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Nate Bargatze Sets $100,000 Speech-Time Challenge for 77th Emmys

The comedian signals a kinder approach to jokes, with winner remarks affecting a Boys & Girls Clubs donation.

Nate Bargatze, right, with his wife, Laura Bargatze at a Michael J. Fox Foundation event, A Country Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's, in Nashville on April 26, 2023.
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Overview

  • The 77th Emmy Awards air Sunday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+, live from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater.
  • Bargatze will tie acceptance speech length to a $100,000 personal donation to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, deducting $1,000 for each second over 45 and adding the same amount for unused time.
  • He says his monologue will include show-related jokes delivered without meanness, noting he has cut roast-style material that felt too harsh.
  • In preparing for the gig, he sought guidance from Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Lorne Michaels, who urged him to be himself.
  • Bargatze’s rise includes selling more than 1.2 million tickets on his latest tour and TV credits such as hosting Saturday Night Live twice and 14 appearances on The Tonight Show.