Nate bargatzeThe extremely popular stand-up comedian who recognized near the top of Sunday night Emmys Telecast that he is less well established in Hollywood, would always get his work cut out for him as host of TV’s most prestigious price exhibition. By hiring Nashville, who is known for self-launching humor and charming nonchalance, CBS and producers Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jannae Rouzan-Clay aimed on an audience outside the Peace Dater in Los Angeles. Bargatze’s Everyman appeal is not with the famous actors and directors gathered to celebrate their best work, but with spectators who otherwise may not be going to look at Emmys on a night where they could catch an NFL game, an MLB game or theme park’s Ride-turned feature film “Jungle Cruise” (at ABC!).
So when his latest and most formal gig began with a sketch-harassment back to his most famous small-screen success so far: “Washington’s dream” sketch at “SNL” – There was reason to believe that he could go the fine line between sincerely to honor artistic achievements and point fun at those who are honored (and probably themselves). It is the host’s eternal struggle, after all: combining the ceremony’s three main genres – comedy, drama and limited series – to a fun, moving and Snappy show.
Well, “snappy” is a nice way to put what followed.
While many bad pieces are often used to refer to notorious awards (“Remember when Seth Macfarlane sang ‘I saw your breasts’ On Oscars? “) Is it rare that a single piece is so disastrous that it torments a full three hours of production as it happens. Then it is also rare for a host to go on live TV and keep charity money-his only demand is that those who are lucky to win their speeches so short that they are either rushed, forgetfulness or bolma.
Many viewers picked up the idea right away – that winners would be limited to 45 seconds for each number and punished $ 1,000 for every second they go over – before the donation broken showed up next to Emmy recipients When they were still talkingOr was quoted as a reason for packing before they could remember what they wanted to say, or when it was clear that Bargatze wrote 90 percent of his jokes linked to how much money he was or did not donate to Boys and Girls Club of America. (And why did these jokes follow all the same structure? It felt like Bargatze said that any version of, “The last number cost me money/saved me money” about 19 times.)
Aren’t the speeches why people look at Emmys? Shouldn’t the honors think of their colleagues, families and friends, and not how many tens of thousands of dollars who thank them will cost children in need? Shouldn’t they feel proud of their performance at the end and not be ashamed of how many seconds they took up to admit it?
And from the audience’s point of view, we want to scream at our favorite TV Stars to hurry and get off the stage? Do we want to feel guilty of enjoying the fragile moments when they take a second to strike back the tears and find just the right word? Would all prefer if they just sent out the list of winners As an e -mail message? It’s the most effective way to do it!
Emmys, for two years in a row and for many years overall, has felt more of embarrassment for existing than pride in the assignment. Why so many producers feel the need to meet awards for people who do not like awards, I will never understand, but the 77th Emmy Awards did a bit to counteract that imbalance, no matter what the final balance of Bargatze’s charity victims turned out to be. (CBS ended with donating $ 100,000 to Bargatzes $ 250,000 for a total of $ 350,000 after tracker threw well to the red after the last few speeches.)
Still, there were high at night, and no one was taller than when Stephen Colbert sprinted to the stage after winning the best talk show for the soon -to -be -off “The Late Show.”
“Sometimes you just really know how much you love something when you get the feeling that you might lose it,” he said. “Ten years (after starting the show), in September 2025, my friends, I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Keep strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to get you down, go crazy and hit a higher floor.”
That sentence may have cost Boys and Girls Club a few thousand dollars, but at the moment no one cared – which is how it would feel. We should all get stuck in the moment. We should all share the tension. We should not all hope for a polite nick, a Curt word and then to the next Terse speaker. Colbert’s delight gave his well -written speech an extra Oomph, and the audience was anxious to hear everything and everything he had to say. You can even claim that they were starving for a heartfelt and inspiring address on one night designed to keep them in the fourth. (Thankfully for Hannah Einbinder as well, whose year-in-the-speaking speech made a prominent political point and came directly from the heart-in justice Six short words.)
Cristin Milioti’s exuberant victory for “The Penguin” stood out in a similar unlimited way, when the long -term actress got her first Emmy (for her first nomination) and released on stage. Grining ear to ear but still clearly overwhelmed by the moment, miliotic especially broke from her serious thank you and open enthusiasm when she noticed that her time was about to end. (“Did you joke?” She said. “Wow, this quickly.”) But that didn’t stop her from shouting, “I love you, and I love to act so much!” Before you release an actual scream to end it.
Would the show have been particularly better without these nods to love, art and humanity itself? I don’t think! The night would also not be better served by Jeff Hiller – adorned in glittering pink suit – had faded quietly in the background. “The last 25 years I have been, ‘World, I want to be an actor,’ and the world is like, ‘maybe computers?'” He said, accepting the best supportive actor in a comedy series for his role in “Someone somewhere.” Thankfully, the Emmy statue, if not Emmy Telecast, spoke on a world that is eager for more of his spectacle.
In addition to the misjudged charity bite, in 2025, Emmys also suffered a general lack of enthusiasm for their Honorees and fans of awards in general. There were no clips for the nominees and shockingly few examples of their work that were shown during the broadcast. The reunions (if you can call them so) did a little to knit nostalgia for shows like “Gilmore girls” and “Law & Order.” The celebrities were present (when they were not rushed from the stage) were also not well attended. JB SMOOVE to talk to Ben Stiller should be good for at least one laugh, but it was like Stiller had no idea what happened! Were there no repetitions this year?
Even Bargatze’s opening sketch fell randomly together. Like Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of TV, Bargatze joked that people do not actually understand “severance pay”, no one knows what a producer is doing, and only women are watching true-crime TV. His few sharper jokes – “What is streaming, sir?” “A new way for people to lose money” better quips in the future (as when referring to Paramount-Warner Bros.-Fusion while introducing “Gilmore Girls”), but Bargatze didn’t even give up enough time to get there. He did not make a monologue and instead moved from the sketch to the first category before returning to introduce the convicted charity hour.
“If you want to say more, do it on social media later,” he said. “More people will see that anyway.”
It may be true, but you still have to put on a show for the people of the auditorium, and The speakers are the show. Don’t be so embarrassed to admit it.
Rating: D+
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards was held on Sunday 14 September at the PeaCock Theater in central Los Angeles, approx. The telecoast is broadcast on CBS and is available to stream on Paramount+.
