Uncertain future – The host fears that the television ecosystem can no longer support this format of program
The brutal cancellation of Late Show by Stephen Colbert by CBS sowed concern among his colleagues. Seth Meyers is no exception to this anxiety and entrusted his fears to Dax Shepard in his podcast Armchair Expert.
“There is this bizarre thing where I have the impression of having gone from the fear of not being good enough to a fear that strangely escapes my control, namely that at one point, the ecosystem could no longer support what we do,” said the host of Late Night with Seth Meyers.
A philosophy of pragmatic work
The one who made his arms in the Saturday Night Live Anime his talk show since February 2014, with nearly 1,700 episodes to his credit, all produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television for the NBC channel. However, despite this longevity, Seth Meyers remains lucid on the precariousness of its situation in the entertainment industry.
Faced with this uncertainty, the animator has developed a pragmatic approach. “If there is a breakthrough after eleven years of broadcast, it’s just to introduce yourself and do the work,” he said. “This is the only part for which they pay you, it is the only part in which you are good. “He also recognizes that” it’s not the best time to do what I do, but at least I got there. The world knows Seth Meyers in a way that satisfies me ”.
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