Late Night with Seth Meyers (born: December 28, 1973)[1], is an American late night news and political satire talk show hosted by Seth Adam Meyers on NBC. This show premiere on February 24, 2014. Airing weeknights at 12:37 a.m. ET/PT, it is the fourth iteration of NBC's Late Night franchise. He was a cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2014. He is an American comedian, television host, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster.
Personal Life[]
Seth was born in Evanston, Illinois, and was raised in Okemos, Michigan,[2] from four to ten years of age, and Bedford, New Hampshire, after that. Meyers's mother, Hilary Claire (née Olson), was a French teacher, and his father, Laurence Meyers Jr., worked in finance. His younger brother, Josh Meyers, is an actor and comedian.
But his paternal grandfather was an Ashkenazi Jewish emigrant from Kalvarija near Marijampolė in modern-day Lithuania. The rest of his ancestry is Czech, Austrian, Croatian (from his paternal grandmother), Swedish (from his maternal grandfather), English, and German. Meyers discovered on the show Finding Your Roots that his family's original surname, Trakianski, was changed by his great-grandfather to Meyers, after his own father Mejer Trakianski.
He attended Edgewood Elementary in Okemos. He graduated from Manchester High School West in New Hampshire. He graduated in 1996 from Northwestern University in Evanston (the town of his birth), where he became a member of the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta. [3]
Career[]
Meyers began his TV career with Saturday Night Live in 2001 where he was a cast member for 13 seasons. He served as head writer for nine seasons and “Weekend Update” anchor for eight. In 2011, Meyers won the Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for host Justin Timberlake’s musical monologue.
NBC announced on May 12, 2013, that Meyers would be the new host of Late Night in 2014, succeeding Jimmy Fallon, as Fallon became host of The Tonight Show. Meyers assumed his role on Late Night on February 24, 2014, and his first guest was former SNL castmate and Weekend Update anchor Amy Poehler. Meyers announced February 10, 2014, that the bandleader for his house band "The 8G Band" would be his former SNL colleague Fred Armisen. More recently, he and his Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions company signed an overall deal with NBCUniversal.
He became engaged to his girlfriend of five years, attorney Alexi Ashe, in July 2013.[4] The two married in a Jewish ceremony September 1, 2013, on Martha's Vineyard. Their first son, Ashe Olson Meyers (named after Meyers's wife's and mother's maiden names, respectively), was born at Lenox Hill Hospital on March 27, 2016.[5] On April 8, 2018, the couple's second son, Axel Strahl Meyers, was delivered in the lobby of their apartment building. On November 24, 2021, he announced the birth of his daughter, Adelaide Ruth Meyers, during Late Night's Corrections segment.
History[]
He joined created his channel in May 10th, 2013.[6]
Trivia[]
- When he was age of 40, he's the oldest person to start hosting NBC's "Late Night."
- He commuted to Saturday Night Live (1975) by subway from his apartment in the West Village.
- His favorite football team is Pittsburgh Steelers.
Subscriber Milestone[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 million subscribers: February 20, 2017
- 2 million subscribers: April 19, 2018
- 3 million subscribers: July 2, 2019
- 4 million subscribers: May 4, 2021
Video View Milestone[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 billion views: December 8, 2018
- 2 billion views: December 27, 2020
- 3 billion views: May 4, 2023
References[]
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513388/
- ↑ https://dailynorthwestern.com/2011/10/19/uncategorized/q-a-with-seth-meyers-northwestern-homecoming-parade-grand-marshal/
- ↑ https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring2008/alumninews/wherearetheynow/sethmeyers.html
- ↑ https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/seth-meyers-engaged-to-girlfriend-alexi-ashe-201357/#ixzz2YB0LFZAV
- ↑ https://people.com/parents/seth-meyers-welcomes-son-apartment-lobby/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@LateNightSeth
