Seth Meyers likened his Late Night digital spinoff series Corrections to The Wire – a critically acclaimed show that never won an Emmy.
But Meyers, who was nudged out of the main late-night Emmy category as a result of a fall in nomination spots, has a chance to put that right this year.
He will, however, have to beat his late-night peers to do it as Corrections was nomination in the Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama Or Variety Series category alongside The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains, The Rabbit Hole With Jimmy Kimmel and The Tonight Show: During Commercial Break.
It means that this short-form category is essentially another extension of the late-night race, and this time there’s no James Corden to ruin it for the others.
Corrections has been nominated three times – in 2021, 2022 and 2024. However, it lost out to Corden’s Carpool Karaoke: The Series for the first two years and Only Murders In The Building: One Killer Question last year.
This year, it’s a straight late-night shoot out.
“Corrections should definitely win, and if you don’t vote for it, there’s this chance that 20 years from now, it’s like The Wire, where people are like, ‘You know that never won an Emmy?’ Am I saying that Corrections is The Wire of shortform digital content? Yeah, and I think anybody who watches both would say the same,” Meyers joked to Deadline in April.
Lydic received a nomination last year for Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, but this marks her spinoff series – where she watches a lot of Fox News – first shot in this category.
Kimmel is also debuting in this category with his conspiracy-minded series, which was the brainchild of writer/producer Jesse Joyce.
Finally, Fallon has been shown some Emmy love for his own behind-the-scenes show.
