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Published at:  Feb 13, 2008 5:24:48 PM CST

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Tina Fey, milftastic mastermind of “30 Rock,” will host the Feb. 23 edition of “Saturday Night Live,” the first since the WGA strike began in November.

“Juno” star Ellen Page is rumored to host the March 1 episode.

The 33rd Season of SNL has only aired four new episodes to date, hosted by LeBron James, Seth Rogen, Jon Bon Jovi and Brian Williams.

Read all of TV Week’s story on the matter here.




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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:22:15 PM CST

    i'm not a dirty old man, but i'll say it anyway

    by holodigm

    they should co-host my cawk.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:23:30 PM CST

    They need to reschedule Dwayne Johnson.

    by shermdawg

    I was lookin' forward to him hosting before the strike.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:24:59 PM CST

    I can't watch SNL anymore

    by slone13

    I've tried. A number of times over the last few years. I'm pretty sure that at 35 I'm about 10 years past the demographic that SNL is aiming for anyway.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:25:20 PM CST

    co-host what?

    by zer0cool2k2

    As in "Tina Fey and Ellen Page co-host 'A Tribute to Mike Ock' "?

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:25:44 PM CST

    I'll say *this* anyway...

    by jimmy rabbitte

    This show is *still* on?

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:26:29 PM CST

    Is this show still on!

    by skywalkerfamily

  • Feb 13, 2008 5:26:41 PM CST

    Also, Forte's Tim Calhoun better appear.

    by shermdawg

  • Feb 13, 2008 5:27:05 PM CST

    I second the Dwayne Johnson rescheduling

    by slone13

    I worked with him a few years ago and not only is he extremely funny, he's just an all around super fucking nice guy, too. One of the few truly genuine people in this industry.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:29:58 PM CST

    TOO SOON !

    by pound sand

  • Feb 13, 2008 5:30:06 PM CST

    Hayden Christensen should host!

    by skywalkerfamily

    He's got a new movie coming out.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:31:26 PM CST

    does the SNL cast/writers smell their own farts?

    by prossor

    they have no problem with stinky shit.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:36:07 PM CST

    I say no one should host.

    by kid idioteque

    And the writers should just pretend they're still on strike. That way, everyone wins.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:41:53 PM CST

    April 19 SNL host: Kristen Bell. Make it happen, NBC!

    by pennsy

    It would be *perfect*; Forgetting Sarah Marshall released the day before - she can do comedy, she can sing if they need her to. It's a no-brainer.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:48:14 PM CST

    What about Chuck?

    by skywalkerfamily

    He's got the comic timing down.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:49:05 PM CST

    Obama musical guest fresh off his Grammy win!!!!

    by sydbarretsmydad

    that is all

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  • Feb 13, 2008 5:58:53 PM CST

    SNL...this idea is free...

    by flickapoo

    ...they should do a skit of Obama as the hero of Blazing Saddles...you know, when the railroad chain gang boss wants a song and they break into "I get no kick...from champaign..."...with Bush as the redneck gang boss...

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  • Feb 13, 2008 6:09:56 PM CST

    Xiphos, dude!

    by badmrwonka

    Mumbly Emo Crap is the name of my band!!

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  • Feb 13, 2008 6:16:49 PM CST

    Toshiba Banner Ad

    by red shirt

    I bought seven of thos HDDVD players, after I clicked on that banner ad. Was that a bad idea? I was thinking, that I..oh crap. Sorry! I tripped over my Beta tapes. Ouch, my foot! Gotta run kids, my Merlin and Timex Sinclair are calling!

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  • Feb 13, 2008 6:22:21 PM CST

    I'll screw Tina Fey till her face turns grey...

    by samuraiyao

    I'll give her my lasik love of hot sex....

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  • Feb 13, 2008 6:48:13 PM CST

    Tiny Fey is too skinny.

    by skywalkerfamily

    She has like zero honkers.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 6:53:52 PM CST

    lkicker

    by napoleon park

    Yur idea won't work. Using the word "champaign" as a visual pun representing the middle ground between the original lyric "Champagne" and Obamas baliwick, a political "campaign" IS clever when you see it written out, but sung it would just sound like "champagne' and there's not joke there. Don't be so literate - television is a visual medium.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 6:55:37 PM CST

    Champaign

    by zacdilone

    I thought they meant the city in Illinois, where Obama is from.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 7:03:00 PM CST

    And they should get a rapper as musical guest

    by uncle stan

    That would be so fucking cutting edge.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 7:09:33 PM CST

    Flickapoo is right...

    by scarywaitress

    That shit would be KICK-ASS!!! Napoleon Park, you're missing the point... maybe you didn't see Blazing Saddles? The joke is that Obama is so debonair (like Clevon Little) and Bush is such a tool (like the chain-gang boss)... come ON that skit would ROCK. Keenan would be PERFECT as Bart's friend in that scene, too. DAMN. Wish I'd thought of that.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 7:20:46 PM CST

    Rock Band, Xiphos? Not Guitar Hero 3?

    by pennsy

  • Feb 13, 2008 7:25:43 PM CST

    I Was Kinda Hoping For Michael Cera...

    by el fuego

  • Feb 13, 2008 7:36:09 PM CST

    Clint Howard sketch

    by musicballs

    I'm hoping to see Page's impression of Clint Howard

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  • Feb 13, 2008 7:42:03 PM CST

    Yes, idiots, it's still on

    by avengerbri2

    if you don't like it, don't watch, STFU, and go watch fuckin' Dr. Who.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 7:45:37 PM CST

    Woohoo

    by blind albino penguins

    Crappy SNL is back! Woohoo. At this point,unless Javier Bardem were to end up hosting, it doesn't really matter to me. Too bad they don't have Horatio Sanz anymore. He could've made a fine fat Anton Chigurh.I can see it all now. [Insert crappy joke], friendo.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 7:48:45 PM CST

    EmoRap!

    by pennsy

    That's where it's at.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 7:54:14 PM CST

    Will Forte needs to do another one of those songs...

    by scarywaitress

    ...to help explain amended tax reform and economy stimulus packages.......
    "....yaaaaaa..aaa...ha!....YAAAAAA...aaaa....hA!...."

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  • Feb 13, 2008 7:58:08 PM CST

    SNL has sucked for over 15 years

    by picardsucks

    who cares????
    Like the guy who does Vincent Price and Pacino though

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  • Feb 13, 2008 8:10:41 PM CST

    Xiphos

    by badmrwonka

    Somewhat Fruity Metrosexuals is kinda redundant, isn't it?you need a clear contrast...something that grabs attention...The Straight Queers? The Big Dick Whiteys? Slamdunkin' Asians? Clear-Headed Scientologists? Lesbians Without Tongues? Tito Jackson Impersonators?

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  • Feb 13, 2008 9:04:05 PM CST

    It's not nearly as bad as it was during the Fallon years

    by jkrow21

  • Feb 13, 2008 9:19:01 PM CST

    Jonah Hill!

    by super rabbi

    Let him host!

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  • Feb 13, 2008 10:16:20 PM CST

    re: picardsucks and the last 15yrs of SNL

    by damagedinc

    so you say the last 15 years of SNL has sucked. i'm sorry "picardsucks", i don't know what it is but there's something about you that seems hostile to anything new, "picardsucks". i don't know what it is "picardsucks", but it seems like you're hostile to newer ideas and presentations. i just get this sense that you get a good handle on the way things are, then something new comes along and it just doesn't mesh with you. am i off on this "picardsucks"?

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  • Feb 13, 2008 10:25:47 PM CST

    REALLY inspired choice...

    by jimcurry

    I like the girl, but c'mon... Plus when she was around, the show was horrible - it actually improved when she left.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 11:16:48 PM CST

    Michael Cera.

    by nalapou

    It's a crime that his first hosting duty was not recorded for television. Jonah Hill should also be rescheduled, as should The Rock.

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  • Feb 13, 2008 11:24:24 PM CST

    snl is a remnant of a bygone age

    by bacci40

    the daily show and colbert are more topical and funny on a nightly basis...they havent had a cool musical act in years...with the advent of comedy central and the internet, one can see better sketch comedy in many different venues...its time to put this sucker to rest...you know you have jumped the shark when the funniest bit you have done in years is an extended dick joke in the form of a song parody

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  • Feb 13, 2008 11:35:28 PM CST

    Mmmm, that comedy's been slow-roasting since Nov 15...

    by yotzvonfrelnik

    ...Ought to be hilarious, right?

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  • Feb 14, 2008 1:06:38 AM CST

    Will we also learn who cares?

    by jacksparasites

    SNL - still less funny than prostate Cancer.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 2:09:37 AM CST

    ...clever quips aside...

    by damagedinc

    if you don't like it, don't watch it. there's no use complaining about it. guaranteed that there wouldn't be anything better placed in that time slot. i still like it a lot and i'm always impressed that a SNL skit always feels like it's SNL, even when it's a miss. i think this cast is way talented. it doesn't mean that everyone has to like it. if everyone took their clever "putting it out to pasture" commentary aside and saw the logical conclusion to a world without SNL (which is on at the SATURDAY at the 11:30 TIMESLOT, and not messing with anyone's prime time), you might have something new that would never fit into cultural consciousness. SNL is an institution and even when it doesn't totally work (and this cast is by no means the worst cast), it's a formula that's correctable, often satisfying, and always carries the possibility for really original and ground breaking humor. i know this is a lot to write for the "PRO-SNL" camp, but to just say "put it out of its misery" is to be way overblown. the end.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 9:52:44 AM CST

    When an SNL alum comes back to host, I feel cheated...

    by cletus van damme

    ...like when I go through a drive thru and get a Kid's Meal for the Spider-Man movie tie-in toy and find out after the fact that I got some damned Dora the Explorer substitute toy.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 11:18:56 AM CST

    For such a shortened season they ahould have

    by skimn

    come back with Alec Baldwin.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 11:27:49 AM CST

    I agree with the above

    by skimn

    I like Tina on 30 Rock, but she admits herself that she's no great shakes as an actress. She admitted at the ( I think ) SAG awards that she wouldn't be there if it weren't for Baldwin.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 11:46:41 AM CST

    Tina Fey? Outta here.

    by thegreatwhatzit

    I really can't think of a single woman or man who admires her. Women dismiss her "artificial intelligence" and guys gauge her as "the most terrifying thing that can happen to you on a blind date." Test patterns earn better ratings than 30 ROCK. I wish NBC would stop trying to unload this cow on the public. Trust me, nobody's buying.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 12:19:32 PM CST

    thegreatwhatzit

    by hst666

    RU kidding? Tina Fey is Smart, Funny, and Sexy. I and many other geeks have had a crush on her for years.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 3:53:43 PM CST

    You know who would be an awesome host?...

    by danielkurland

    Daniel Day-Lewis. "Drainnnnnnnageeeeeee!" I'd also like them to use Michael Cera, in an actually televised episode.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 4:21:45 PM CST

    SNL Died...

    by christian66

    ..when they started using clearly canned laughter in skits. YOu can tell when they're swetening things that are stone unfunny. And having BUdweiser or whoever "sponsor" the latest corporate whore band of the month couldn't be less radical. Recall when Belushi got Fear as a musical guest. Can youimagine anybody in the SNL cast being allowed to that input now?

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  • Feb 14, 2008 4:43:38 PM CST

    Re: Damagedinc

    by picardsucks

    Yeah, your way off, but it seems everyone else here agrees with me that it suck anyway. SNL used to have some balls not it's just lame pop culture references. I love good new entertaining things but SHL is neither new nor fresh, it's a 30 year old tv show so your arguement is , like SNL, quite lame. Love South Park though, even the last season of weaker South Park is better than the last 15 of shit SNL. Trey and Matt have big stones and don't give a shit who they piss off (for better or for worse), SNL writers don't want to offend the douchebag politician they hang out with at Vanity Fair parties. (Hey let's write another Lindsay Lohan joke, god damn is that shit funny !!!! And that music video skit with the really really really fat unfunny black guy is just priceless!!!!

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  • Feb 14, 2008 11:00:44 PM CST

    What's it going to take to get this show cancelled?

    by pops freshemeyer

    Lorne Michaels running a dogfighting ring from the studio? The show died with Phil Hartman. The only great episode in the last decade was the first time Dwayne hosted the show. The superman skit roxored.

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  • Feb 14, 2008 11:20:14 PM CST

    Isn't this Fey's 10th time hosting this decade?

    by skywalkerfamily

    Guess Andy Richter was busy.

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  • Feb 15, 2008 9:27:27 AM CST

    Actually...Fey has never hosted.

    by freakemovie

    She used to be on the show. Remember? Or was that just a really bad joke?

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  • Feb 15, 2008 2:35:59 PM CST

    No Jonah Hill?

    by anna valerious

    He was supposed to host in Nov. :( But, I'm glad that it's back because I was getting sick of the Bon Jovi episode aired every month...it was funny, but is it really something to watch over and over?

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  • Feb 15, 2008 8:30:44 PM CST

    *Is this show still on!* if i had a dollar

    by orionsangels

    for every talkbacker that says that during an SNL thread. I'd be rich. We get it. the shows bad irs crap, but like it or not. its gonna be on the air forever. it'll out live you. so whats the point?

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  • Feb 15, 2008 8:32:29 PM CST

    Why all the Tina Fey hatred?

    by haggardatbest

    Sexiest woman on television! I'd take her over any of the blondie model types any day of the week. And I'm 10 years younger than she is!

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  • Feb 17, 2008 2:11:06 AM CST

    Tina Fey is "in" right now, i think shes lame

    by wilsonfisk89

  • Feb 17, 2008 12:33:56 PM CST

    Bob Buttface should host!

    by boris baddenov

    Other than that, the only great skits I ever enjoyed on SNL were Phil Hartman as "The Anal Retentive Chef", and the Celebrity Jeopardy segments. Darrell Hammond does a HILARIOUS Sean Connery!!!

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  • Feb 19, 2008 10:48:57 AM CST

    you know that list...

    by bigtexas42

    that couples have, that, if you happened to have the opportunity to have sex with these people, that you could do so with no ramifications? Tina's on my list. andy samburg is the funniest sonnofabitch on the planet right now. I'm dying to see what digital shorts he's come up with over the last 3 months.

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