Since 2014, Seth Meyers has served as host of NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, which received Emmy Award nominations in 2022 and 2023 for Outstanding Talk Series. Meyers and the writing staff have been Emmy-nominated five times for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (2023; 2017–20). Meyers also received back-to-back Emmy nominations in 2021–22 for Late Night’s digital series Corrections. Late Night won back-to-back Critics Choice Awards for Best Talk Show in 2020–21.
Meyers began his TV career with Saturday Night Live in 2001 where he was a cast member for 13 seasons. He served as a head writer for nine seasons and as “Weekend Update” anchor for eight seasons. In 2011, Meyers won the Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. In all, Meyers has garnered 31 Emmy nominations for his work in television.
In 2019, Meyers released his debut stand-up special Lobby Baby on Netflix, which was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. In addition to his on-screen acclaim, Meyers is a New York Times bestselling author with the publication of his first picture book, I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared, released in 2022.
Meyers is co-creator and executive producer, alongside Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, of IFC’s Emmy-nominated docu-parody series Documentary Now! Meyers is also an executive producer of The Amber Ruffin Show for Peacock. He executive produced and lent his voice to Hulu’s animated superhero show The Awesomes and executive produced A.P. Bio for NBC and Peacock. Meyers and Late Night showrunner Mike Shoemaker established their production company, Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions, in 2017.
Additionally, Meyers has hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the ESPY Awards, and headlined the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to rave reviews.