Emmy Submissions in Key Categories Drop for the 2nd Year in a Row

For the second year in a row, the number of programs competing for the Primetime Emmy Awards has dropped, according to ballots that were posted on the Television Academy website on Thursday, the first day of Emmy nomination voting. Unlike last year, when the effects of the pandemic and the actors' and writers' strikes caused the number of submissions to fall by almost 40%, the 2025 drop was relatively small – though also a bit surprising, suggesting that the industry has yet to recover from the hits it has taken over the past five years. In the 16 program categories in which a . . .