The Emmy Awards, being held Sunday night at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, will feature something pretty rare: a showdown for best drama.

The Apple TV+ series “Severance” and the HBO Max medical show “The Pitt” are in a tight race for television’s most coveted prize, a face-off that the entertainment industry is watching closely because of how the contenders take such different approaches to making and crafting a TV show.

Prizes will be handed out in more than two dozen categories — including dramas, comedies, live specials, reality and talk series — for shows that aired between June 2024 and May 2025.