Drumroll, please… The day before the final Emmy voting begins, we are proud to present the winners for the 22nd Gold Derby TV Awards. A record-setting 7,286 registered Gold Derby users cast their votes in 30 categories covering dramas, comedies, movies, limited series, and variety for the 2024-25 season.
Netflix dominated, winning in 11 categories. Squid Game took home Drama Series, Drama Actor (Lee Jung-jae), Drama Supporting Actress (Kang Ae-sim), Drama Supporting Actor (Choi Seung-hyun), Drama Guest Actor (Gong Yoo), and Ensemble of the Year. Adolescence was victorious for Limited Series, Limited/Movie Supporting Actress (Erin Doherty), Limited/Movie Supporting Actor (Owen Cooper). Cooper also won for Breakthrough Performer of the Year. Arcane scored for Animated Program.
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Disney also had a strong showing across its platforms. Agatha All Along triumphed for Comedy Series, Comedy Actress (Kathryn Hahn), Comedy Supporting Actress (Aubrey Plaza), Comedy Supporting Actor (Joe Locke), and Comedy Episode for “Death’s Hand in Mine.” ABC won for Comedy Guest Actor (Danny DeVito in Abbott Elementary). FX prevailed for Comedy Actor (Jeremy Allen White in The Bear). Hahn was also proclaimed Performer of the Year for pulling double-duty in Agatha All Along and The Studio.
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HBO Max landed Drama Actress (Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us), Drama Guest Actress (Kaitlyn Dever in The Last of Us), Limited/Movie Actress (Cristin Milioti in The Penguin), Limited/Movie Actor (Colin Farrell in The Penguin), and TV Movie (Am I OK?).
Other champs included RuPaul’s Drag Race (Competition Program and Reality Host), Saturday Night Live (Variety Scripted), Hot Ones (Variety Talk), Cynthia Erivo (Comedy Guest Actress in Poker Face), and “Don’t Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape” (Drama Episode for Interview With the Vampire).
See the complete list of winners and many acceptance speeches below.
2025 GOLD DERBY TV AWARDS WINNERS AND NOMINEES
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Kathryn Hahn (*WINNER*)
Cristin Milioti
Catherine O’Hara
Adam Scott
Jean Smart
Noah Wyle
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Owen Cooper (*WINNER*)
Taylor Dearden
Cooper Koch
Isabela Merced
Benito Skinner
Chase Sui Wonders
ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
Abbott Elementary
Adolescence
The Pitt
Severance
Squid Game (*WINNER*)
The White Lotus
DRAMA SERIES
Andor
Industry
Interview With the Vampire
The Last of Us
The Pitt
Severance
Squid Game (*WINNER*)
The White Lotus
DRAMA ACTRESS
Angela Bassett, 9-1-1
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon
Britt Lower, Severance
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (*WINNER*)
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
DRAMA ACTOR
Jacob Anderson, Interview With the Vampire
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game (*WINNER*)
Diego Luna, Andor
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Adam Scott, Severance
Noah Wyle, The Pitt
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kang Ae-sim, Squid Game (*WINNER*)
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Park Gyu-young, Squid Game
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Genevieve O’Reilly, Andor
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Lee Byung-hun, Squid Game
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Sam Reid, Interview With the Vampire
Patrick Schwarzenegger, The White Lotus
Choi Seung-hyun, Squid Game (*WINNER*)
John Turturro, Severance
Tramell Tillman, Severance
DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Sydney Cole Alexander, Severance
Gwendoline Christie, Severance
Kaitlyn Dever, The Last of Us (*WINNER*)
Catherine O’Hara, The Last of Us
Rebecca Tilney, The Pitt
Merritt Wever, Severance
DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Jonathan Bailey, Bridgerton
Scott Glenn, The White Lotus
Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
Ben Mendelsohn, Andor
Jeffrey Wright, The Last of Us
Gong Yoo, Squid Game (*WINNER*)
DRAMA EPISODE
Interview With the Vampire — “Don’t Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape” (*WINNER*)
Interview With the Vampire — “I Could Not Prevent It”
The Pitt — “6:00 P.M.”
The Pitt — “7:00 P.M.”
Severance — “Chikhai Bardo”
Severance — “Cold Harbor”
COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary
Agatha All Along (*WINNER*)
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Rehearsal
The Studio
COMEDY ACTRESS
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along (*WINNER*)
Jean Smart, Hacks
COMEDY ACTOR
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Seth Rogen, The Studio
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Benito Skinner, Overcompensating
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (*WINNER*)
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Aubrey Plaza, Agatha All Along (*WINNER*)
Megan Stalter, Hacks
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Joe Locke, Agatha All Along (*WINNER*)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Chris Perfetti, Abbott Elementary
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear
Cynthia Erivo, Poker Face (*WINNER*)
Zoe Kravitz, The Studio
Melissa McCarthy, Only Murders in the Building
Julianne Nicholson, Hacks
Kaitlin Olson, Hacks
COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Jon Bernthal, The Bear
Bryan Cranston, The Studio
Charlie Day, Abbott Elementary
Danny DeVito, Abbott Elementary (*WINNER*)
Ron Howard, The Studio
Martin Scorsese, The Studio
COMEDY EPISODE
Abbott Elementary — “Audit”
Agatha All Along — “Death’s Hand in Mine” (*WINNER*)
Hacks — “Mrs. Table”
Hacks — “A Slippery Slope”
The Studio — “The Golden Globes”
The Studio — “The Oner”
LIMITED SERIES
Adolescence (*WINNER*)
Black Mirror
Disclaimer
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Presumed Innocent
Say Nothing
TV MOVIE
Am I OK? (*WINNER*)
Another Simple Favor
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Mountainhead
Rebel Ridge
LIMITED/MOVIE ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin (*WINNER*)
Lola Petticrew, Say Nothing
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
LIMITED/MOVIE ACTOR
Colin Farrell, The Penguin (*WINNER*)
Paul Giamatti, Black Mirror
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
LIMITED/MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Erin Doherty, Adolescence (*WINNER*)
Cristin Milioti, Black Mirror
Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent
Deirdre O’Connell, The Penguin
Chloe Sevigny, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
LIMITED/MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Owen Cooper, Adolescence (*WINNER*)
Rob Delaney, Dying for Sex
Rhenzy Feliz, The Penguin
Hugh Grant, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Peter Sarsgaard, Presumed Innocent
Ashley Walters, Adolescence
VARIETY SCRIPTED SERIES
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live (*WINNER*)
VARIETY TALK SERIES
Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney
Hot Ones (*WINNER*)
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Late Show With Stephen Colbert
COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
America’s Got Talent
RuPaul’s Drag Race (*WINNER*)
Survivor
The Traitors
REALITY HOST
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race (*WINNER*)
Alan Cumming, The Traitors
Kristen Kish, Top Chef
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef
ANIMATED PROGRAM
Arcane (*WINNER*)
Big Mouth
Bob’s Burgers
Invincible
The Simpsons
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