Meyers Roasts Tucker Carlson’s ‘Proof-of-Life’ Video: ‘Why Are You Zooming in From Your Sauna?’ (Video)

Everyone seems glued to their phones these days, including some celebrities. But there are some that are taking a stand against technology, for personal or professional reasons, or sometimes both. Garth Brooks recently made headlines with a "no phones" policy for his Las Vegas residency, which kicks off May 18.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large From the moment an animated “Ted” opened the NBCUniversal upfront, voiced by Seth MacFarlane prior to the writers strike, it was clear this was going to be an abbreviated event. For starters, until a week ago, this was still going to be Linda Yaccarino’s Radio City Music Hall show. But with Yaccarino off running Twitter (“Ted” making a crack about the crazies now at Twitter earned the biggest inadvertent laugh of the morning), it was up to Mark Marshall, NBCU interim chairman, global advertising & partnerships, to make the pitch to advertisers. “In all of our conversations leading up today, regardless of client or category, there has been one constant…this is going to be a very important year for your businesses,” Marshall said, counting 32 pharma launches, 60 auto releases (including 46 electric vehicles) and over 100 movie releases (“which puts us back to pre-pandemic levels”) this year. “We know this is a competitive year. And here at NBCUniversal, we are built for these moments.”

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A trio of SNL greats joined the WGA picket line Tuesday at Silvercup Studios in Queens.

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are set to personally pay their staff salaries for the third week of the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.According to The Hollywood Reporter, both talk show hosts will fork out money from their own pockets to pay their staff during the third week of the writers strike, with NBC set to pay staff salaries for the first two weeks.Sarah Kobos, a staffer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, announced in a tweet on Tuesday (May 2) that NBC had originally decided to stop paying staff after the first week of the strike, adding that Fallon wasn’t present at a meeting between staff and the NBC just a day after he voiced his support for his staff at the Met Gala.He wasn’t even at the meeting this morning to tell us we won’t get paid after this week. @jimmyfallon please support your staff.

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are making sure that their writing staff are supported.

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are alleviating stress off their staffers’ shoulders.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NBC, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers intend to pay staffers of the network’s “Tonight” and “Late Night” shows three weeks’ of wages while the programs are sidelined due to the writers strike, according to two people familiar with the matter. NBC plans to pay two weeks of salary to staffers while each late-night host will pay a third week out of their own pockets, according to these people. Healthcare for the shows’ employees will be paid through September. Staffers were informed Wednesday morning during production calls, these people say, with Fallon and Meyers taking part personally to discuss the matter with his staff. The hosts typically do not participate in those early-day meetings.

Staffers on late-night shows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers can breathe slightly easier after the hosts and the networks worked out plans to pay crew after the late-night shows went dark.

this weekend, but the episode has been scrapped. And it's only Tuesday!No, Pete isn't canceled or anything. For those not following Hollywood news (which, fair), the for a fairer contract with the studios that accurately reflects the value writers bring in the streaming age.

Very unfortunate news has just been revealed: Pete Davidson‘s episode of Saturday Night Live is officially canceled.

standing in solidarity with the writers on strike beginning Tuesday, but he and his team did offer one last show before the deadline hit Monday night. During his last taping, the host joked that his home network doesn’t really even know what he does for them.As part of his “A Closer Look” segment, Meyers roasted Fox News for reportedly creating a secret dossier full of damaging information on now-former host Tucker Carlson, apparently as part of an effort to keep him from disparaging the network after he got fired.Of course, according to a recent report from Rolling Stone, the move is just “classic Fox” — but to Meyers, it’s actually “insane” that an employer would do that.“Not only does NBC not have a file on me, they don’t even know what I do here,” Meyers joked.

Seth Meyers got serious during his “Corrections” Late Night segment and talked about the possible writers strike. The late-night talk show host started off by saying that if he was good at one thing it was writing, “I love writing so much.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comedian Roy Wood Jr. did something many guests at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner forget to do: celebrate journalism. In a series of funny remarks that took on everything from Don Lemon to Fox News Channel’s massive $787.5 million settlement to Dominion Voting to President Biden’s age, Wood devoted significant time to calling for support for local journalism, noting that reporters working for regional and local media outlets are often the first to spot malfeasance or something wrong. He also mentioned his father’s work in local radio and his mother’s career in education. The comments added a personal touch to the proceedings, which are organized each year by the White House Correspondents Association and meant to call attention to the mission of holding government officials accountable in reporting meant to be consumed by the American public.

It’s official. The Late Late Show has come to an end!

James Cordenbid farewell to after eight years. The 44-year-old British late night host had a star-studded lineup for his send off and shed quite a few tears.

he doesn’t “have a clue” about what led to the dismissal of his colleague — but “Late Night” host Seth Meyers suspects that that was an intentional move on Fox’s part.The news of Carlson’s split from the network came on Monday morning and, in the days following, many have been trying to piece together what went down. During his radio show on Tuesday, Hannity said, “I guess people think that because I’ve been there the longest that I’d have some knowledge or understanding of what’s going on, but … I just don’t.”During his show on Fox on Monday night, Hannity barely mentioned Carlson, except to claim that he was better than Don Lemon (who was also fired this week) because “he had a massive audience and has a huge following.”“Yeah, Tucker has a huge following among racist lunatics and people who also want to f— the green M&M,” Meyers mocked on Wednesday.During his show, Hannity also noted that he didn’t have “any details” on Carlson’s ouster, which Meyers found a bit hard to believe.“You don’t have any details on it? His show was on right before yours,” Meyers said.

John Mulaney is opening up about the intervention that saved his life.In his new Netflix comedy special, , Mulaney got candid about the changes in his life over the last few years, including a stint in rehab and the intervention with his famous friends that got him there.Mulaney admitted that he was addicted to a cocktail of drugs, and was heavily using cocaine when a group of 12 friends in the comedy community gathered together in person in New York and over Zoom, under the guise of «dinner with a friend from college,» to encourage him to enter rehab.Calling it the "'We Are the World'" of alternative comedians over 40," Mulaney said everyone from Fred Armisen to Nick Kroll were on hand to voice their concern over Mulaney's well-being.In addition to Armisen and Kroll, he said Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, and Natasha Lyonne were at the intervention.«Let me just call this out now, I don't mean to be weird. It was a star-studded intervention. It was, like, a good group,» Mulaney told the sold-out crowd.

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Tucker Carlson is gone and late-night hosts are excited.