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Bill Hader is leaving “SNL”

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:19:00 +0000

Get ready to say goodbye to "SNL's" New York City "Weekend Update" correspondent and perennial club-goer, Stefon. The New York Times reports that Bill Hader is leaving the sketch comedy show after eight seasons. The season's last episode airs on Saturday.

From the Times:

Mr. Hader’s contract at “Saturday Night Live” expired in spring 2012, but he was persuaded to stay on for an additional season. In February, he told Mr. Michaels that he was ready to move on, he said. “I’d heard stories that you get very emotional in those conversations,” he added, “and I’ve had other people tell me, ‘Oh, I cried.’ I didn’t, but I did think I was about to faint.”

Mr. Hader said his decision was motivated partly by seeing friends like Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig leave last season, and partly by a desire to move his family to Los Angeles. His wife, Maggie Carey, is getting busier with her filmmaking career, which includes the forthcoming comedy “The To Do List” (which she wrote and directed, and in which Mr. Hader appears). Meanwhile Mr. Hader said he had worked on three live-action features and four animated films during the current season of “SNL” alone.

The show also prepares to bid farewell to head writer and “Weekend Update” anchor Seth Myers, who will replace Jimmy Fallon as host for NBC's “Late Night," though his departure date has not yet been announced.

Seth Myers rumored to replace Jimmy Fallon on late night show

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:20:00 +0000

After the New York Times reported that Jimmy Fallon is to replace Jay Leno on NBC's flagship late night talk show (which is now moving to New York), the entertainment industry has been wondering who will take Fallon's place. Names that have come up so far include Seth Myers and Tina Fey.

From the New York Post:

"we’re told that “Saturday Night Live” head writer and 'Weekend Update' host Seth Meyers will move into Fallon’s late-night slot. A source told us, 'Lorne Michaels wants Seth to take over from Fallon. It would be perfect for him. Tina Fey’s name had also come up, but she has said she was too busy to do it.' "

Watch “SNL’s” Guy Fieri sketch that didn’t air

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:36:00 +0000

"SNL" almost brought back Bobby Moynihan as restaurateur Guy Fieri, who made headlines last week when the New York Times' Pete Wells lambasted Fieri's Times Square restaurant in a scathing review. Although the scene didn't air, NBC released the dress rehearsal Weekend Update sketch that imagines what it must have been like for Fieri to read Wells' review for the first time: