NEW YORK, NY — December 8, 2010 – Seth Meyers, head writer and anchor of “Weekend Update” on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning program “Saturday Night Live,” will be the featured speaker at this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association℠ Dinner, which will be held Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Washington DC Hilton.
Meyers, who hosted the 2010 ESPY Awards on ESPN this past July, is currently in his tenth season on “Saturday Night Live,” his fifth season as head writer, and his fifth season as anchor of “Weekend Update.”
A graduate of Northwestern University, he studied and performed at ImprovOlympic before moving on to the Boom Chicago Theater in Amsterdam, Holland.
“We’re very excited. Seth is a very smart, very sharp, and very funny observer of the political scene, and we’re looking forward to seeing him on April 30,” said David Jackson of USA TODAY and president of the WHCA.