The Emmys Were Good In Spite of Nate Bargatze

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The likable Nate Bargatze hosted this year’s Primetime Emmy telecast and got off to a decent start, substituting the typical awards show monologue with a variation on the George Washington SNL sketch (with assists from Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson, and Mikey Day) that made him famous outside of stand-up comedy circles. He hit the right tone, poking fun more at the industry than at individuals.

From there, unfortunately, it was mostly downhill for Bargatze. He introduced the idea of limiting acceptance speeches (to a mere 45 seconds) by telling winners that, for every second they went over, he’d deduct $1,000 from a $100,000 donation he’d be making to the Boys & Girls Club (and add $1,000 for every s

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