Photo: Peter Kramer/NBC/2014 NBCUniversal Media, LLC There are now enough comedy news shows on TV that they can poach each other’s on-air talent. The New York Times reports that Michael Che, who made his first appearance as a Daily Show correspondent in June, will replace Cecily Strong on Saturday Night Live ’s “Weekend Update.” Executive Producer Lorne Michaels said Strong asked to be featured in more sketches this season, and the move will allow her to do so. Michaels said “Update” had “struggled to find an identity last season,” since “what had come before had been pretty brilliant.” Strong served as co-anchor during Seth Meyers’s final 12 shows, and was then joined by Colin Jost, one of SNL ’s two head writers. Che will be the segment’s first African-American anchor, and he and Jost will form “Weekend Update“‘s first all-male fake news team. Apparently, there won’t be an Anchorman -style news team brawl: Sources NYT … [Read more...] about Correspondent Named ‘Weekend Update’ Co-Anchor
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Morgan Wallen Says He Won’t Play Summer Shows, But Will Return ‘Sooner Than Later’
Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMA It’s been a little over two months since Morgan Wallen apologized after he was caught on video saying the N-word , leading him to be “suspended” by his label and his music to be taken out of rotation at most major radio stations. “The timing of my return is solely upon me and the work I put in,” he told fans in a subsequent apology video . Now, that return appears to be imminent. Wallen posted a four-page, handwritten note to social media addressing several topics, after essentially leaving the public eye for the past two months. In the note, Wallen doesn’t name the behavior that led to his escape from public life or give an update on the specific work he committed to do after the N-word video, including meeting with Black leaders and addressing his alcohol use. “I’ve made some mistakes, I’m figuring those out + I apologized because I was truly sorry + have been making my amends,” Wallen wrote. He later added that he “really … [Read more...] about Morgan Wallen Says He Won’t Play Summer Shows, But Will Return ‘Sooner Than Later’