It took a while for the 2025 Emmy Awards to get to host Nate Bargatze’s monologue. First there was a sketch that called back to his pair of rapturously received Saturday Night Live appearances; a crowd-delighting welcome from Stephen Colbert,

Nate Bargatze had a new approach to encourage winners to stick to their allotted time for their acceptance speech at the Emmy Awards

The Emmys host wanted to make the ceremony fun, but his big idea didn’t work.

The host tied a $100,000 charity pledge to the length of acceptance speeches. Viewers called it tacky and winners ignored it.

Nate Bargatze, the highest-grossing stand-up in the U.S., talks about moving back to Nashville, the appeal of being a "clean comic," and hosting the 77th Emmy Awards on CBS.

For starters, Bargatze and CBS were never going to stiff the very nonprofit they basically dedicated the show to.

The CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Jim Clark shared a statement after the organization was involved in an ongoing bit during the 2025 Emmy Awards—one that resulted in a big donation.

As the Emmys host, Bargatze vowed to donate $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of America — but there was a caveat.