On TV’s biggest night, a money ticker appeared on the screen that took away $1,000 every time a winner went over their allotted time. Emmy viewers called the act “diabolical” as the money went to charity.

Host Nate Bargatze explained at the beginning of the broadcast on Sunday, September 14, that he would donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of America .

However, every time a winner’s speech went over 45 seconds, the money would start counting down. “Every second you go over, we take away $1,000 from the Boys & Girls Club,” Bargatze said. “I’m not taking it away. It’s you, if you want to thank your agent and your fifth agent and all this kind of stuff.”

When a winner went under their time limit, money was added back to the pot. “If you do 20 seconds and you leave 25 seconds on

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