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 of those pages and learned a few things. So here's an overview of Emmy nomination voting in 2025, which will last through Monday, June 23. . . .