The 2025 Emmys were a mixed bag of landmark wins, very short speeches (thanks to host Nate Bargatze’s brutal threat to take money away from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America), fun presenter cameos, and the inevitable jokes that simply fell flat. But really, does it even matter how well or how poorly a Hollywood awards show goes in this day and age, when we’re all mostly watching for social media fodder?
Obviously, there’s still some allure to the old-school pageantry and pomp of television’s biggest night, but truly, as long as I’m getting my IV drip of X responses to the goings-on at Los Angeles’s Peacock Theater, I’m all set. Give me well-crafted memery, or give me death! Below, find a roundup of the very best memes from the 2025 Emmys:
Britt Lower’s win for Severance was well-deserved, and her hand-scrawled speech was the ultimate Emmys-night Easter egg:
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The Summer I Turned Pretty wasn’t nominated, but it sparked capital-C Content nonetheless:
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Hacks star Hannah Einbinder won even more hearts and minds by, once again, being a politically principled bisexual and erstwhile Eagles fan:
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The Pitt’s Noah Wyle was a wildly handsome and sartorially thoughtful king, surprising exactly nobody:
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Other notable fashion moments were also commented upon:
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The traditional Emmys Glambot cam fought nobly to be cute, but didn’t exactly slay in all circumstances:
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Adolescence star Owen Cooper was adorably humble, if not a little too much so:
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Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham smashed it in their mini-Gilmore Girls reunion:
