`` Saturday Night Live 's '' Weekend Update is getting an update of its own . Comedian Michael Che will be the segment 's new co-host in its upcoming 40th season . Che has written for `` SNL '' in the past , but more recently has become known as a correspondent on Comedy Central 's `` The Daily Show . '' Che will take over for Cecily Strong , who manned the Weekend Update desk with Seth Meyers before he left in early 2014 for `` Late Night , '' and then with Colin Jost . Strong is staying with `` SNL '' full-time , and Jost will continue to co-host Weekend Update with Che . `` got a lot of strange congratulations on the gig , '' Che joked on Twitter Friday . `` the strangest coming from tinder . guess its time to delete that . '' He also showed gratitude to `` The Daily Show '' team for their support . `` I wan na thank Jon & the entire @ TheDailyShow staff for letting me do this , '' Che tweeted . `` ( I ) had a FANTASTIC time there . 1st class all the way . '' This casting shuffle is just one of the shifts `` SNL '' has made over the past year . After losing star players like Fred Armisen , Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis in 2013 , the live show brought on a roster of new faces for its 39th season . Some of those additions were record-breaking : Sasheer Zamata joined the series in January , the first black woman on `` SNL '' in six years . Yet other newbies did n't seem to work out so well . By the end of season 39 , Brooks Wheelan , Noël Wells and John Milhiser were all let go . Photos : Fired from 'Saturday Night Live ' As `` Saturday Night Live '' prepares to celebrate 40 years on air , executive producer Lorne Michaels is looking ahead . `` This is about a new era , what feels appropriate for now , '' Michaels told The New York Times , which first reported the news of `` SNL 's '' new addition . `` That 's why we did a lot of combinations and tests , and this is kind of where we came out . '' The new season of `` Saturday Night Live '' begins September 27 .
Michael Che has joined `` Saturday Night Live 's '' Weekend Update . He 'll replace Cecily Strong , who 's still a regular player . Che will host along with Colin Jost .