Saturday Night Live writer, Michael Che will jump in with Colin Jost for the Weekend Update, desk for the incoming 40th season of the late night show in NBC.
Cecily Strong was replaced by Michael Che, who will come back as a repertory player or full time cast member, as the long time comedy program calls them as sketch stars.
Strong co-hosted with Seth and Josh Meyers in the Weekend Update, when Saturday Night Live head writer Meyers left in February, he replaced Jimmy Fallon at Late Night, Jost joined them as chair and head scribe role in Update. The Daily Show correspondent and has staged stand-up on Seth Meyers in Late Night and David Letterman in the Late Show.
This summer, Strong left Saturday Night Live to be in The Daily Show. He went back to Studio 8H. Che also left The Daily Show. His first stint in Comedy Central is with The Half Hour, which aired earlier part of 2014. Che was named one of the 50s Funniest People of Rolling Stone and 50 Hottest Men in Comedy of Buzzfeeds.
Moreover, Che;s return and Strong's move solely to Saturday Night Live sketches, has seen a little bit of quick turnover this season. The first players of the year, John Milihiser, Brooks Whelan and Noel Wells expect their expired contract, at the same time, long-time cast member, Nasim Pedrad transferred to Mulaney of Fox's.
In the previous season, the comedy show was flawed by a controversial insufficiency of diversity, which led in the mid year recruitment of new writers like Leslie Jones and LaKendra Tookes and cast member Sasheer Zamata. The new season of SNL will be on September 27, it will be hosted by Chris Pratt, with guest Ariana Grande. The executive producer and creator of the show is Lorne Michaels and produced with Broadway Video.
