A week after Jimmy Fallon’s amazing premiere on “The Tonight Show,” his old show, “Late Night,” started again with new host Seth Meyers. Both are alumni of “Saturday Night Live.”

Meyers’ first show was rocky. During his monologue, he was very stiff and seemed like he did not know what do with his hands. Basically, it was weird seeing him standing up delivering jokes instead of sitting down behind a desk like on “Weekend Update.” Now, some of his jokes were funny, but overall they were very inconsistent.

Of course, this was Meyers’ first show on “Late Night” so it was expected for him to not be great. However, at this point he is much better than Fallon was during his first show.

Meyers’ first bit was a segment called “Venn Diagrams,” where he takes two things and finds what they have in common. For example, Meyers used snow and toilet paper, both which someone would not have found in Sochi, Russia. With better writing and wittier jokes, this bit should be a winner for Meyers.

There was another bit, but that one was forgettable. It was about the Winter Olympics.

Surprisingly, the area where Meyers excelled at were the interviews with his guests. His first guest was his “Weekend Update” partner and “Parks and Recreation” star Amy Poehler. The fact that he knew his first guest very well may have contributed to the success of this interview.

Next was Vice President Joe Biden. That conversation was interesting because it really hit Meyers’ strong suit — politics. He poked fun at the way Biden acted at the State of the Union address and his fascination with trains. But what really propelled the interview was Poehler and her chemistry with the vice president.

Honestly, “Late Night with Seth Meyers” would be better as a 30-minute show in the vain of “The Daily Show” and “Colbert Report.” A political orientated shorter show would compliment Fallon’s version of “Tonight.”

Those 30 minutes that were cut from Meyers should be given to Fallon to make his show an hour and half long.

Meyers should also utilize his band leader, “SNL” alumnus and co-star of “Portlandia” Fred Armisen more. Armisen should be treated as Meyers’ sidekick, not just a musician in the background.

Over time “Late Night” will become better. Meyers just needs to relax, connect with the audience and have fun; doing this will ensure that the show will be good.

If not, NBC could always just call Jay Leno.