Seth Meyers followed in Jimmy Fallon’s footsteps by taking a seat behind the desk of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, and the pair is about to pull the same trick again.
Meyers has officially been confirmed as the new host of “Late Night” when Jimmy Fallon takes over for Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show,” according to E! News.
“I only have to work for Lorne [Michaels] for five more years before I pay him back for the time I totaled his car,” Meyers said about Lorne Michaels who will executive produce the show. Michaels is the longtime executive producer of SNL and will have the same position at “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”
“We think Seth is one of the brightest, most insightful comedy writers and performers of his generation,” said NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt. “His years at SNL‘s ‘Weekend Update’ desk, not to mention being head writer of the show for many seasons, helped him hone a topical brand of comedy that is perfect for the Late Night franchise.”
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallow” will both be based in 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, which already houses “Saturday Night Live.”
Exact dates of the late night reshuffle at NBC haven’t been announced but the network has said that the changes should come into effect in the Spring of 2014.