Another Emmy season is off to the races as of Tuesday morning, with what turned out to be a fairly predictable list of 2025 nominees that heavily favors returning series. The Television Academy loves The White Lotus , Severance , Abbott Elementary , Hacks , The Bear ? Tell me something I don’t know. But mixed in among the Pedro Pascals and Jean Smarts and the Martin Shorts we always knew were going to get nominated are some truly wonderful surprises—along with some truly infuriating, if you’re