Michael Che is making history

Starting next season. Michael Che will have a new role on Saturday Night Live. NBC has announced that Che, who is the co-anchor on Weekend Update, will join the head writing team of SNL. This is notable because Che will become the first non-white head writer in SNL's 42 year history.

Also joining the head writing team is Colin Jost, who co-anchors Weekend Update with Che.

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Che and Jost will join Kent Sublette and Bryan Tucker, who are currently head writers. Che has been on SNL since 2013. Only a year later he was promoted to co-anchor chair.

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For Jost, this is the second time he'll hold the job. He was head writer from 2012 to 2015, but then stepped down to focus on the anchor chair.

Source:Vulture