30th annual cadet tv awards 2025

drama

best drama series
Andor (Disney+)
Interview with the Vampire (AMC+)
Lioness (Paramount+)
Pachinko (Apple TV+)
Severance (Apple TV+)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

best lead actor, drama series
Diego Luna – Andor
Harold Perrineau – From
Jacob Anderson – Interview with the Vampire
Noah Wyle – The Pitt
Adam Scott – Severance
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses

best lead actress, drama series
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
Emma D’Arcy – House of the Dragon
Zoe Saldana – Lioness
Minha Kim – Pachinko
Britt Lower – Severance

best supporting actor, drama series
Stellan Skarsgard – Andor
Kyle Soller – Andor
Josh Charles – The Handmaid’s Tale
Geoff Bell – MobLand
Park Sung-hoon – Squid Game
Tayme Thapthimthong – The White Lotus

best supporting actress, drama series
Denise Gough – Andor
Genevieve O’Reilly – Andor
Nicole Kidman – Lioness
Anna Sawai – Pachinko
Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt
Carrie Coon – The White Lotus

best guest actor, drama series
Ben Mendelsohn – Andor
Andy Garcia – Landman
Shawn Hatosy – The Pitt
John Noble – Severance
Gong Yoo – Squid Game
Scott Glenn – The White Lotus

best guest actress, drama series
D’Arcy Carden – The Handmaid’s Tale
Cherry Jones – The Handmaid’s Tale
Kaitlyn Dever – The Last of Us
Gwendoline Christie – Severance
Sydney Cole Alexander – Severance
Merritt Wever – Severance

best writing, drama series
Dan Gilroy – Andor “Welcome to the Rebellion”
Debora Cahn – The Diplomat “Dreadnought”
R. Scott Gemmill – The Pitt “7:00 A.M.”
Dan Erickson – Severance “Cold Harbor”
Will Smith – Slow Horses “Hello Goodbye”
Hwang Dong-hyuk – Squid Game “Bread and Lottery”

best directing, drama series
Janus Metz – Andor “Who Are You?”
Alex Graves – The Diplomat “Dreadnought”
Anna Foerster – Dune: Prophecy “The Hidden Hand”
Glenn Ficarra & John Requa – Paradise “The Day”
Jessica Lee Gagné – Severance “Chikhai Bardo”
Adam Randall – Slow Horses “Hello Goodbye”

comedy

best comedy series
Agatha All Along (Disney+)
The Bear (FX)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Studio (Apple TV+)

best lead actor, comedy series
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Mohammed Amer – Mo
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Nathan Fielder – The Rehearsal
Seth Rogen – The Studio

best lead actress, comedy series
Kathryn Hahn – Agatha All Along
Jean Smart – Hacks
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
Bridgett Everett – Somebody Somewhere
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows

best supporting actor, comedy series
KMatty Matheson – The Bear
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear
Timothy Simons – Nobody Wants This
Michael Urie – Shrinking
Jeff Hiller – Somebody Somewhere
Ike Barinholtz – The Studio

best supporting actress, comedy serie
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Liza Colon-Zayas – The Bear
Abby Elliott – The Bear
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Justine Lupe – Nobody Wants This
Kathryn Hahn – The Studio

best guest actor, comedy series
Bryan Cranston – The Studio
Dave Franco – The Studio
Tony Goldwyn – Hacks
Ron Howard – The Studio
Anthony Mackie – The Studio
Martin Scorsese – The Studio

best guest actress, comedy series
Olivia Colman – The Bear
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Bear
Robby Hoffman – Hacks
Julianne Nicholson – Hacks
Cynthia Erivo – Poker Face
Zoe Kravitz – The Studio

best writing, comedy series
Harriet Dyer – Colin From Accounts “Yass King”
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky – Hacks “A Slippery Slope”
Erin Foster – Nobody Wants This “Pilot”
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere “AGG”
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory & Frida Perez – The Studio “The Promotion”
Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis & Paul Simms – What We Do in the Shadows “The Finale”

best directing, comedy series
Jac Schaeffer – Agatha All Along “Death’s Hand In Mine”
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear “Napkins”
Josh Heald – Cobra Kai “Strike Last”
Lucia Aniello – Hacks “A Slippery Slope”
Nathan Fielder – The Rehearsal “Pilot’s Code”
Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg – The Studio “The Oner”

longform

best tv movie or limited series
Adolescence (Netflix)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
The Penguin (Max)
Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)
Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

best lead actor, tv movie or limited series
Stephen Graham – Adolescence
Taylor Kitsch – American Primeval
Kevin Kline – Disclaimer
Colin Farrell – The Penguin
Jake Gyllenhaal – Presumed Innocent
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge

best lead actress, tv movie or limited series
Kaitlyn Dever – Apple Cider Vinegar
Renee Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Gorge
Natalie Portman – Lady in the Lake
Cristin Milioti – The Penguin

best supporting actor, tv movie or limited series
Owen Cooper – Adolescence
Kodi Smit-McPhee – Disclaimer
Clancy Brown – The Penguin
Rhenzy Feliz – The Penguin
Pewter Sarsgaard – Presumed Innocent
Anthony Boyle – Say Nothing

best supporting actress, tv movie or limited series
Erin Doherty – Adolescence
Lesley Manville – Disclaimer
Lorraine Bracco – Nonnas
Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin
Ruth Negga – Presumed Innocent
Renate Reinsve – Presumed Innocent

best writing, tv movie or limited series
Jack Thorne & Stephen Graham – Adolescence
Charlie Brooker & Bisha K. Ali – Black Mirror “Common People”
Nikki Toscano & Liz Moore – Long Bright River “These Girls”
Lauren LeFranc – The Penguin “A Great or Little Thing”
David E. Kelley – Presumed Innocent “Bases Loaded”
Joshua Zetumer – Say Nothing “The People in the Dirt”

best directing, tv movie or limited series
Philip Barantini – Adolescence
Jeffrey Walker – Apple Cider Vinegar
Ally Pankiw – Black Mirror “Common People”
Michael Morris – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Alfonso Cuarón – Disclaimer
Helen Shaver – The Penguin “Cent’anni”

general

best reality or variety program
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO Max)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
The Traitors (Peacock)
Survivor (CBS)
Tucci in Italy (National Geographic)

best performer in a reality or variety series
RuPaul Charles – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Timothee Chalamet – Saturday Night Live
Lady Gaga – Saturday Night Live
Scarlett Johansson – Saturday Night Live
Alan Cumming – The Traitors
Stanley Tucci – Tucci in Italy

best voiceover performance
Tom Hanks – The Americas
Alan Tudyk – Andor
Julie Andrews – Bridgerton
Steven Yeun – Invincible
Jack Quaid – Star Trek: Lower Decks

best dramatic ensemble
Andor
From
The Handmaid’s Tale
Interview with the Vampire
Silo
Slow Horses

best comedic ensemble
Agatha All Along
The Bear
Hacks
Mid Century Modern
Nobody Wants This
The Studio

best animated program
Arcane

best casting
Adolescence
Andor
Dune: Prophecy
The Pitt
Severance
The Studio

Andorbest music composition
randon Roberts – Andor “Who Are You?”
Volker Bertelmann – The Day of the Jackal “Episode 1”
Volker Bertelmann – Dune: Prophecy “The Hidden Hand”
James Poyser & Dimitri Smith – Long Bright River “Atonement”
Mick Giacchino – The Penguin “After Hours”
Theodore Shapiro – Severance “Cold Harbor”

best song
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez – Agatha All Along “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road”
Nicholas Britell & Tony Gilroy – Andor “We are the Ghor (Planetary Anthem)”
Christopher Lennertz – The Boys “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas”

best main title theme music
Volker Bertelmann – Dune: Prophecy
Andrew Lockington – Landman
James Poyser – Long Bright River
Dominic Lewis & Hamilton Leithauser – Your Friends & Neighbors

best main title design
Dark Matter
MobLand
The Penguin
Severance
The White Lotus

best cinematography
Adolescence “Episode 2”
American Primeval “Episode 1”
Andor “Harvest”
The Day of the Jackal “Episode 1”
Pachinko “Chapter Nine”
Severance “Hello, Ms. Cobel”

best costume design
Agatha All Along “Follow Me My Friend / To Glory at the End”
Andor “Harvest”Andor “Harvest”
American Primeval “Episode 2”
Bridgerton “Into the Light”
Dune: Prophecy “The Hidden Hand”
House of the Dragon “The Burning Mill”

best production design
Andor “Who Are You?”
Dune: Prophecy “The Hidden Hand”
Only Murders in the Building “Gates of Heaven”
Pachinko “Chapter Thirteen”
Severance “Chikhai Bardo”
The Studio “The Note”

best editing
Andor “Who Are You?”
The Bear “Tomorrow”
Hacks “I Love LA”
The Rehearsal “Pilot’s Code”
Severance “Attila”
The Studio “The Promotion”

best makeup and hairstyling
Agatha All Along
Interview with the Vampire “Do You Know What It Means to be Loved by Death”
House of the Dragon “The Red Sowing”
The Last of Us “Feel Her Love”
The Penguin “After Hours”
The Pitt “4:00 P.M.”

best sound
The Acolyte “Night”
Agatha All Along “Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power”
Andor “Who Are You?”
Black Mirror “USS Callister: Into Infinity”
The Gorge
Severance “Chikhai Bardo”
The Studio “The Golden Globes”

best visual effects
Andor
Black Mirror
Dark Matter
Dune: Prophecy
House of the Dragon
The Last of Us

best stunts
1923
The Boys
Cobra Kai
Dune: Prophecy
Lioness
The Penguin

best scene
Adolescence: Jamie looms over Briony during questioning
Agatha All Along: Agatha breaks her spell
Andor: Mon Mothma’s Senate speech
The Last of Us: Joel’s death
The Penguin: Sofia gets revenge on her family
The Pitt: Dr. Robby’s breakdown