Nate Bargatze will host the 2025 Emmy Awards

LOS ANGELES – Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze volition big the 77th Emmy Awards, CBS announced Wednesday.

One of the astir fashionable stand-ups presently working, Bargatze volition emcee the Sept. 14 ceremonial astatine the Peacock Theater successful Los Angeles.

While the Oscars person recovered occurrence with Conan O'Brien, acceptable to instrumentality successful 2026, and the Golden Globes with returning big Nikki Glaser, the Emmys person had a harder clip uncovering a regular host. The past 4 Emmys person been hosted by Eugene and Dan Levy, Anthony Anderson, Kenan Thompson and Cedric the Entertainer.

“Nate is 1 of the hottest comics successful the concern with a singular and hilarious marque of drama that profoundly resonates with multi-generational audiences astir the globe,” said Cris Abrego, seat of the Television Academy.

Bargatze, portion yet to emcee a large awards show, is among the astir sought-after entertainers, releasing 3 Netflix specials including December's “Your Friend, Nate Bargatze” and hosting “Saturday Night Live.” With much than 1.2 cardinal tickets sold successful 2024, according to Pollstar, helium was the top-earning comedian of the year.

“It’s a immense grant to beryllium asked to big specified an iconic awards amusement and I’m beyond excited to enactment with CBS to make a nighttime that tin beryllium enjoyed by families astir the world,” Bargatze said.

Last year's Emmys, hosted by the father-son Levy duo, reached 6.87 cardinal mean viewers, according to Nielsen, up 54% from the erstwhile year.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This worldly whitethorn not beryllium published, broadcast, rewritten oregon redistributed without permission.