Women’s Media Center 2025 Report: Gender and Non-Acting Emmy Nominations

When it comes to non-acting categories for the Primetime Emmy Awards, progress in female representation is being reversed. In 2025, for the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards* (which will be presented in Los Angeles on September 14), the total percentage of women who have been nominated in non-acting categories decreased: 33% of the non-acting nominees are women, compared to 34% for the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, and women were excluded altogether in several categories.

Of the four major non-acting fields for the awards show — producing, directing, writing, and editing — only directing had a percentage increase in female representation. The total representation of women nominated for non-acting Emmys has yet to surpass 35%.

Downloadable Infographics: Women’s Media Center 2025 Report: Gender and Non-Acting Emmy Nominations: Infographics

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