{"id":2265999,"date":"2024-06-12T13:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sour-note-nbc-axes-late-night-with-seth-meyers-band-in-new-round-of-budget-cuts\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T13:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T17:38:27","slug":"sour-note-nbc-axes-late-night-with-seth-meyers-band-in-new-round-of-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sour-note-nbc-axes-late-night-with-seth-meyers-band-in-new-round-of-budget-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC cuts Late Night with Seth Meyers band amid budget reductions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsour-note-nbc-axes-late-night-with-seth-meyers-band-in-new-round-of-budget-cuts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2265999&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Late-night\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">host<\/a> Seth Meyers \u200dwill not feature the 8G \u2062Band on his show during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">fall season<\/a> because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">budget cuts<\/a> by NBC. This \u2064will be the first time &#8220;Late Night with\u200d Seth Meyers&#8221; will\u200c operate without live music in\u2063 its\u2063 10-year history. Keyboard player Eli Janney revealed that Meyers and showrunner Mike Shoemaker expressed\u200b their \u2063regret and frustration about this decision during \u2064a meeting, indicating that they had tried for months to avoid this outcome.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Late-night host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seth-meyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Seth Meyers<\/a> will not have the 8G Band during the fall season of his show due to budget cuts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs mark the first time that <em>Late Night with Seth Meyers<\/em> will not have live music in its 10-year run. Keyboard player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/seth-meyers-late-night-band-goodbye-eli-janney.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Eli Janney said<\/a> in a new interview that Meyers and Mike Shoemaker, the showrunner of <em>Late Night<\/em>, broke the news to the band in a meeting, during which they expressed their \u201cregret and frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had been trying to work it out for months, but in the end NBC was adamant about where they wanted the budget to go,\u201d Janney said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just the band; there\u2019s a whole crew that works with the band, so there\u2019s a lot of people employed. I think this was an easy way for them to cut the budget. Easy is not the right word.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Seth Meyers arrives at a screening of Late Night with Seth Meyers during PaleyFest, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Janney attributed the budget cuts on the show to the \u201cshrinking market\u201d of broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/TV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>television<\/a>, noting how streaming is eating away from the share of attention that television used to have. He compared it to how Spotify affected the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>music<\/a> industry, which made people not want to pay for music when they could just stream it.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Meyers\u2019s show would still have walk-on music, Janney said the band will still work on music for the show, but the difference is that the band would not be playing it live. He also confirmed that the band will update this walk-on music periodically \u201cto keep things fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The show itself won\u2019t be going anywhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/seth-meyers-late-night-host-deal-2028-1236001095\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Meyers recently signed a new contract <\/a>through 2028. He became host after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-fallon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jimmy Fallon<\/a> moved to <em>The Tonight Show<\/em> in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has contacted NBC News for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late-night host Seth Meyers will be without the 8G Band on his show this fall due to NBC&#8217;s budget cuts. This marks the first absence of live music in the 10-year history of Late Night with Seth Meyers. 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