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SNL head writer and Update anchor Seth Meyers twittered around 4:30 p.m. ET the news that his former co-star will have two Thursday-night jobs on NBC this fall:

Poehler back at the desk for Thursday Updates!

NBC currently plans six half-hour editions of “SNL Thursdays,” shot in New York, this fall. Poehler also returns to Thursdays for the second season of “Parks and Recreation,” which is shot here in Los Angeles.

Ah! Jumping to my email to confirm with “Parks” showrunner Mike Schur, I find this in my box:

EMMY NOMINEE AMY POEHLER TO GUEST-STAR IN FIRST TWO EPISODES OF NBC'S NEW 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: WEEKEND UPDATE THURSDAY' ON SEPTEMBER 17 AND 24

Episodes Will Lead into Season Premiere of Poehler's Returning Comedy "Parks and Recreation"

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - NBC announced that two-time Emmy Award nominee Amy Poehler - star of NBC's returning comedy "Parks and Recreation" - will guest-star on the first two editions of the new fall series "Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday" for its premiere on Thursday, September 17 (8-8:30 p.m. ET) as well as on Thursday, September 24 (8-8:30 p.m. ET).

Poehler - who earlier this month scored her second consecutive Emmy nomination for her performance on "Saturday Night Live" - will reunite with "Saturday Night Live" star Seth Meyers behind the anchor desk that they shared on "SNL." The second-season debut of Poehler's "Parks and Recreation" also will follow that night from 8:30-9 p.m. (ET).

NBC will feature six new episodes of "Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday" skewering today's top stories in live half-hour primetime shows, anchored by the show's signature "Weekend Update" - and the first three will air to start the new fall season. Multiple Emmy winner Lorne Michaels ("Saturday Night Live") is the executive producer.

In "Parks and Recreation," Poehler stars as Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana. The mockumentary series is from Emmy-winning executive producers Greg Daniels (NBC's "The Office," "King of the Hill") and Michael Schur (NBC's "The Office," "Saturday Night Live").

"Saturday Night Live" is from SNL Studios in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels. Steve Higgins and Marci Klein are producers. Ken Aymong is supervising producer. Seth Meyers is head writer. Don Roy King directs.


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oh yeah.
by Alec.Eiffel
Jul 30th, 2009
05:55:37 PM

by Alec.Eiffel
Jul 30th, 2009
05:56:13 PM

by Alec.Eiffel
Jul 30th, 2009
06:01:47 PM
I can hardly contain my apathy
by fastcars
Jul 30th, 2009
06:02:46 PM
NOOOOOOOOO!
by Thrillho77
Jul 30th, 2009
06:06:27 PM
Alec,
by Timahh
Jul 30th, 2009
07:12:22 PM
Probably because Parks and Recreation won't make it through the
by Pongo
Jul 30th, 2009
07:31:37 PM
"Only person who gives a shit about this is Herc"
by Hercules
Jul 30th, 2009
07:34:02 PM
MEH
by Mullah Omar
Jul 30th, 2009
07:35:25 PM
Poehler is awesome but...
by jimmy_009
Jul 30th, 2009
07:39:38 PM
What a shame
by BitterMan23
Jul 30th, 2009
07:59:19 PM
Why only 6 episodes? Make it a full-season series!!!
by HB_Dad
Jul 30th, 2009
07:59:27 PM
For this to work, they're going to have to do Obama jokes.
by Flim Springfield
Jul 30th, 2009
08:15:48 PM
I'm telling you, Seth knocks WU out of the park
by Thrillho77
Jul 30th, 2009
08:19:14 PM
I don't get all the hate for Parks and Recreation
by ackack
Jul 30th, 2009
08:31:06 PM
Second, I don't get all the hate for Herc either
by ackack
Jul 30th, 2009
08:35:38 PM
Follow Herc on Twitter!!
by buffywrestling
Jul 30th, 2009
08:47:36 PM
buffywrestling
by ackack
Jul 30th, 2009
09:00:45 PM
Yeah, this isn't cool news at all.
by rfid
Jul 30th, 2009
09:08:35 PM
I'm down with this it's just weird.
by Orionsangels
Jul 30th, 2009
09:36:29 PM
EvilWizardGlick
by chiahead
Jul 30th, 2009
09:37:20 PM
Well, no shit it got high ratings last year
by fastcars
Jul 30th, 2009
09:52:03 PM
SNL is cyclic
by buffywrestling
Jul 30th, 2009
10:14:08 PM
HERC WHERE IS THE VENTURE STUFF?
by PoorOLtinTin
Jul 31st, 2009
02:39:37 AM
There are no really funny women working today
by masteryoda007
Jul 31st, 2009
04:02:14 AM
Eddie Murphy SNL
by masteryoda007
Jul 31st, 2009
04:06:14 AM
Buckwheat has been shot
by masteryoda007
Jul 31st, 2009
05:03:09 AM
ZZZZZ
by The McPoyle Clan
Jul 31st, 2009
07:04:17 AM
Rifftrax
by Jor-El23
Jul 31st, 2009
09:14:38 AM
Jor-El23, why do you hate Rifftrax?
by UCB Agent1
Jul 31st, 2009
09:17:06 AM
Fastcars hit it on the head Re: SNL Thurs ratings.
by Cletus Van Damme
Jul 31st, 2009
09:17:21 AM
Why do they call it SNL if it's on a Thursday?
by p5mmr9
Jul 31st, 2009
09:56:36 AM
SNL Thursdays being the most popular 1/2 of the season
by Rob0729
Jul 31st, 2009
10:36:26 AM
Will Norm McDonald be returning, too?
by MrMysteryGuest
Jul 31st, 2009
01:14:46 PM
they killed earl for this shit?
by hst666
Jul 31st, 2009
02:25:30 PM
Amy's mouth makes me naucious!
by cookylamoo
Jul 31st, 2009
04:37:38 PM
Too bad.
by easyxrules
Jul 31st, 2009
08:21:30 PM
Every person on the planet hates Parks and Recreation
by Tall_Boy66
Aug 1st, 2009
04:17:54 PM
SNL Thursdays - a rerun of the last Sat's SNL
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 1st, 2009
04:34:44 PM
serious herc we want our venture fix
by darkpassenger
Aug 3rd, 2009
12:37:39 PM
The Lawyers ruined Saturday Night Live.
by cookylamoo
Aug 3rd, 2009
02:18:40 PM

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