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The Boys & Girls Clubs of America may end up being the biggest winner of Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. The afterschool youth programming nonprofit is now seeing a donation surge after a controversial fundraising bit at the center of television’s biggest night. Emmys host Nate Bargatze pledged $100,000 to the group at the top of the telecast — with a …

One of the biggest challenges an awards show host faces is helping the producers keep time, and the No. 1 offender is acceptance speeches. Everything else can be planned out and rehearsed, but the winners’ thank yous are unpredictable. Live awards shows have traditionally battled the issue with music meant to play off the winner when they got long-winded — …