Nate Bargatze focused on a charity gimmick - instead of political jokes - as host of the 2025 Emmy Awards. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)Nate Bargatze vowed to keep politics out of his Emmy hosting gig - and he stuck to it on Sunday night. The stand-up comedian, a first-time host on television's biggest awards show, kept things light, inoffensive and moving, but it took time to find his rhythm.Bargatze seemed nervous out of the gate during the CBS telecast. Luckily, he had a clever gimmick in his pocket: a running bit about keeping acceptance speeches to their 45-second limit.