Cecily Strong to join “SNL’s” Weekend Update — Seth Meyers may stay all season
Lorne Michaels also revealed he will be adding six new cast members, including newly named Brooks Wheelan, while demoting a newbie from last year: Tim Robinson. “Cecily, from the first show, was right there,” Michaels says of naming the 2nd-year player co-anchor. As for Meyers, he’ll work “Late Night” four nights a week — unlike Jimmy Fallon — and he may stick around to do Weekend Update for the rest of the season.
Ken Jennings: “The Million Second Quiz” invited me on, then canceled
He was all set to go, but then got a call that there was a “miscommunication.”