The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards returned to the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 14. The show kicked off with a sketch about the creation of television featuring this year’s host, comedian Nate Bargatze, joined by “Saturday Night Live” cast members Bowen Yang, Mickey Day and James Austin Johnson.

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For fans of “SNL,” the sketch resembled one the comedian had previously done while hosting the show—Bargatze playing George Washington, with very specific visions for the future of America. In the Emmys sketch, however, the comedian played Philo T. Farnsworth, the father of television, and waxed poetic about his vision for the future of television. That future included streaming service

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