Adolescence topped the 2025 Gotham TV Awards, sweeping the restricted collection classes and profitable three of the 4 awards for which it was nominated.
The four-episode collection a few teenage boy accused of homicide, which grew to become a much-talked-about phenomenon shortly after its streaming debut in March, received breakthrough restricted collection and lead efficiency in a restricted collection (Stephen Graham) and tied for greatest supporting efficiency in a restricted collection (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 Intercourse, which was nominated for 3 awards.
Breakthrough comedy collection went to The Studio, whereas The Pitt received breakthrough drama collection.
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 have been the one ones from the Max present on the occasion. And as he’s achieved all through the promotion of The Pitt‘s first season, Wyle highlighted how the present is a “love letter to first responders … folks within the trenches for the previous 5 years,” his voice getting louder because the well-heeled viewers at Manhattan’s Cipriani Wall Road applauded.
Within the comedy classes, Fantasmas‘ Julio Torres received greatest lead efficiency in a comedy collection, and Deli Boys‘ Poorna Jagannathan received greatest supporting efficiency in a comedy collection.
Accepting the primary award of the evening, Jagannathan joked that the Gotham Awards are the “solely awards that rely” and that “New York Metropolis’s opinion is the one one I care about.” She thanked her household and the group behind Deli Boys, which she referred to as a “little brown present” with “no message … no level to show.”
“We acquired to do what lots of white actors get to do: We acquired to play dumb fucks,” she added, noting that the Hulu collection had but to be renewed for a second season. “The truth that we acquired to be so peculiar 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 profitable greatest lead efficiency in a drama collection and Black Doves‘ Ben Whishaw profitable greatest supporting efficiency.
The Pitt and Matlock have been every nominated for 3 awards, with each reveals nominated for breakthrough drama collection in addition to within the lead and supporting efficiency drama classes. Neither Whishaw nor Bates have been readily available to just accept their awards.
Pee-wee as Himself received greatest authentic movie, whereas Insurgent Ridge‘s Aaron Pierre was named the winner of excellent efficiency in an authentic movie. And Social Research received breakthrough nonfiction collection.
The Gotham Movie & Media Institute additionally introduced various tributes on Monday evening. Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino in addition to Hwang Dong-hyuk obtained creator tributes; Elisabeth Moss and the solid of The Handmaid’s Story accepted the inaugural ensemble tribute; Brian Tyree Henry obtained the performer tribute; Sheryl Lee Ralph took residence the Sidney Poitier icon tribute; David E. Kelley obtained the visionary tribute, and Parker Posey was honored with the inaugural legend tribute.
Sherman-Palladino and Palladino have been honored by Kelly Bishop, Luke Kirby and Gideon Glick, who’ve every appeared in a number of productions from the group behind Gilmore Women, 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 partially, “I’ll love you till the day somebody drives a stake into my coronary heart.”
And Bishop, who recalled Sherman-Palladino preventing for her to play Emily Gilmore in Gilmore Women, stated the distinction Sherman-Palladino and Palladino obtained marked a “celebration of a canon of labor that has dazzled audiences and critics alike,” including that the pair’s “dedication to create one thing distinctive and eternal in all reveals modified TV.”
Taking the stage to the Étoile theme, Sherman-Palladino joked about retiring and getting divorced with Palladino quipping that in each instances they wanted to maintain going due to “playing money owed.”
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 traces, together with “tsunami,” “Piper, no” and “Buddhism.”
“Nobody sees the world fairly the way in which she sees it,” Rockwell stated in a part of Posey.
Accepting her legend tribute, Posey riffed on the identify of the distinction, 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 hold the humanities alive. Let’s flip this enterprise into leisure that everybody can love,” she added. “I really like you New York. I want I may dwell right here once more.”
This marks the second 12 months through which the Gotham Awards have damaged out TV honors with a separate ceremony throughout Emmys season.
A whole listing of this 12 months’s winners follows.
Breakthrough Comedy Collection
#1 Pleased Household USA
Pam Brady, Ramy Youssef, creators; Pam Brady, Andy Campagna, Mona Chalabi, Ravi Nandan, Josh Rabinowitz, Alli Reich, Hallie Sekoff, Ramy Youssef, govt producers (Amazon Prime Video)
English Trainer
Brian Jordan Alvarez, creator; Brian Jordan Alvarez, Dave King, Jonathan Krisel, Paul Simms, govt producers (FX / Hulu)
Fantasmas
Julio Torres, creator; Alex Bach, Olivia Gerke, Dave McCary, Daniel Powell, Emma Stone, Julio Torres, govt producers (HBO | Max)
Overcompensating
Benito Skinner, creator; Josh Bachove, Matt Dines, Sam French, Alison Goodwin, Jonah Hill, Scott King, Daniel Grey Longino, Alli Reich, Benito Skinner, Charli XCX, govt 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, govt producers (Apple TV+)
Breakthrough Drama Collection
Black Doves
Joe Barton, creator; Joe Barton, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry, Keira Knightley, govt producers (Netflix)
Ceaselessly
Mara Brock Akil, creator; Mara Brock Akil, Judy Blume, Susie Fitzgerald, Erika Harrison, Anthony Hemingway, Regina King, Reina King, Shana C. Waterman, Sara White, govt 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, govt 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, govt producers (Netflix)
The Pitt (WINNER)
R. Scott Gemmill, creator; Simran Baidwan, R. Scott Gemmill, Michael Hissrich, Erin Jontow, John Wells, Noah Wyle, govt producers (HBO | Max)
Breakthrough Restricted Collection
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, govt producers (Netflix)
Dying for Intercourse
Kim Rosenstock, Elizabeth Meriwether, creators; Nikki Boyer, Kathy Ciric, Elizabeth Meriwether, Shannon Murphy, Katherine Pope, Kim Rosenstock, Michelle Williams, govt producers (FX / Hulu)
Get Millie Again
Marlon James, creator; Marlon James, Leopoldo Gout, Simon Maxwell, Jami O’Brien, govt producers (HBO | Max)
Penelope
Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, creators; Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Shuli Harel, govt producers; (Netflix)
Say Nothing
Joshua Zetumer, creator; Nina Jacobson, Patrick Radden Keefe, Michael Lennox, Monica Levinson, Edward L. McDonnell, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, govt producers; (FX/Hulu)
Breakthrough Nonfiction Collection
Conbody Vs Everyone
Debra Granik, creator; Joslyn Barnes, Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Diane Weyermann, govt 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, govt 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, govt 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, govt producers (HBO | Max)
Social Research (WINNER)
Lauren Greenfield, creator; Frank Evers, Lauren Greenfield, govt producers (FX/Hulu)
Excellent Lead Efficiency in a Comedy Collection
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)
Excellent Lead Efficiency in a Drama Collection
Kathy Bates, Matlock (CBS) (WINNER)
Sterling Okay. Brown, Paradise (Hulu)
Aldis Hodge, Cross (Amazon Prime Video)
Lovie Simone, Ceaselessly (Netflix)
Noah Wyle, The Pitt (HBO | Max)
Excellent Lead Efficiency in a Restricted Collection
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 Intercourse (FX / Hulu)
Excellent Supporting Efficiency in a Comedy Collection
Poorna Jagannathan, Deli Boys (Hulu) (WINNER)
Linda Lavin, Mid-Century Fashionable (Hulu)
Sean Patton, English Trainer (FX / Hulu)
Timothy Simons, No person Desires This (Netflix)
Chase Sui Wonders, The Studio (Apple TV+)
Excellent Supporting Efficiency in a Drama Collection
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)
Excellent Supporting Efficiency in a Restricted Collection
Owen Cooper, Adolescence (Netflix) (WINNER – TIE)
Erin Doherty, Adolescence (Netflix)
Taraji P. Henson, Struggle Evening: The Million Greenback Heist (Peacock)
Diego Luna, La Maquina (Hulu)
Jenny Slate, Dying for Intercourse (FX / Hulu) (WINNER – TIE)
Excellent Authentic Movie, Broadcast or Streaming
Bridget Jones: Mad In regards to the Boy
Michael Morris, director; Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, producers (Peacock)
Women & Gents…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)
Insurgent 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)
Excellent Efficiency in an Authentic Movie
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (Searchlight Photos/Hulu)
Dylan O’Brien, Caddo Lake (HBO | Max)
Aaron Pierre, Insurgent Ridge (Netflix) (WINNER)
Phoebe-Rae Taylor, Out of My Thoughts (Disney+)
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Mad In regards to the Boy (Peacock)
This story was first printed on June 2 at 4:18 p.m.