The Directors Guild of America announced nominees for its 2025 awards in television, with The Pitt and The Bear each securing two nominations in individual series categories. Saturday Night Live led franchises with three nods across SNL50 specials and a documentary series. The winners will be revealed at the 78th Annual DGA Awards on February 7, 2026, in Beverly Hills.
The Directors Guild of America revealed the nominees for outstanding directorial achievement in television categories for its 2025 awards, highlighting strong showings from several acclaimed series. The Pitt earned two nominations in the dramatic series category: Amanda Marsalis for the episode “6:00 P.M.” on HBO Max and John Wells for “7:00 A.M.” on HBO Max. The Bear also received two in comedy series: Janicza Bravo for “Worms” on FX on Hulu and Christopher Storer for “Bears” on FX on Hulu.
Saturday Night Live dominated the variety category with three nominations tied to its 50th anniversary celebrations: Beth McCarthy-Miller for “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” on Peacock, Liz Patrick for “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” on NBC, and Marshall Curry for the documentary episode “Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room” in SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night on Peacock.
Other notable dramatic series nominees include Liza Johnson for The Diplomat episode “Amagansett” on Netflix, Janus Metz for Andor episode “Who Are You?” on Disney+, and Ben Stiller for Severance episode “Cold Harbor” on Apple TV+. In comedy, Lucia Aniello was nominated for Hacks episode “A Slippery Slope” on HBO Max, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg for The Studio episode “The Oner” on Apple TV+, and Mike White for The White Lotus episode “Denials” on HBO Max.
The limited and anthology series category features Jason Bateman for Black Rabbit episode “The Black Rabbits” on Netflix, Antonio Campos for The Beast in Me episode “Sick Puppy” on Netflix, Lesli Linka Glatter for Zero Day episode 6 on Netflix, Shannon Murphy for Dying for Sex episode “It’s Not That Serious” on FX on Hulu, and Ally Pankiw for Black Mirror episode “Common People” on Netflix.
Movies for television nominees encompass Jesse Armstrong for “Mountainhead” on HBO Max, Stephen Chbosky for “Nonnas” on Netflix, Scott Derrickson for “The Gorge” on Apple TV+, Michael Morris for “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” on Peacock, and Kyle Newacheck for “Happy Gilmore 2” on Netflix.
Additional categories cover variety shows like The Late Show with Stephen Colbert directed by Yvonne De Mare, Jimmy Kimmel Live! by Andy Fisher, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver by Paul Pennolino; sports broadcasts including the 2025 World Series by Matthew Gangl; reality programs such as Jeopardy! by Lucinda M. Margolis and The Price is Right by Adam Sandler; and documentaries like “2000 Meters to Andriivka” by Mstyslav Chernov.
Commercials nominees include Kim Gehrig for Nike’s “You Can’t Win. So Win.,” Miles Jay for ChatGPT spots, Spike Jonze for Apple AirPods 4’s “Someday,” Andreas Nilsson for Apple iPhone 16 Pro’s “Garrett,” and Steve Rogers for Amazon’s “Bring a Book to Life.”
The ceremony is set for February 7, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
