( CNN ) -- Seth Meyers will remain the lone talking head on the `` Saturday Night Live '' Weekend Update desk , at least in the near future , according to the comedian . Seth Meyers is thankful that politicians `` did not stop being crazy '' after the 2008 elections . `` It looks like for right now , we 're going to stick with doing it solo , '' Meyers said Monday in New York as he was getting ready for the show 's 35th season premiere on September 26 . Meyers , SNL 's head writer , hosted the popular sketch alone after Amy Poehler left the show last season . Last week , several online sites were reporting that featured player Kristen Wiig was set to become Meyers ' partner on the show 's longest-running recurring segment . `` I 'm so heartbroken that the Internet , for the first time , was wrong about something , '' Meyers joked . `` How are we ever going to trust the Internet again ? '' Meyers called Wiig `` almost too valuable , '' saying making her a full-time co-anchor would mean she could never play guest characters during the segment . Poehler reportedly will join Meyers for some segments of `` Weekend Update Thursday , '' a 30-minute , prime-time version of the skit that debuted during the 2008 presidential election and that the network hopes will have similar success during the upcoming season . `` I owe a big thanks to politicians , '' said Meyers . `` They did not stop being crazy and disingenuous after the election . So we have that going for us . '' Poehler wo n't be the only cast member from last year missing on the September 26 premiere , hosted by actress Megan Fox with musical guest U2 . Fans were surprised last week about news that regulars Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson had been sacked . Both said they were surprised that their contracts were not renewed . `` I think that the two who are leaving are going to be incredibly successful wherever they go , '' Meyers said , declining to elaborate on his thoughts about the decision by creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels . In their places will be Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad , both veterans of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre . `` They came and auditioned and were outstanding , '' Meyers said . `` We looked at them a couple of times this summer . I think they 're both great writers as well as performers . '' While change can be unsettling , Meyers said turnover among the `` SNL '' cast helps keep its humor fresh . `` It 's always nice to have new people , '' he said . `` They 'll give new looks at things and see things in new ways . Any time you get new voices in , that tends to help . ''
`` SNL '' is `` doing it solo '' on Weekend Update , Seth Meyers says . The show has been a ratings juggernaut for the past few years and its popularity was boosted by an appearance from President Barack Obama in 2012. SNL 's Watkins , Wilson to be replaced by Upright Citizens Brigade members . 35th season premieres September 26 , with Megan Fox and U2 .