Overview

• First-time Emmys host Nate Bargatze pledged $100,000 of his own money to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, linking the final amount to winners’ speech lengths.
• Recipients will have 45 seconds for remarks, with $1,000 deducted for each second over the limit and $1,000 added for each second under.
• Children from Boys & Girls Clubs will attend the ceremony, a choice Bargatze says underscores the charitable stakes for winners on stage.
• Producers pressed for a way to keep the telecast on schedule, and executive producer Jeannae Rouzan-Clay publicly praised Bargatze’s approach.
• Bargatze says he will keep material family-friendly and non-mean, and he sought tips from past hosts including Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien and Nikki Glaser; the Emmys air Sunday at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater.