Amy Poehler returns (kind of) to 'SNL'
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NBC will give you twice the Amy Poehler on Thursday nights to start the fall season.
Poehler, an Emmy nominee for her work on "Saturday Night Live" last season, will return to her former NBC home in September to co-anchor the first two editions of "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday." Her first appearance will come on Sept. 17, leading into the season premiere of her comedy "Parks and Recreation."
She'll also join "Weekend Update" anchor Seth Meyers for the second "Update Thursday" show on Sept. 24.
Poehler co-anchored "Weekend Update" on "SNL" for four-plus seasons, first with Tina Fey and then with Meyers, and did the "Weekend Update Thursday" shows with Meyers last fall. She left "Saturday Night Live" last fall after giving birth to her son (though she made a couple of cameo appearances later in the season) and to work on developing "Parks and Recreation."
NBC has ordered six episodes of "Weekend Update Thursday" this season but has thus far only scheduled three of them, for Sept. 17 and 24 and Oct. 1.
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Good idea Amy. Keep some warm friendships going at SNL so you can return F/T after they cancel your HORRIBLE tv show.
And you were so good on David Lettermen recently too. If only P&R had as many laughs in it.
ok... obviously someone is jealous...
Poehler is nominated for her work on 'Sa****ay Night Live' not 'Parks'.
My bad, Victor. Post has been corrected.
Parks and recreation is hillarious. MUCH funnier and less obnoxious than Greg Daniels' other show. apparently its true. There is no accounting for taste! Sorry Betty, but you are wayyy off base here.
Love Amy. Hate Parks and Recreation. Love Amy on SNL but won't watch on Thursday Nights.
why wont u watch it on thurs nights? gonna be too busy watching overdone-piece-of-crap-so-boring-i-want-to-gauge-out-my-eyes survivor? ya good taste buddy, bull sh** "reality tv" over hillarity. well done.
Parks & Rec has gotten funnier each week and has had multiple laugh out loud moments. The Office wasn't exactly genius its first few episodes. Being the 3rd funniest show on NBC is still better than anything put up by CBS or ABC. You want to talk overrated let's discuss HIMYM or 2.5 Men. Yeah, I said it.
The truth lies somewhere in between these comments.
Amy Poehler = always funny and talented. Check.
"The Office" is a fantastic show, actually. Check.
"Parks and Recreation" is not great, but it's not terrible. It's mediocre with occ***ional laughs. Check.
David A., i think you said it perfectly. :)