Seth Meyers Gears Up To Host The Emmy Awards

In February, he took over hosting NBC's Late Night just weeks after departing Saturday Night Live. He and Late Night producer Mike Shoemaker oversee Hulu's animated superhero series The Awesomes, which was just renewed for a third season. [...] on August 25, Meyers hosts the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (8/7c, NBC). [...] that's also been the lovely part - once you get that understanding that these are shows you can be a little less precious about. SNL always felt like the opening night of a Broadway show. For many people on the writing staff, this is their first job. [...] not only am I on this learning curve of hosting a talk show, but a lot of them are just learning to write for a talk show. Six months before the show started, I tried to be a better listener during conversations. Every time I talked to my parents, I realized, "Wow, you guys are a lot more interesting than I thought!" TV Guide Magazine: Kanye West was on the second show, and I look back now at the level of difficulty. TV Guide Magazine: ESPN famously tried to hire you to do a late night show. [...] at the end of the day, it didn't make more sense than staying home. Other than hearing the bass line of the Roots through the floor, you forget that they're in the same building. TV Guide Magazine: SNL seems to be going through a period of growing pains. There's nothing more fun than SNL when a group of people emerges. Every year, the morning after the Correspondents Dinner, he goes on TV and talks about how well the person did in comparison to me. With monologue jokes, you can't write them more than 10 days out or there's the danger they'll go stale. What's the right amount of screen time for an Emmy host? Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, True Detective, Fargo, and the HBO comedies. View original Seth Meyers Gears Up to Host the Emmy Awards at TVGuide.com