--- title: Seth Rogen Wins First Emmy Award description: Seth Rogen won his first Emmy Award for the comedy series 'The Studio' canonical: https://time.com/7317141/seth-rogen-first-emmy/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-09-15T00:26:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-11T00:15:52.695Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Seth Rogen Wins First Emmy Award og:description: Seth Rogen won his first Emmy Award for the comedy series 'The Studio' og:url: https://time.com/7317141/seth-rogen-first-emmy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84e92282011cb2f1/6998c9c883ec375d58c7aee6/Seth-Rogan-Emmys-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Seth-Rogan-Emmys-2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Rogen Wins First Emmy Award twitter:description: Seth Rogen won his first Emmy Award for the comedy series 'The Studio' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84e92282011cb2f1/6998c9c883ec375d58c7aee6/Seth-Rogan-Emmys-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Seth Rogen Wins His First Emmy for _The Studio_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 15, 2025 12:26 AM UTC  Seth Rogen wins Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for "The Studio" at the 77th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 14, 2025. Seth Rogen wins Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for "The Studio" at the 77th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 14, 2025.Valerie Macon—AFP/Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 15, 2025 12:26 AM UTC Seth Rogen has been [nominated for 9 Emmys](https://time.com/7302455/emmy-nominations-2025-snubs-surprises/), but his win for lead actor in a comedy series for his work on _The Studio_ marks his first one. _The Studio_, which is one of the most [nominated shows of the year](https://time.com/7264756/the-studio-review-seth-rogen-apple/) with 23 nods, is a send-up of Hollywood. Seth Rogen plays a Hollywood studio head torn between making artistic films and movies that will be a surefire commercial success, like a Kool-Aid movie. _The Studio_ co-creator Evan Goldberg has said the show was inspired by an executive who once told him “‘I got into this because I love movies — but now I have this fear that my job is to ruin them.’” TIME’s TV critic Judy Berman [called](https://time.com/7264756/the-studio-review-seth-rogen-apple/) the show “2025’s best new show to date, and one of Hollywood’s sharpest self-portraits in ages.” "I literally prepared nothing, I've never won anything in my life," he said in his acceptance speech on Sunday night. Rogen is best known for his comedy roles in _Knocked-Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, 40-Year-Old-Virgin._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7317141/seth-rogen-first-emmy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7317141/seth-rogen-first-emmy/"},"headline":"Seth Rogen Wins His First Emmy for The Studio","datePublished":"2025-09-15T00:26:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-11T00:15:52.695Z","description":"Seth Rogen won his first Emmy Award for the comedy series 'The Studio'","url":"https://time.com/7317141/seth-rogen-first-emmy/","keywords":["awards","Brief","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84e92282011cb2f1/6998c9c883ec375d58c7aee6/Seth-Rogan-Emmys-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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