The 77th Emmy Awards had the highest ratings since 2021

Embed from Getty Images I addressed my grievances with comedian Nate Bargatze's performance as host in previous Emmys coverage, but let me rant summarize again: Despite an encouraging opening, I was wholly disappointed with his bit about donating $100,000 of his own funds to charity with the caveat that $1,000 would be deducted for every one second a winner exceeded their allotted 45 seconds of acceptance speech time (along with the inverse beindg true: $1,000 added for each one second under). This whole setup made me groan for several reasons. First, just give the winners their damn time. . . .