Trump Foe Takes Unprecedented Hiatus Amid Late-Night Turmoil
The almost two-month break will be the longest the late-night show has ever taken.
CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images
The late-night field is getting even thinner—at least for the next couple of months.
Following the end of Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show and the start of Jimmy Kimmel’s usual summer break, Seth Meyers is reportedly also exiting the field. According to a report from Late Nighter, Meyers will take the longest planned break of his show’s history following his sign-off on Thursday. The Daily Beast has reached out to NBC for comment.
No reason was reported for the unprecedented hiatus, but the site reports the show will return with new installments on September 21. NBC will air repeats in place of new episodes.
Meyers won’t be off the grid during the seven-week break, as he has several scheduled performances, including standup shows and live editions of his Family Trips podcast.
Meyers will spend the break performing standup and working on his podcast.
David Schnack/Netflix/Courtesy Netflix
News of the production shutdown follows Meyers’ feud with Donald Trump last year. Meyers had previously been lower on Trump’s list of late-night TV foes to target after Kimmel and Colbert, though the president did take time out from his rants against those hosts in January to call Meyers “Marble Mouth Meyers” and “merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast.”
The back and forth became more heated after Trump apparently caught an October clip of Late Night in which Meyers said, “If anyone dares to say anything less than glowing, Trump loses his s--t.” Trump then played the part by blasting the host in response on social media, writing that Meyers “may be the least talented person to ‘perform’ live in the history of television.”
Meyers' long break comes amid Colbert's cancellation and Kimmel's summer hiatus.
CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images
Trump continued, “In fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise…Why does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this???”
Meyers continued to roast Trump even after the president called for his firing.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The president also suggested that Meyers’ criticisms of him may be against the law: “NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!”
Meyers’s anti-Trump predecessor David Letterman weighed in on the posts on his podcast, saying, “The president of the United States now wants to fire Seth Meyers... I thought, ‘This is just delightful. How do you think that’s going to go? So anyway, I’ve never been more proud of Seth Meyers.”
Colbert's "Late Show" aired its last episode on May 21.
NBC/Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images
Meyers brushed off Trump’s insults and continued to hammer him during his segments, including his last before the hiatus on Thursday. He quipped, mocking the awkward silence during the jokes in Trump’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech, “Even the crickets in attendance sat quietly wondering when the jokes were gonna start.”
Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? Follow us on Substack and YouTube for even more coverage.
Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
Register below to read this article for free or subscribe
to unlock unlimited access to The Daily Beast.
Monthly
$1
First month then $5.99/month
Annual
$35
First year then $59.99/year
Premium
$79
First year then $119.99/year
*Substack access provided by the next business day, using your subscription email. Choosing the Premium plan constitutes your permission to share your subscription email with Substack and your agreement to Substack’s Privacy Policy.
Already have an account? Sign In
Looks like you already have a subscription!
You're all set!
Thanks for subscribing.
Sign in or create an account
Login dialog
Loading comments…