The Late Night franchise on television has long been a place for emerging musical acts to get their time in the spotlight, with massive music fans Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon heading up the show for the previous 20 years. Now, with the NBC late night talk show in the hands of Seth Meyers, it seems as though the tides have changed.
According to Billboard, Meyers has set a strict limit to two musical guests per week on his incarnation of Late Night.
Despite his hip band led by his fellow SNL alum Fred Armisen, people in the music industry revealed that Meyers isn't as keen on incorporating musical guests into his program and would instead prefer to hang to his strengths with focusing on political and topical humor, as he did as the "Weekend Update" anchor on Saturday Night Live.
And, the two times a week thing checks out. Though Late Night featured A Great Big World, Kanye West and Brad Paisley during its first week on air, since then, the show has held steady with two performances a week. For the week of March 23, for instance, Karmin and Bleachers will be the lone musical guests.
So, what does this mean for those in the music industry and the Late Night franchise? It seems like the program will no longer be a place for rising musicians - at least as frequently. And, of course, there's rebranding. But at least we have The Roots at 11:30.
