--- title: Seth Meyers on Trump's TV Watching description: Following a report that Donald Trump has a penchant for watching cable news, Seth Meyers addressed the president's alleged TV consumption. canonical: https://time.com/4650152/seth-meyers-donald-trump-watching-tv/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-26T16:44:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:28.460Z og:title: Seth Meyers Targets Donald Trump's TV Consumption og:description: "I’m dealing with the same issue with my son, he’s 9-months-old" og:url: https://time.com/4650152/seth-meyers-donald-trump-watching-tv/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers Targets Donald Trump's TV Consumption twitter:description: "I’m dealing with the same issue with my son, he’s 9-months-old" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Seth Meyers Targets Trump's TV Consumption  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 26, 2017 4:44 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 26, 2017 4:44 PM UTC During Wednesday’s “A Closer Look” segment of _Late Night_, [Seth Meyers](http://time.com/4640739/seth-meyers-donald-trump-inauguration/) took some time to address President Donald Trump about [TV](http://time.com/money/3767927/cable-tv-without-paying-bill/). The host jokingly took on the [former reality star’s](http://time.com/4641081/trump-inauguration-television/) TV consumption, since Trump has frequently tweeted about various TV shows and ratings among other topics. The funny man went so far as to compare Trump to a baby in a bad mood. “I’m dealing with the same issue with my son, he’s 9-months-old,” Meyers said. “We’re trying to observe a no-screens rule but sometimes he gets cranky and the only thing that works is _Dora the Explorer_, so, been there.” Meyers also had a suggestion for Trump’s aides. “Have you tried hiding the remote someplace he would never look?,” he said. “Like, under the Constitution.” Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4650152/seth-meyers-donald-trump-watching-tv/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4650152/seth-meyers-donald-trump-watching-tv/"},"headline":"Seth Meyers Targets Trump's TV Consumption","datePublished":"2017-01-26T16:44:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:28.460Z","description":"\"I’m dealing with the same issue with my son, he’s 9-months-old\"","url":"https://time.com/4650152/seth-meyers-donald-trump-watching-tv/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Seth Meyers","Late Night with Seth Meyers","TV","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4650152/seth-meyers-donald-trump-watching-tv/","name":"Seth Meyers Targets Trump's TV Consumption"}}]}] ```