If you wondered last weekend if Amy Poehler was returning to SNL, well… sorta. She appeared on Saturday’s SNL in the opening sketch and on weekend update and will appear one more time.
Look for Amy Poehler on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live. Her rep commented, “Amy was excited to return to SNL for a surprise visit and will also appear on next week’s show before officially departing to focus on her new NBC sitcom.”
Wait? Is Amy Poehler back on Saturday Night Live? First, Amy Poehler reprised her Hillary Clinton role in the opening sketch (video here), but then she also returned to the Weekend Update desk on the December 6 SNL.
Rumors have been swirling for some time that Rashida Jones (Karen on The Office) would join the cast of the new NBC comedy from the Office writers. The rumor has been confirmed – Rashida Jones will co-star with SNL alum Amy Poehler in the as-yet-to-be-named sitcom.
Michael Schur, showrunner for the new Amy Poehler series says, “It’s true. She’ll [Rashida Jones] be playing a nurse named Ann. (Not [her Office character] Karen Fillipelli).”
We knew that Amy Poehler was irreplaceable – but Lorne Michaels is confirming that there are no plans to replace Amy Poehler on SNL’s Weekend Update.
Lorne Michaels told The Post that Seth Meyers is “going to be doing ['Update'] solo for the foreseeable future.” Read the rest of this entry »
For those wondering when Saturday Night Live cast member Amy Poehler would give birth, looks like we have our answer. During the October 25 SNL Weekend Update, Seth Meyers announced that Amy Poehler was not there because she was having a baby.
Amy Poehler and Will Arnett welcomed a baby boy on Saturday. Congrats on the birth of their first baby… but we did miss out on the “Bronx Beat” sketch that was planned for Amy and SNL alum Maya Rudolph. Read the rest of this entry »
