Seth Meyers opened NBCUniversal’s upfronts week with a fiery monologue that skewered Donald Trump and CBS, delivered during the media giant’s Monday morning presentation.
Closing out the network’s upfronts lineup, the Late Night with Seth Meyers host began with a joke that struck a chord: he might soon join Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert as a target of Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
"Hey, good morning, everybody. I’m Seth Meyers, or as the FCC calls me next," he quipped.
Meyers continued, striking a more serious tone:
"Let me start by being upfront with you. Things could be going better. That’s not to say there isn’t plenty of good news: NBC was the number one broadcast television network for the 2025-2026 season."
He then pivoted to CBS, owned by David Ellison’s family, with sharp criticism:
"After over a decade, we have taken down CBS. Well, the Ellisons did, but I’d like to think we helped. Seriously, what’s going on over there? They’re so in the pocket for Trump that I heard next year’s Survivor is in the Strait of Hormuz."
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