Seth Meyers To Host 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner (VIDEO)

Fans of "Saturday Night Live" and political humor will be happy to know that "Weekend Update" anchor Seth Meyers will be hosting the next White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011.

Meyers, who has been a cast member on "SNL" since 2001, will join the ranks of Conan O'Brien, Al Franken and Darrell Hammond as Correspondents Dinner hosts hailing from the classic late-night program.

According to Politico, Meyers being tapped as next year's host makes sense in conjunction with his recent gigs and his being the sole anchor on "Weekend Update":

"As Meyers's biting 'Weekend Update' jokes and commentary have increasingly gained currency in the Beltway since he became its sole anchor in 2008, his star has risen too. Recently, he hosted the 2008 and 2009 Webby Awards and the 2010 ESPY Awards on ESPN (he's set to host again in 2011). He's also a growing presence on Twitter, with over 300,000 followers."

Since Meyers (and "SNL" in general) sway toward liberal humor, it will be interesting to see how he handles roasting a Democratic president, as opposed to Stephen Colbert's controversial roasting of Republican President George W. Bush in 2006.

Whether Meyers decides to skewer Washington's finest with biting satire or take a sillier, more lighthearted approach, he'll likely do better than last year's host Jay Leno, who failed to get laughs with his mostly recycled material.

Below, see Jay Leno's performance from last year:

Comments

[Joe The Nerd Ferraro]

02:50 PM on 12/14/2010

REALLY ?

[Kevin Watik]

03:57 PM on 12/12/2010

Three lame comedians in a row? What's up with this White house?

[OnTheCusp]

12:55 PM on 12/12/2010

Bored already. Seth Myers must have given a really great blow to Lorne Michaels to get as far as he has. Unfunny, provencial, sophomoric and ten tides below Tina Fey. Not handsome; looks like a little boy. He'll go over like the ulllllltra ulllllltra ulllllllllllllllllllllltra light weight that he is.

[lizmchale]

10:36 AM on 12/13/2010

Since when are little boys "not handsome" ?

[twain307]

12:42 PM on 12/13/2010

I cannot say this with certainty that it is still true, but for years it had been SNL policy that the Head Writer delivers the weekend update segment, but NEVER writes it. All about conflict of interest in judging the content, and keeping the material fresh. A comparison to Tina Fey is inevitable, but hardly fair. The woman is a comic genius, and they come around rarely. Nobody was going to fill those shoes as well.

[kiddub]

11:21 AM on 12/12/2010

Safety pick.

[yill danniel]

09:18 PM on 12/11/2010

I love Seth Meyers, I know he's going to do better than lame Jay Leno.

[mapmaker515]

12:03 PM on 12/11/2010

Can't get too much more harmless unless you went to the Jimmy Fallon card.

[okakura]

11:39 PM on 12/10/2010

Actually, I would LOVE to see Jon Stewart do this gig.

I would imagine, however, that the majority of correspondents would not. He would absolutely punish them.

[maculae]

12:24 PM on 12/12/2010

The correspondents would go home crying if Stewart did it. I think everyone knows exactly how Jon Stewart feels about the media and the majority of the reporters. But it would be so entertaining for us at home.

[okakura]

11:36 PM on 12/10/2010

They should have retired this event after Colbert's masterful performance. Nothing can ever compare to that.

[MsMassachusetts]

03:34 PM on 12/10/2010

Seth will be between a rock(Stephen Colbert) and a hard case(Jay Leno). So by being in the middle range between those two he will be sufficient.

[2farleft]

03:01 PM on 12/10/2010

I , preferred ; Seth Morgan .......................

2farleft

[2farleft]

05:11 PM on 12/19/2010

P. S.

Seth , RIP ; October 17th 1990 ; why ; October 17th ; is my ; Grandfather's
Birthday....
Alphonse Gabriel Capone III

SFO-MSY

[2farleft]

01:35 PM on 12/23/2010

................'sides ; Morgan ; aint' ; Jess Mowry................

2farleft


Way Past Cool

[rich3324]

02:10 PM on 12/10/2010

I hope he's up to filling Rich Little's shoes.

[cameron d]

01:32 PM on 12/10/2010

I do enjoy the fact that this article did include a Jay Leno bash. I can't get enough of those.

[Quasi-Stellar Object]

09:49 AM on 12/10/2010

Why not Tina Fey?

Why not Wanda Sykes?

Why not Joy Behar?

Why not Ellen Degeneres?

Why not Monique?

Why not?

[katylied]

09:52 AM on 12/10/2010

Sykes hosted it in 2009.

[cameron d]

01:31 PM on 12/10/2010

I'm gonna say because Seth Meyers is funnier than all those people. Only Fey comes close.

[katylied]

09:36 AM on 12/10/2010

Nothing could ever top Colbert's most brave performance. I'm almost surprised that he was allowed to finish. It's gold, I tell 'ya Jerry, pure gold!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879#

[tj101]

07:50 PM on 12/14/2010

I was just going to post this gem!

[jl4141]

05:21 PM on 12/09/2010

Sounds like a good choice to me.