Seth Meyers took a break from hosting his late night talk show to emcee the 2014 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Monday night.
Seth Meyers opens the #Emmys by telling us what Tina & Amy replied to his request for monologue help. https://t.co/8BmTgucyIe
— People magazine (@peoplemag) August 26, 2014
The host started off with a strong opening monologue, taking a lot of shots at his own network and Mondays.
“…people don’t remember the 1976 Emmys because they were held on an Monday.” Best lline so far. #Emmys
— vernejgay (@vernejgay) August 26, 2014
.@sethmeyers is really good. “NBC is also a network.”
#Emmys
— Dane Cook (@DaneCook) August 26, 2014
One of the big highlights was Meyers and Billy Eichner teaming up for “Billy on the Street.”
Here’s the #BillyOntheStreet video with @sethmeyers from tonight’s #Emmys with extra web only clips!!! http://t.co/lZhiNYuwFM
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) August 26, 2014
Then the host opened it up to some audience questions:
Great bit having the stars ask Seth Meyers questions from the audience! “Who has the bathroom key?” hooked up to an Emmy! #Emmys2014
— Derek Ingber (@derektvproducer) August 26, 2014
“I’m having so much fun. I think this is something they should do every year.” – Fred Armisen to @sethmeyers #AskSeth #Emmys #ETemmys
— Prasanna Ranganathan (@PRanganathan) August 26, 2014
Even though a few highlights stood out, not everyone was feeling the humor:
Weird Al is actually making me wish Seth Meyers was still onstage telling bad jokes.
— Zach Falkow (@ZachInTheMane) August 26, 2014
NBC shouldn’t have allowed Kimmel on stage — outshining Seth Meyers #Emmys
— Jeanine Poggi (@jpoggi) August 26, 2014
Seth Meyers best joke was the HIMYM finale, aside from that everything has been terrible
#Emmys
— Pablo Troncoso (@PabloTroncosoU) August 26, 2014
Oh Seth Meyers, this is almost as bad as your Late Night Show #Emmys #Emmys2014
— Michelle Zambrana (@meeshsparks) August 26, 2014
Before the Emmys broadcast, Meyers gave a host of interviews about the prestigious job. “Part of what makes [hosting] rewarding is that everybody knows you’re taking a risk,” Meyers told The New York Daily News. “I don’t think there’s a perception that hosting them is easy.”
In an interview with Vulture, Meyers said that he enlisted Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, his former “Saturday Night Live” colleagues, to help write some of the jokes in his Emmys monologue.
“If they could give me one joke each that would be so awesome,” he said. “It’s almost like you want them to give you a bad joke, so you can be like, ‘I didn’t want to tell it, but Tina Fey …'”
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