This year's 77th Primetime Emmy awards started a bit differently, with comedian and host Nate Bargatze introducing a high-stakes game to try to keep acceptance speeches timely.

Bargatze began the evening pledging a $100,000 donation to the Boys and Girls Club of America , but there was a catch. Each winner is allotted 45 seconds for their thank you speech; for every second someone went over, $1,000 would be deducted from the sum of money. For every second under time, $1,000 would be added.

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He joked that stars don't need to go crazy under, reminding them in the end, he did have to pay the sum.

"That's tough, it's brutal," Bargatze said to the crowd of mixed emotions as nominees took in the high pressure stakes. "

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