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Nate Bargatze Sets $100,000 Speech Clock as He Preps to Host Sunday’s Emmys

He promises a family-friendly tone with Boys & Girls Clubs kids watching the 45-second rule.

Overview

  • The 77th Primetime Emmys air Sunday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and stream live on Paramount+.
  • Each acceptance speech gets 45 seconds, with $1,000 docked from Bargatze’s $100,000 pledge for every second over and $1,000 added for every second under.
  • Children from Boys & Girls Clubs of America will be in the theater to underscore the incentive and its charitable target.
  • Bargatze says he will keep his material clean and largely apolitical, favoring self-deprecating humor over mean-spirited jabs.
  • He sought advice from Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien and Nikki Glaser, and says any nod to Stephen Colbert’s show cancellation would only be used if it isn’t hurtful.