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Late Night with Seth Meyers host Seth Meyers said that when David Letterman was a guest this past season to celebrate the late-night show’s 40th anniversary, Letterman was still nervous.
Letterman was the original host of NBC’s 12:30 a.m. talk show, and returned for an interview on the show’s anniversary in February. Meyers, speaking during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees award-season event, said that Letterman still checked in with him during commercial breaks.
“The funny thing about Letterman is I think he said something along the lines of, ‘I hope that’s all okay,’” Meyers said. “He is forever a man of great humility but it is shocking to me that I was in a position to tell David Letterman, ‘Yeah, you’re doing great. Don’t worry, David Letterman, you are on a talk show and you’re doing great.”
Having Letterman in the house kept Meyers and his staff in check. “The hardest thing about having David Letterman around is not blowing smoke the whole time because he would hate that,” Meyers said. “He would certainly hate it if you did it in a room full of people. It was just trying to stay within ourselves and realize he would only enjoy it if you did a good talk show.”
Late Night with Seth Meyers is nominated this year for Outstanding Variety Talk Series for the first time since Meyers took over in 2014. As the only 12:30 show nominated in the category, the host credits DVR and online replays with reaching Emmy voters and audiences.“The internet helps there,” Meyers said. “It’s lovely, the longer we’ve done this show, how many people I meet who watch the show in the morning. Shout-out to online viewers.”The show is also nominated for directing, and its segment “Corrections” is up in the
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Phoebe Bridgers has branched her philanthropic efforts out to include the launch of her own taco, teaming up with LA restaurant HomeState to create ‘The Maxine’ in a fundraising effort for the city’s CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) wing.Named for Bridgers’ black pug – who is occasionally spotted at Bridgers’ shows, appeared onstage with her earlier this month, and made a cameo in her recent Seth Meyers interview – ‘The Maxine’ features black beans, shiitake mushrooms, avocado, caramelised onions and crispy corn strips inside a soft corn tortilla. The vegan taco will be available at all five of HomeState’s LA locations between now and November 22.“HomeState is one of my favorite local restaurants; Maxine and I should probably be cut off from their breakfast tacos by now,” Bridgers said in a statement announcing the collaboration.
first Emmy nomination for “Late Night with Seth Meyers” in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category, host Seth Meyers sat down with TheWrap for our inaugural video AMA to answer fan-submitted questions about everything from “SNL” memories to his favorite soup. Indeed, we relayed a diverse range of questions to Meyers that fully embodied the spirit of “Ask Me Anything,” and unsurprisingly the “Late Night” host was more than game to answer.“I know you’re supposed to say you’re not excited about these things because they don’t matter, but I was deeply excited by the Emmy nomination,” Meyers said with a chuckle when asked how he was feeling about the show’s Emmy nomination for Variety Talk Series.This is the first nomination for “Late Night” in the category since Meyers’ show began in 2014, although the show has previously received four nominations in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series category (and Meyers himself is also nominated this year for Outstanding Short Form Comedy alongside executive producer Mike Shoemaker for the YouTube exclusive “Corrections”).Much has been written about the evolution of “Late Night” during the pandemic, in which the show shifted into a more loose and surprisingly serialized form with Meyers interacting directly with the show’s fans via YouTube comments.
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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“They asked, and it’s an honor,” Thompson told me Thursday on a sweltering August afternoon in Hollywood, where he was receiving his star on the Walk of Fame. “It’s a giant career milestone to host an Emmys, an Oscars, a Tonys, whatever.
Seth Meyers was trying to avoid being disappointed in front of his children on Emmy nomination morning, so he went for a run around New York City. He needn’t have worried. For the first time since he took the reins, Late Night with Seth Meyers earned a spot on Emmy’s Outstanding Variety Talk Series ballot.
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Midterm elections are in full swing, and twice-impeached former President Donald Trump has been vocal in them, endorsing candidates and his 2020 election lies about voter fraud. Many have dubbed it Trump’s “revenge tour” as he gears up to announce another run for president in 2024.
Seth Meyers returned to studio on Wednesday night after recovering from a second bout of COVID-19 – or as he joked, the virus’ “Season 2 pick-up” – and, beyond his return, he celebrated Kansas’ big win on abortion rights. Of course, Meyers also celebrated how angry it probably made Justice Brett Kavanaugh.On Tuesday night, voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected the idea of removing a woman’s right to an abortion from the state constitution, showing up in record highs and voting against a measure that would do just that.
by visiting this page.Ever wondered what it’s really like to make “Late Night?” Are you curious what Andy Samberg’s response was when Meyers hung up on him during “Corrections?” Do you want to know how Meyers didn’t break down laughing while filming Stefon with Bill Hader on “Saturday Night Live?” Or how about how they choose which documentaries to tackle on “Documentary Now!”?The choice of question is yours, and we’ll hit Meyers with a bevy of these fan-submitted questions in a video that you’ll be able to watch on TheWrap.“Late Night with Seth Meyers” is currently nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, including the show’s first-ever nomination for Outstanding Variety Talk Series.
Seth Meyers has once again tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the host to once again cancel the remainder of his shows.The 48-year-old late-night TV host took to Twitter on Wednesday morning and revealed that he tested positive, this after testing negative on Monday and Tuesday. As a result, Meyers said he's «canceling shows the rest of this week.» He apologized «to our scheduled guests and loyal viewers!»Meyers was set to host star Nathan Lane and musical guest Maren Morris for Wednesday's show; star Adam Pally on Thursday; and Issa Rae and comedian Nikki Glaser for Friday's show.After negative tests Monday and Tuesday I tested positive for COVID this morning.
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” have been canceled after host Seth Meyers tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.“After negative tests Monday and Tuesday I tested positive for COVID this morning,” Meyers tweeted on Wednesday. “Canceling shows the rest of this week.
Seth Meyers has tested positive for COVID-19.
Late-night continues to be hit by Covid.
Kate Winslet has found her latest HBO limited series.