12 of the Most Egregious Emmy Snubs of 2025: From Diego Luna to ‘Squid Game’

To be clear: Most of the supporting cast of The Pitt should have been nominated for Emmys. The work on HBO’s medical drama is remarkable, and I would love to personally award each and every one of them. That said, I’m especially surprised by Taylor Dearden’s snub. Not only is she incredibly engaging as the eager med student Dr. Melissa King, but her character also got some incredibly emotional moments—classic Emmy bait!

Cosmopolitan social media specialist Corinne Bickel calls Industry’s snub for Outstanding Drama Series “egregious” and added that many actors from the show earned nominations. Specifically Myha’la Herrold and Marisa Abela, who she says, “gave some of the greatest performances of both their careers and of 2024.”

For some bizarre reason, the Television Academy only nominated three shows for Outstanding Talk Series: The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. But what about Late Night With Seth Meyers, aka the best late night show on television? I’m tired of Seth Meyers being snubbed year after year, especially as his “A Closer Look” segment continues to best The Daily Show at its own game. Justice for Late Night!

Interview With the Vampire is one of the most consistently snubbed shows in general, so while it wasn’t exactly surprising that season 2 didn’t net the show any big noms (specifically for Jacob Anderson), it was disappointing. Especially since the show did earn nominations for Makeup and Hairstyling, so we know the voters were watching!

Andor season 2 was nominated for 14 Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series, but there was no love for the show’s leading man Diego Luna, who is literally the entire reason this show was made in the first place! After leading two seasons of pretty excellent television, he deserved a nod (especially seeing as Pedro Pascal earned a nomination in the same category, despite only appearing in 2.5 episodes of The Last of Us season 2.)

Press pause at random during any episode of The Pitt season 1, and you’ll be looking at an Emmy-worthy actor. Many guest stars broke my heart this season, but none more so than Samantha Sloyan, who appeared as the mother of a young man who overdosed.

Ben Mendelsohn was both menacing and incredibly funny on Andor, and, really, you can’t ask for better than that. Also, he wore TF out of that cape, and I feel he should be rewarded for it.

Patrick Ball deserves a nomination for making us all fall in love with Dr. Frank Landon and then pulling the rug out from under us with a deliciously heartbreaking performance. If you see a Pitt fan today, give them a hug. They’re going through it.

I’ll let entertainment editor Tamara Fuentes take this one: “In a very strange twist, Squid Game got no love this round for its second season. With high expectations surrounding the series and its big return, it’s kind of surprising to see how quickly voters have either turned on it or simply have forgotten that it came back in the first place. This clearly doesn’t bode well for its third season, which will be up for awards next Emmys round, as the series comes to end.”

The Traitors season 3 casting was truly phenomenal. And you don’t have to take it from me, just listen to what Cosmo entertainment editor Tamara Fuentes had to say:

“Dylan Efron went from being the unknown brother of Zac Efron to one of the biggest heartthrobs from reality TV. Gabby Windey broke the Bachelor bubble and is now hosting her own dating series. Boston Rob because more of a household name as Gen Z discovered one of the greatest contestants to ever play. With another stellar cast and one that broke the internet more than ever before, it's weird for them to not get the nomination they deserve, especially after its best season yet thanks to all the drama this cast delivered.”