{"id":13356,"date":"2020-09-26T19:10:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T00:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=13356"},"modified":"2020-09-26T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T00:11:19","slug":"seth-meyers-goes-live-on-primetime-with-closer-look-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/26\/seth-meyers-goes-live-on-primetime-with-closer-look-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Meyers Goes Live on Primetime with &#8220;Closer Look Thursday&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13357\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seth-meyers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seth-meyers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seth-meyers-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seth-meyers-260x149.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seth-meyers-160x92.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seth Meyers is moving to primetime leading up to the election with &#8220;<strong><em>Closer Look Thursday<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The half-hour special will air October 8 at 8:30PM ET\/PT, live from Studio 8G in midtown Manhattan&#8217;s iconic Rockefeller Center.<\/p><div id=\"morty-611462776\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the monumental election gets down to the wire, Meyers and &#8220;<em>Closer Look Thursday<\/em>&#8221; will dissect the events of the day, up-to-the-minute breaking news and other important facts as America begins to cast its vote.<\/p>\n<p>Vanity Fair has called Meyers &#8220;the strongest interviewer in late night&#8221; and says he has &#8220;long soared above his peers&#8221; while Entertainment Weekly called his &#8220;Closer Look&#8221; segments &#8220;sharp, searing commentary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For the 2019-20 season, &#8220;Late Night with Seth Meyers&#8221; has averaged a 0.22 rating in adults 18-49 and 1.220 million viewers overall in &#8220;live plus seven day&#8221; Nielsens. 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