It's once again time to highlight the failure of NBC.
Seth Meyers announced on his Twitter page that the Sept. 25 season premiere of Saturday Night Live would feature Amy Poehler as host and Katy Perry as the musical guest. Putting my strong dislike for Katy aside, the musical guest choice is a smart one, in the sense that "California Gurls" not only dominated the summer while SNL was off the air, but "Teenage Dream" is taking off now as well.
In terms of picking a quality host, I think SNL hit the nail on the head. Amy was one of SNL's standouts during this last decade and she is incredibly likable. Plus, I find it pretty impressive that she will be taking on such a daunting task less than two months after giving birth to son Abel.
However, due to NBC's moronic move to push her series, Parks and Recreation back to a midseason premiere, she will have virtually nothing to promote. SNL hosts should not be picked on the sole basis that they have an upcoming movie or TV show. However, it would have been a fantastic way to drum up publicity and buzz about Parks and Rec. The ratings for the show are dismal, likely because people wrote the show off after a sub-par season one. For the record, it is currently the funniest show on television; season two was hilarious.
Of course NBC did not know SNL would have Amy host, but that isn't the point. The point is that they took a now critically approved show with a low audience share and decided to push it to midseason, so that people would forget about it. Now, with Amy hosting, it's another wasted opportunity for them to promote their show.
On that note, maybe Amy could invite her husband, Will Arnett on the show (God, I hope this happens) so he could promote his new show, Running Wilde.
Also, in addition to Jane Lynch hosting on Oct. 9, fellow Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston will host the Oct. 2 episode. Given his background in comedy with Malcolm in the Middle and his hilarious interviews (such as his Daily Show clips), this should also be great.
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