15 Emmy Snubs in 2025 That’ll Make You Question Everything You Thought You Knew About TV Awards!
Is it just me, or does the Emmy Awards sometimes feel like the ultimate episode of “Who Forgot to Call the Right People”? Take Andor season 2, for instance—a show bursting at the seams with phenomenal talent, yet somehow, its stellar acting ensemble got sidelined at the Primetime Emmys. Aside from Forest Whitaker snagging a nod for Best Guest Actor, the likes of Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough, and Stellan Skarsgård were glaringly absent from the list. It’s absurd, especially knowing that Elizabeth Dulau’s very first role was as Kleya here—talk about starting with a bang! But, honestly, the biggest grievance has got to be Ben Mendelsohn’s omission. Reprising the villainous Orson Krennic from Rogue One, his “fruitier” and scene-stealing performance truly embodies Star Wars villainy at its finest—the kind that leaves you both awestruck and chuckling at his perfect head bop on Dedra. So, what gives awards shows these days? Are they missing the forest for the Death Star? Dive in with me as we unpack this glaring oversight and celebrate the brilliance Andor truly deserves. LEARN MORE.
Before we get too deep into this, let’s get one thing straight: it’s an absolute farce that while Andor season 2 got quite a few Primetime Emmy nominations, its exceptional acting ensemble got almost entirely ignored (the lone exception being a nomination in the Best Guest Actor, Drama, category for Forest Whitaker). In a just world, Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough, Stellan Skarsgård would all have earned nominations—and that’s just to start. Elizabeth Dulau’s very first role was as Kleya in Andor. That is absurd, and this show deserved much more love than what it got.
But in our book the biggest of those snubs was Ben Mendelsohn, reprising his role as the villainous bureaucrat Orson Krennic from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Mendelsohn has described his turn in Andor as “fruitier,” and he’s not wrong—he eats up every scene he’s in, making the right choices constantly. His final scene with Gough—where Krennic chews Dedra out for her bad decisions, complete with an absolutely epic bop on the head—is one of the best moments in the history of Star Wars villainy (and all of recent television).
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