What I Learned Reading the 846 Pages of Emmy Ballots

What I Learned Reading the 846 Pages of Emmy Ballots

Nominating ballots for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards were posted on the Television Academy’s website on Thursday to mark the beginning of voting. They were divided into 35 separate documents detailing all the eligible entries in 107 categories,  totaling 846 pages of everyone who’s eligible. (Not all categories are included in the posted ballots, because some use judging panels or other methods of choosing nominees.)   We’ve looked through all …

Bold strategies, surprising omissions, and WTF oddities revealed in 2025 Emmy ballots

Voting for the 2025 Emmys officially opened today, and Gold Derby has spotted several intriguing strategies, omissions, and oddities in the ballots, which are available to view on the Television Academy website. When it comes to the writing and directing categories, a popular strategy is to submit as few options as possible, so as not to split the vote. (Remember how Succession would only submit a single episode in writing each year? It won that…