world to all of us at Apple to watch fans embrace this series, alongside the year’s most-celebrated drama, ’Severance,’ and the acclaimed ‘Slow Horses.’ We are so appreciative of the Television Academy and applaud all of these artists who have shown the power of storytelling to bring people together.”

“It’s an incredible honour to see this milestone for ‘The Studio,’” said Jamie Erlicht, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. “Tonight’s wins — from Seth and Evan’s sharp comedy to Britt and Tramell’s powerful work on ‘Severance’ — show how great stories connect with audiences everywhere. Huge congratulations to all of tonight’s nominees and winners. Your creativity keeps us inspired.”

In addition to Outstanding Comedy Series, freshman comedy “The Studio” scores Outstanding Lead Actor Seth Rogen; Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series; and, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. This is in addition to the previously announced wins for Outstanding Guest Actor Bryan Cranston; Outstanding Production Design; Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series; Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour); Outstanding Contemporary Costumes; Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single Camera Comedy Series; Outstanding Music Supervision; Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama (Half-Hour); and, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama (Half-Hour). 

In its celebrated sophomore season, “Severance” scores eight Emmy Awards, with star Tramell Tillman nabbing his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, and star Britt Lower earns her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama. The honours are in addition to previously announced wins at the Creative Arts Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actress Merritt Wever, Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour), Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour), Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) and Outstanding Main Title Design.

Following last year’s win for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Apple’s acclaimed “Slow Horses” lands Outstanding Directing for a Drama for its fourth season.

To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 620 wins and 2,816 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy “Ted Lasso” and historic Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”

In total, Apple earned 22 wins total for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, including:

“The Studio” (13)

• Outstanding Comedy Series 
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Seth Rogen 
• Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Bryan Cranston
• Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez
• Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour)
• Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour)
• Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series
• Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single Camera Comedy Series
• Outstanding Music Supervision
• Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) 
• Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation

“Severance” (8)

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Britt Lower
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Tramell Tillman
• Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Merritt Wever
• Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
• Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
• Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
• Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
• Outstanding Main Title Design

“Slow Horses” (1)

• Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: Adam Randall 

“The Studio”

In “The Studio,” Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps and breathes movies, it’s the job Matt’s been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.

“Severance”

In “Severance,” Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work … and of himself. In season two, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe.

“Slow Horses”

This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Led by their brilliant but irascible leader, the notorious Jackson Lamb (Academy Award winner Sir Gary Oldman), they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

All programs are currently streaming on Apple TV+.

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#EMMYS: “THE STUDIO” LEADS WAY AT 77TH EMMY AWARDS WITH 13 WINS

The Television Academy tonight celebrated the 77th Emmy® Awards, recognizing excellence in television programming and individual achievement for the 2024-2025 television season.

Apple TV+ series THE STUDIO led the way with 13 wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Seth Rogen), Outstanding Writing and Directing in a Comedy Series (the latter two shared with Rogen‘s longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg). HBO‘s THE PENGUIN followed behind with nine wins. Outstanding Drama Series went to HBO‘s THE PIT.

The 77th Emmy Awards was broadcast live from the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on the CBS Television Network, hosted by Nate Bargatze and executive produced by Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment.

The telecast featured awards in 26 Emmy categories presented by top talent from some of television’s most acclaimed programs.

In addition, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen were honored with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, one of the highest honors presented by the Television Academy’s Board of Governors.

Television tributes included the 50th season of Survivor, 20th anniversary of Grey’s Anatomy, 35th anniversary of Law & Order and the 25th anniversary of Gilmore Girls. Additional presenters included Malin Akerman, Elizabeth Banks, Ike Barinholtz, Angela Bassett, Jason Bateman, Kathy Bates, Alexis Bledel, Kristen Bell, Sterling K. Brown, Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Coolidge, Bryan Cranston, Alan Cumming, Mikey Day, Colman Domingo, Tina Fey, Brad Garrett, Walton Goggins, Tony Goldwyn, Lauren Graham, Kathryn Hahn, Mariska Hargitay, Justin Hartley, Charlie Hunnam, Ice-T, James Austin Johnson, Jude Law, James Marsden, Young Mazino, Christopher Meloni, S. Epatha Merkerson, Leanne Morgan, Julianne Nicholson, Jenna Ortega, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Jeff Probst, Parker Posey, Phylicia Rashad, Ray Romano, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Hunter Schafer, Michael Schur, J.B. Smoove, Brittany Snow, Sydney Sweeney, Jesse Williams, Bowen Yang and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Celebrated American singers Lainey Wilson and Vince Gill performed Gill’s moving anthem “Go Rest High on That Mountain” for the “In Memoriam” segment of the show. A special Golden Girls tribute performance of the show’s iconic theme song “Thank You for Being a Friend,” by musical artists Karen Fairchild, Reba McEntire and Kimberly Schlapman also took place.

The 77th Emmy Awards is available on demand on Paramount+ through Sept. 21.

Additionally, Emmys were awarded in 97 other categories at the Creative Arts

Emmy Awards during two ceremonies on the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 6, and Sunday, Sept. 7; and an edited version of those awards is available for viewing on FXX until Oct. 7.

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#FIRSTLOOK: “THE STUDIO” LANDS SECOND SEASON RENEWAL

Matt Remick scores a win for Continental Studios! Following the widely celebrated premiere of “The Studio,” Apple TV+ today announced that the critically acclaimed, star-studded hit series has landed a renewal for season two. Since its global debut, “The Studio” has struck a chord with cinephiles, fans and critics alike, and has been declared the “best new comedy of 2025,” as well as “one of Hollywood’s sharpest self-portraits in ages.”

“We’re thrilled to be making a second season of ‘The Studio.’ We’re looking forward to taking the lived experience of making season one and immediately putting it into season two, then repeating that loop for ten more seasons,” said creators and executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. “And, we’re excited to keep all our industry friends and colleagues guessing as to when one of their personal stories will stream on Apple TV+.”

“Seth, Evan, the entire creative team and cast of ‘The Studio’ have knocked it out of the park with this brilliant show, and it has been incredible to watch the conversation grow with each new episode.” said Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+. “We can’t wait to see where Matt Remick takes Continental Studios in season two, and hope for his sake that the ‘Kool-Aid’ movie crushes at the box office.”

In “The Studio,” Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps and breathes movies, it’s the job Matt’s been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.

“The Studio” assembles a star-studded ensemble cast led by Rogen, Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award winner Catherine O’Hara, Emmy Award nominee Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders, with Emmy Award winning guest star Bryan Cranston. The series also features a lineup of cameos from some of Hollywood’s most iconic actors, directors and producers throughout the season.

The eighth episode of “The Studio” premieres this week on Apple TV+. In this week’s new episode, “The Golden Globes,” Matt tries to get Zoë Kravitz to thank him in her award acceptance speech.

Hailing from Lionsgate Television, “The Studio” is created by multi-Emmy Award winners Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory, along with Rogen, Goldberg and Frida Perez. Point Grey Pictures’ James Weaver executive produce the show along with the creators. Alex McAtee and Josh Fagen also serve as executive producers.

In addition to “The Studio” Rogen also stars in and executive produces “Platonic,” alongside Rose Byrne, with Rogen, Goldberg’s and Weaver’s Point Grey Pictures’ set to produce season two, debuting this summer.

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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “THE STUDIO”

Apple TV+ today unveiled a glimpse at its highly anticipated upcoming comedy “The Studio,” and announced that the new 10-episode half hour comedy starring Seth Rogen, who also serves as writer, director and executive producer alongside Emmy Award-nominee Evan Goldberg, is officially set to make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, followed by one episode every Wednesday through May 21, 2025.

In “The Studio,” Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their own insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their neverending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting, and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes movies, it’s the job Matt’s been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him. “The Studio” assembles a star-studded ensemble cast that also includes Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award-winner Catherine O’Hara, Emmy Award-nominee Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders. Academy Award-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Bryan Cranston will appear as a guest star.

Hailing from Lionsgate Television, “The Studio” is created by Multi-Emmy Award winners Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory along with Rogen and Goldberg, and Frida Perez. Point Grey Pictures’ James Weaver, Alex McAtee and Josh Fagen also serve as executive producers alongside Rogen and Goldberg.

The new project marks the latest collaboration for Apple TV+ and Rogen, and joins the recently renewed Apple Original comedy “Platonic,” in which Rogen stars and executive produces alongside Rose Byrne.

Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favourite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 523 wins and 2,373 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy “Ted Lasso” and historic Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”