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.Perversely, it was the pandemic that helped the former Saturday Night Live star find his groove.
Forced to produce his show from the attic of his in-laws’ house for long stretches with only a painting of an old sea captain and worn copy of The Thorn Birds for company, Meyers ditched his suit and tie and took his show, which launched in 2014, to a more relaxed level.
Audiences, and evidently Emmy voters, noticed.Meyers returned to 30 Rock in September 2020, and a studio audience followed just over a year later in October 2021.
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