‘The Pitt’ Stars Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa & Shawn Hatosy Lead Emmy Acting Nods As Medical Drama Racks Up 25…

HBO Max‘s highly acclaimed medical drama The Pitt beat their 2025 total Emmy nominations of 13 for Season 1 with a total of 25 nominations for Season 2, with a heavy emphasis on acting nods. The cast was on set working hard on Season 3 as the nominations were announced this morning.

During a quick break, creator, writer and executive producer R. Scott Gemmill announced the list of nominees, creating much excitement in the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center, which proudly shoots in Los Angeles.

For a second year in a row, The Pitt has been nominated for Best Drama Series, and will have strong competition from Netflix’s The Diplomat, HBO’s The Gilded Age and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Hulu’s Paradise, Apple TV’s Slow Horses, Pluribus, and Your Friends and Neighbors.

Lead actor Noah Wyle, who also writes, directs, and executive produces The Pitt, was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for Episode 6 “12:00 P.M.” Wyle won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Season 1 of The Pitt.

Shawn Hatosy, who plays Dr. Jack Abbot, received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series this morning, after changing categories. He took home Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Season 1 last year, his first Emmy.

Under the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, the spotlighted three actresses from The Pitt: Katherine LaNasa, who last year won the Emmy in the same category, as well as nods for Sepideh Moafi, Fiona Dourif, and Taylor Dearden. Dearden’s father, Bryan Cranston, has thrice been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on Malcolm in the Middle.

In addition to Hatosy, for Outstanding Supporting Actors in a Drama Series, the TV Academy recognized Patrick Ball, who plays Dr. Frank Langdon, and Gerran Howell, who stars as Dr. Dennis Whitaker.

Three guest actresses were nominated for Emmys: Tal Anderson, who plays Dearden’s character Mel’s twin sister, Brittany Allen, who played cancer patient Roxie, and Tina Ivlev, who worked closely alongside LaNasa’s Dana Evans in the impactful and important episode about a sexual assault survivor (Ivlev) and her caring nurse (LaNasa).

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series nominees are Ernest Harden, Jr., who played Louie Cloverfield, and Jeff Kober, who played Dr. Robby’s longtime friend Duke Ekins.

Additional nominations include:

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) for Nina Ruscio, Production Designer, Josh Lusby, Art Director, and Matt Callahan, Set Decorator.

Outstanding Casting For a Drama Series for Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Erica Berger, and Seth Caskey, Associate Casting Director

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series for Mark Strand

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series for Tamara Luciano

Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (NON-PROSTHETIC) for Merry Lee Traum, Key Makeup Artist

and makeup artists Marie-Flore ‘Ri’ Beaubien and Leesa Simone.

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for Myriam Arougheti, Department Head Makeup Artist, Arjen Tuiten, Prosthetic Designer, Thom Floutz, Special Makeup Effects Artist, Chris Burgoyne, Special Makeup Effects Artist, Martina Sykes, Special Makeup Effects Artist and Hanny Tjan, Special Makeup Effects Artist.

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for Gavin Brivik and Andrew Bird

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) for Todd Grace, Re-Recording Mixer, Edward C. Carr, III, Re-Recording Mixer, Von Varga, Production Mixer, Tami Treadwell, ADR Mixer, and Alex Jongbloed, CAS, Foley Mixer.

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for Kirsten “Cookie” Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for Valerie Chu