The 41-year-old comedian returned for the second year in a row to helm Sunday's event, and producer Glen Weiss thinks she has "truly found her place" with the annual awards ceremony.
"We all have been focused on this year. No conversation about it. But if you ask me, what's in my heart, I certainly hope so," he told Variety.
Weiss described the comic as "a perfect host" for the ceremony, and heaped praise on her work ethic and adaptability.
"Nikki is such a great talent, and I think she really, truly found her place here. I think she's a perfect host for us," he said.
"And I will say this, that she is one of the hardest working people I've met in this industry. She really cares about what she's doing.
"She goes out, she practices sets, things changed right up till when we went on the air from our first rehearsal to the last.
"And I've got to give her major props for not just how funny she is, but how hard she works and what a great person she is for this role."
At the beginning of the show, Nikki aimed a scathing dig at broadcaster CBS News, despite the ceremony airing on CBS itself.
During her monologue, she quipped: "The award for most editing goes to CBS News. Yes. CBS news: America's newest place to 'see BS news'."
Asked if there was any pushback from the network, producer Ricky Kirshner said: "I think when you start off by doing a self-deprecating joke about your own plastic surgery, you set the tone of, 'I'm not here to really harm people.'
"I was sitting next to the CBS executive during rehearsal. Glenn had heard that joke in clubs throughout the week, and we hadn't heard it all week until rehearsal day.
"She did it, I was sitting with the CBS exec, and I looked over at her, and she texted a few people, and said, 'Yeah, it's OK. It's fine.' "
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