Adolescence topped the 2025 Gotham TV Awards, sweeping the restricted sequence classes and successful three of the 4 awards for which it was nominated.
The four-episode sequence a couple of teenage boy accused of homicide, which grew to become a much-talked-about phenomenon shortly after its streaming debut in March, gained breakthrough restricted sequence and lead efficiency in a restricted sequence (Stephen Graham) and tied for finest supporting efficiency in a restricted sequence (Owen Cooper). It’s fourth nomination was for co-star Erin Doherty within the supporting efficiency class.
Jenny Slate tied with Cooper for the supporting prize, recognizing her efficiency in Dying for Sex, which was nominated for 3 awards.
Breakthrough comedy sequence went to The Studio, whereas The Pitt gained breakthrough drama sequence.
The Pitt star, author and producer Noah Wyle and his castmates Katherine LaNasa and Shawn Hatosy accepted the breakthrough drama honor, with Wyle saying that they had been the one ones from the Max present on the occasion. And as he’s executed all through the promotion of The Pitt‘s first season, Wyle highlighted how the show is a “love letter to first responders … people in the trenches for the past five years,” his voice getting louder as the well-heeled audience at Manhattan’s Cipriani Wall Street applauded.
In the comedy classes, Fantasmas‘ Julio Torres gained finest lead efficiency in a comedy sequence, and Deli Boys‘ Poorna Jagannathan gained finest supporting efficiency in a comedy sequence.
Accepting the primary award of the night time, Jagannathan joked that the Gotham Awards are the “only awards that count” and that “New York City’s opinion is the only one I care about.” She thanked her household and the group behind Deli Boys, which she referred to as a “little brown show” with “no message … no point to prove.”
“We got to do what a lot of white actors get to do: We got to play dumb fucks,” she added, noting that the Hulu sequence had but to be renewed for a second season. “The fact that we got to be so ordinary was what made it so extraordinary.”
As within the comedy classes, within the drama classes, the Gotham TV Awards equally unfold the wealth round, with Matlock‘s Kathy Bates successful finest lead efficiency in a drama sequence and Black Doves‘ Ben Whishaw successful finest supporting efficiency.
The Pitt and Matlock had been every nominated for 3 awards, with each exhibits nominated for breakthrough drama sequence in addition to within the lead and supporting efficiency drama classes. Neither Whishaw nor Bates had been readily available to just accept their awards.
Pee-wee as Himself gained finest unique movie, whereas Rebel Ridge‘s Aaron Pierre was named the winner of excellent efficiency in an unique movie. And Social Studies gained breakthrough nonfiction sequence.
The Gotham Film & Media Institute additionally offered numerous tributes on Monday night time. Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino in addition to Hwang Dong-hyuk acquired creator tributes; Elisabeth Moss and the forged of The Handmaid’s Tale accepted the inaugural ensemble tribute; Brian Tyree Henry acquired the performer tribute; Sheryl Lee Ralph took dwelling the Sidney Poitier icon tribute; David E. Kelley received the visionary tribute, and Parker Posey was honored with the inaugural legend tribute.
Sherman-Palladino and Palladino had been honored by Kelly Bishop, Luke Kirby and Gideon Glick, who’ve every appeared in a number of productions from the group behind Gilmore Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Étoile. All three mirrored on their experiences auditioning for the writer-directors. Kirby professed his love for the married creators, saying partly, “I will love you until the day someone drives a stake into my heart.”
And Bishop, who recalled Sherman-Palladino combating for her to play Emily Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, mentioned the glory Sherman-Palladino and Palladino acquired marked a “celebration of a canon of work that has dazzled audiences and critics alike,” including that the pair’s “determination to create something unique and everlasting in all shows changed TV.”
Taking the stage to the Étoile theme, Sherman-Palladino joked about retiring and getting divorced with Palladino quipping that in each circumstances they wanted to maintain going due to “gambling debts.”
Posey was honored by her White Lotus co-stars Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell who had enjoyable providing their very own takes on a few of her character’s memorable, Southern-accented strains, together with “tsunami,” “Piper, no” and “Buddhism.”
“No one sees the world quite the way she sees it,” Rockwell mentioned in a part of Posey.
Accepting her legend tribute, Posey riffed on the title of the glory, thanking White Lotus creator Mike White for writing her character and “believing in a legend,” one thing she additionally thanked White Lotus community HBO for.
“Let’s keep the arts alive. Let’s turn this business into entertainment that everyone can love,” she added. “I love you New York. I wish I could live here again.”
This marks the second 12 months by which the Gotham Awards have broken out TV honors with a separate ceremony throughout Emmys season.
An entire listing of this 12 months’s winners follows.
Breakthrough Comedy Series
#1 Happy Family USA
Pam Brady, Ramy Youssef, creators; Pam Brady, Andy Campagna, Mona Chalabi, Ravi Nandan, Josh Rabinowitz, Alli Reich, Hallie Sekoff, Ramy Youssef, government producers (Amazon Prime Video)
English Teacher
Brian Jordan Alvarez, creator; Brian Jordan Alvarez, Dave King, Jonathan Krisel, Paul Simms, government producers (FX / Hulu)
Fantasmas
Julio Torres, creator; Alex Bach, Olivia Gerke, Dave McCary, Daniel Powell, Emma Stone, Julio Torres, government producers (HBO | Max)
Overcompensating
Benito Skinner, creator; Josh Bachove, Matt Dines, Sam French, Alison Goodwin, Jonah Hill, Scott King, Daniel Gray Longino, Alli Reich, Benito Skinner, Charli XCX, government producers (Amazon Prime Video)
The Studio (WINNER)
Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Seth Rogen, creators; Josh Fagan, Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Alex McAtee, Frida Perez, Seth Rogen, James Weaver, government producers (Apple TV+)
Breakthrough Drama Series
Black Doves
Joe Barton, creator; Joe Barton, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry, Keira Knightley, government producers (Netflix)
Forever
Mara Brock Akil, creator; Mara Brock Akil, Judy Blume, Susie Fitzgerald, Erika Harrison, Anthony Hemingway, Regina King, Reina King, Shana C. Waterman, Sara White, government producers (Netflix)
Matlock
Jennie Snyder Urman, creator; Kathy Bates, Kat Coiro, Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, Frank Siracusa, Jennie Snyder Urman, John Weber, John Will, government producers (CBS)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Josep Amorós, Gonzalo García Barcha, Carolina Caicedo, Andrés Calderón, Rodrigo García, Alex García López, Juliana Flórez Luna, Laura Mora, José Rivera, Diego Ramírez Schrempp, government producers (Netflix)
The Pitt (WINNER)
R. Scott Gemmill, creator; Simran Baidwan, R. Scott Gemmill, Michael Hissrich, Erin Jontow, John Wells, Noah Wyle, government producers (HBO | Max)
Breakthrough Limited Series
Adolescence (WINNER)
Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne, creators; Philip Barantini, Emily Feller, Dede Gardner, Stephen Graham, Mark Herbert,, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, Jack Thorne, Hannah Walters, Nina Wolarsky, government producers (Netflix)
Dying for Sex
Kim Rosenstock, Elizabeth Meriwether, creators; Nikki Boyer, Kathy Ciric, Elizabeth Meriwether, Shannon Murphy, Katherine Pope, Kim Rosenstock, Michelle Williams, government producers (FX / Hulu)
Get Millie Back
Marlon James, creator; Marlon James, Leopoldo Gout, Simon Maxwell, Jami O’Brien, government producers (HBO | Max)
Penelope
Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, creators; Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Shuli Harel, government producers; (Netflix)
Say Nothing
Joshua Zetumer, creator; Nina Jacobson, Patrick Radden Keefe, Michael Lennox, Monica Levinson, Edward L. McDonnell, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, government producers; (FX/Hulu)
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
Conbody Vs Everybody
Debra Granik, creator; Joslyn Barnes, Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Diane Weyermann, government producers; (Self-distributed)
Hollywood Black
Justin Simien, creator; Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jill Burkhart, Shayla Harris, Jon Kamen, Amy Goodman Kass, Kyle Laursen, Stacey Reiss, Jeffrey Schwarz, Justin Simien, Dave Sirulnick, Forest Whitaker, Michael Wright, government producers (MGM+)
Omnivore
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Matt Goulding, René Redzepi, creators; Michael Antinoro, Matt Goulding, Ben Liebmann, Collin Orcutt, René Redzepi, Chris Rice, Max Wagner, Mateo Willis, government producers (Apple TV+)
Ren Faire
Nancy Abraham, Dani Bernfeld, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Lisa Heller, David Gauvey Herbert, Lance Oppenheim, Sara Rodriguez,Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, government producers (HBO | Max)
Social Studies (WINNER)
Lauren Greenfield, creator; Frank Evers, Lauren Greenfield, government producers (FX/Hulu)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside (Netflix)
Anna Lambe, North of North (Netflix)
Saagar Shaikh, Deli Boys (Hulu)
Benito Skinner, Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video)
Julio Torres, Fantasmas (HBO | Max) (WINNER)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates, Matlock (CBS) (WINNER)
Sterling Ok. Brown, Paradise (Hulu)
Aldis Hodge, Cross (Amazon Prime Video)
Lovie Simone, Forever (Netflix)
Noah Wyle, The Pitt (HBO | Max)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series
Stephen Graham, Adolescence (Netflix) (WINNER)
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief (Apple TV+)
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Megan Stott, Penelope (Netflix)
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex (FX / Hulu)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series
Poorna Jagannathan, Deli Boys (Hulu) (WINNER)
Linda Lavin, Mid-Century Modern (Hulu)
Sean Patton, English Teacher (FX / Hulu)
Timothy Simons, Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Chase Sui Wonders, The Studio (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt (HBO | Max)
James Marsden, Paradise (Hulu)
Skye P. Marshall, Matlock (CBS)
Ben Whishaw, Black Doves (Netflix) (WINNER)
Olivia Williams, Dune: Prophecy (HBO | Max)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited Series
Owen Cooper, Adolescence (Netflix) (WINNER – TIE)
Erin Doherty, Adolescence (Netflix)
Taraji P. Henson, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Peacock)
Diego Luna, La Maquina (Hulu)
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex (FX / Hulu) (WINNER – TIE)
Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast or Streaming
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Michael Morris, director; Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, producers (Peacock)
Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music
Oz Rodriguez, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, administrators; Oz Rodriguez, producer (NBC)
Pee-wee as Himself (WINNER)
Matt Wolf, director; Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producer (HBO | Max)
Rebel Ridge
Jeremy Saulnier, director; Neil Kopp, Jeremy Saulnier, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, producers (Netflix)
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, director; Eric Macdonald, Derik Murray, Joseph Patel, Stephen Sawchuk, producers (Hulu)
Outstanding Performance in an Original Film
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (Searchlight Pictures/Hulu)
Dylan O’Brien, Caddo Lake (HBO | Max)
Aaron Pierre, Rebel Ridge (Netflix) (WINNER)
Phoebe-Rae Taylor, Out of My Mind (Disney+)
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
This story was first revealed on June 2 at 4:18 p.m.
