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Published on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 4:29am |
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Seth Meyers: Amy Poehler Coming To SNL THURSDAYS!!
I am – Hercules!!
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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Reader Talkback
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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