Seth Meyers isn’t going anyplace.
The Late Evening host has prolonged his cope with NBCUniversal by way of 2028, the corporate introduced Monday. Meyers, who skewered the community (amongst others) throughout NBCU’s upfront presentation Monday morning, will stay host of Late Evening by way of 2028. Moreover, Meyers’ Sethmaker Shoemeyers manufacturing firm has prolonged its cope with Common Studio Group and can proceed to create and develop scripted and unscripted programming for the corporate’s huge portfolio.
“During the last 10 years, Seth has resonated along with his viewers night time after night time with a pointy monologue and established segments comparable to A Nearer Look and Day Consuming,” stated Katie Hockmeyer, govt vp late night time programming at NBCUniversal Leisure. “We’re so blissful to proceed this legacy franchise with Seth on the helm and watch him proceed to raise the success of Late Evening.”
Meyers and NBC lately celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Meyers-hosted Late Evening, which initially launched Feb. 24, 2014. The sequence is produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. Michaels and Mike Shoemaker exec produce the sequence, which streams the following day on Peacock.
Meyers’ choice to stay at Late Evening arrives as his title, alongside fellow SNL alum Tina Fey, has been bandied about as a potential substitute for Michaels atop the veteran sketch comedy. Michaels has been open about overseeing SNL by way of its fiftieth anniversary particular in February however past that, it’s unclear how lengthy the comedy kingpin will stay with the sequence.
When it comes to the late-night house, Meyers’ new pact comes after Jimmy Kimmel re-upped his cope with Disney to stay at Jimmy Kimmel Dwell by way of its twenty third season at ABC. CBS’ Stephen Colbert prolonged his cope with the Paramount International-backed community to stay on the Late Present by way of 2026. Different late-night hosts, together with HBO’s John Oliver and Invoice Maher, additionally lately prolonged their respective offers.
The information comes because the late-night house has skilled contraction after CBS changed James Cordon with an up to date model of After Midnight and as cable networks and streamers have additionally exited the expensive style.