Ariana Madix and Harry Jowsey to Co-Host the 35th Annual Environmental Media Association Awards Gala

The Environmental Media Association (EMA) will hold its 35th Annual Awards Gala on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at Radford Studio Center in Los Angeles.

Ariana Madix will host the event. Harry Jowsey will co-host.

Event details

• Presented by Radford Studio Center and Toyota.
• Location: Radford Studio Center, Los Angeles, California.
• Date: October 11, 2025.
• The gala honors sustainable achievements in television and film.
• The event returns to a working studio lot for the second consecutive year.

Hosts and featured participants

• Ariana Madix: host, Love Island USA host, stage and screen actress, and New York Times best-selling author.
• Harry Jowsey: co-host, star of Let’s Marry Harry, and host of the podcast Boyfriend Material.
• Lance Bass: EMA Executive Board Co-Chair and the gala’s first celebrity executive producer.
• Debbie Levin: EMA CEO.
• Attendees mentioned include Malin Åkerman, Madelaine Petsch, Wendie Malick, Brie Garcia, Nikki Garcia, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kathy Griffin, Selma Blair, Jenna Dewan, and Caylee Cowan.

2025 EMA Awards nominees

Feature Film

• Jurassic World Rebirth — Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
• The Wild Robot — DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures
• Wicked — Universal Pictures

Documentary Film

• YANUNI — Malaika pictures
• Octopus! — Amazon MGM Studios, Jigsaw Productions, Wells Street Films
• The Last Rhinos: A New Hope — National Geographic, Sixty-Six Media Inc.

Paul Junger Witt Comedy Series

• Common Side Effects “S1 Ep 1 Pilot” — Adult Swim
• Abbott Elementary “Volunteers” — Warner Bros. Television
• The Simpsons “The Past and the Furious” — A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation

Documentary Series

• The Americas “The Gulf Coast” — BBC Studios Natural History Unit, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group
• Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom protecting the Wild “Safe Passage For Whales” — Hearst Media Production Group, Mutual of Omaha
• Wild Hope “Thunder and fire” — HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Red Rock Films

Reality Series

• Top Chef “Foraged in Fire” — NBCUniversal, Bravo, Magical Elves
• The Visioneers with Zay Harding “Sustainable Skylines” — Hearst Media Production Group, VoLo Foundation
• Life Below Zero: “Night Moves” — Produced by BBC Studios for National Geographic

Children’s Series

• Jane “Pan troglodytes” — Apple TV+ in association with Sinking Ship Entertainment
• Mission Unstoppable “Filtering Water, Frog Babies, and Firefighting” — Hearst Media Production Group, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
• A Real Bug's Life “Love in the Forest” — National Geographic, Plimsoll Productions

Drama Series

• Alien: Earth “Neverland” — FX on Hulu
• Yellowstone “Life is a Promise” — Linson Entertainment, Bosque Ranch Productions, Treehouse Films, 101 Studios, MTV Entertainment Studios
• Paradise “The Day” — 20th Television
• Grey’s Anatomy “Drop it Like it’s Hot” — Shondaland & 20th Television

Variety Series

• The Daily Show “Nick Offerman Is Sounding the Alarm: America’s National Parks Are Under Attack” — Comedy Central (Paramount)
• Aventura Gastronómica Colombia “S3 episode Taganga” — Sony Pictures Television
• Real Time With Bill Maher “S23 E13: April 25, 2025: Al Gore, Sen. Adam Schiff, Bret Stephens” — HBO in association with Bill Maher Productions

EMA Student Film

• Patchwork In Progress — School: Cal State Long Beach
• NISHI- — School: IAFM - Eco Film Lab Residency
• Ashes to the Eyes — School: The City College of New York

Tickets and sponsors

Tables for the gala can be purchased at green4ema.org/ema-awards.

Sponsors include Amazon MGM Studios, City National Bank, Dr Davis Nguyen, Fox Corporation, Getty Images, Karen Behnke, Kellogg Garden Products, LAcarGuy Family of Dealerships, MBS Group, Montage International, Nanlux Americas, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Pizza Girl, Prairie Organics, Radford Studio Center, Rodney Strong Vineyards, Sony Pictures Entertainment, TAGE Pictures Properties Lda, Tony’s Chocolonely, Toyota, Traditional Medicinals, The Walt Disney Company, Variety, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

About EMA

The Environmental Media Association is a nonprofit 501(c)3. It promotes environmental progress through celebrity role modeling, campaign work, social media messaging, year-round programs, and annual events.