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Comedian Nate Bargatze is confronting his critics after his hosting stint at the 77th Emmy Awards earlier this month was met with negative reviews from the press. Bargatze was widely panned for his elaborate plan to shorten acceptance speeches. He promised a donation of $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of America, but that amount diminished for every speech …

Emmys host. Illustration: CBS via Getty Images Can Nate Bargatze make it make cents? More than a week later, the host of the 2025 Emmys is still trying to break down the thought process behind taking money away from the Boys & Girls Club of America if a celebrity took longer than 45 seconds to accept their award. “I wasn’t …

Nate Bargatze says he never planned to donate $250,000 of his own cash to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America after the 2025 Emmys. Speaking on his Nateland podcast this week, the host confirmed that the ongoing bit was intended as a positive thing. “It came from a real place of heart,” he said. “I wasn’t trying to put anyone on …

Stephen Colbert showed off his shiny new Emmy on The Late Show, earning a standing ovation and a chant of “Stephen, Stephen” from the audience as he kicked off his show on Tuesday night. “On Sunday night we won our first Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series,” Colbert said. “Man, I’m telling you, we should have gotten cancelled years ago. This …

If sense of humor is genetic, then Nate Bargatze’s got great genes. Bargatze was not at his peak hosting Sunday’s Emmy Awards, but even a bad Bargatze is better than most stand-up comedians on their best night. His material was hit and miss, relying a bit too much on a fun fundraiser wrinkle. One unrelated joke was very miss — …

The ongoing feud between Stephen Colbert and President Donald Trump isn’t showing any signs of slowing down, especially after The Late Show won an Emmy. On Sunday, at the 2025 Emmy Awards, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert won best talk series for the first time, beating Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Daily Show. During Colbert’s first show after the awards ceremony …

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America are still benefiting from Nate Bargatze’s controversial Emmys bit  Chicago Tribune The Boys & Girls Clubs of America are still benefiting from Nate Bargatze’s controversial Emmys bit  AP News 6 lines from Nate Bargatze that sum up his night as Emmys host  yahoo.com Lorne Michaels Didn’t Know His Cut-Out Would Appear In ‘Survivor’ Sketch & Other …

Emmys hit four-year viewership high  Axios Best and Worst Moments From the 2025 Emmy Awards  The New York Times Emmy Awards 2025 Ratings Revealed – Was Show a Hit for CBS?  yahoo.com 8 takeaways from a so-so Emmys night  NPR Emmys 2025 Winners: ‘The Studio’ Dominates With 13 Wins, ‘Adolescence’ and ‘The Pitt’ Win Top Honors  Variety Source link

John Oliver stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live after earning two Emmys for Last Week Tonight, and took the opportunity to reflect on being forced to keep his acceptance speech short. Oliver recounted how he managed to thank everyone in only 19 seconds after the Emmys host, Nate Bargatze, kicked off a long-running (and much-maligned) bit where money was deducted from …

Streaming platforms once again dominated the 2025 Primetime Emmy awards (77th edition), while network TV was shut out of the the major filmed categories. Apple TV+ came out on top with seven total wins including four for The Studio: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor (Seth Rogen), Outstanding Directing (Rogen and Evan Goldberg) and Outstanding Writing. “I’ve never won anything …