'Saturday Night Live': Michael Che in, Cecily Strong out for 'Weekend Update'
NBC says a correspondent on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" is joining "Saturday Night Live."
Comedian聽Michael聽Che聽will handle "Weekend Update" duties with Colin Jost during the upcoming 40th season of "SNL," the network said Thursday.
Che, who wrote for "SNL" last season, had joined Stewart's Comedy Central show earlier this year. In an August episode focused on the聽Michael聽Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri,聽Che聽appeared as a reporter trying to find a safe place in America for a black man.
Che聽is replacing Cecily Strong on the "Weekend Update" desk. Strong will stay with "SNL" as a cast member, NBC said. Strong debuted on 鈥淪NL鈥� in 2012 and Jost has written for the show since 2005, currently serving as its head writer. He joined 鈥淲eekend Update鈥� this past March.
"Saturday Night Live" returns for its new season Sept. 27 with host Chris Pratt, who appeared in the August comic book hit 鈥淕uardians of the Galaxy鈥� 鈥� currently the highest-grossing movie of 2014 so far, according to 鈥� and is set to star in the upcoming fourth 鈥淛urassic Park鈥� movie, which will be released next June. The musical guest will be Ariana Grande, whose song 鈥淏ang Bang鈥� with singers Jessie J and Nicki Minaj is at number four on the for the week of Sept. 20., with her song 鈥淏reak Free鈥� placing at number eight on the same list.
In addition to his film work, Pratt stars on the NBC comedy 鈥淧arks and Recreation,鈥� which is set to debut the first episode of its seventh and final season midseason, according to 聽鈥淲e have several of our strongest comedies by some of our best auspices being held for midseason, including the final season of聽Parks and Recreation,鈥欌�� NBC president聽Jennifer Selke聽said of the 2014 NBC fall schedule in a .
