Saturday, October 2, 2004

NBC UPS STAKES IN FAKE-NEWS WAR: Jon Stewart, for several years The Most Trusted Name in Fake News, is going to see some rejuvenated competition. Saturday Night Live has mercifully bypassed the unfunny Fallon clone Seth Meyers (the "unfunny" there modifies both "Fallon" and "clone," if you're looking to parse this sentence) and tapped Amy Poehler to be Tina Fey's next "Weekend Update" partner. In addition to being one of a dwindling group of SNL's bright spots, Poehler is a credibility-hogging gal-about-town, with credits that include Bonin favorite Wet Hot American Summer and the two best sit-coms in recent memory, Judd Apatow's lamented Undeclared (out on DVD, by the way, in March), and ALOTTFMA-reader-certified Arrested Development.

For people who only speak Variety, a translation: GAL PALS TO SPAR WEEKLY WITH "DAILY": SNL tapped vet Poehler for news seg "Update," quashing dish that hunky featured thesp Meyers would spot ex-deskie Fallon. Poehler's creds include indie spoof "Wet Hot American Summer" and eps of crit-fave Fox laffers "Undeclared" and "Arrested Development."

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