If you’ve been sleeping, then you definitely missed it, but there’s a writer’s strike happening right now, and it’s sent nightly talk shows into the dark.
One program that’s been affected is NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” and while some striking Writer’s Guild members have put together YouTube shows (read: “Picket Tonight”), Meyers himself is going on tour which includes at least one summer stop in Florida.
Tickets to see Seth Meyers do stand-up at Tampa’s Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Thursday, Aug. 10 go on sale Friday, June 9 and start at $110.
The 49-year-old came to prominence during his 13-year tenure on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” where he was head writer and part of the show’s popular “Weekend Update.” He and Obama even unintentionally teamed up to shit on Trump during the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner (which some argue inspired Donald to run).
He knows full well that the strike could go on for a long time (one WGA strike in 2007 went over 100 days and into the new year), and he’s been supportive of the action.
“No one is entitled to a job in show business. But for those people who have a job in show business, they are entitled to fair compensation,” Meyers told “Late Night” viewers on Friday. “They are entitled to make a living. I think it’s a very reasonable demand that is being set out by the guild, and I support those demands.”
Meyers is even personally paying his staff, according to Vulture.
No telling what Meyers has in store for audiences, but he’s one hell of a writer (with 29 Emmy nominations and one win, plus several Writers Guild of America Awards) so expect it to be good.
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This article appears in Jun 1-7, 2023.
