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There’s a new duo in the running for “Weekend Update.”
The Saturday Night Live sketch — the show’s longest-running, as it’s been part of every episode since the 1975 premiere — is currently hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost. The pair have been hosts of the satirical news program since 2014, when Jost stepped in for Seth Meyers and Che later stepped in for Cecily Strong.
Given the decade-plus that Che, 42, and Jost, 43, have been at the desk, there’s been rumblings about the possibility of mixing it up, and two new names are getting in on that buzz: Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.
When Bowen was put on the spot, he had to deliberate about the notion of Rogers joining SNL.
The friends were put to the test on Hot Ones Versus, and one of the questions Rogers, 35, asked Yang, 34, was about the late-night sketch comedy show.
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“Oh God, trauma! We both auditioned for SNL, but only you were asked to join the show — that’s how it works,” Rogers said, before reading the question: “If you could have me replace any current SNL cast member, who would it be?”
It was a tough one for Yang, who took a minute to think about it, while Rogers joked that Marcello Hernández has “enough,” poking fun at how much of a fan-favorite he’s become.
“I love Marcello so much,” Yang said as he continued to deliberate on his answer.
They seemed to be half-joking, half-serious as they hatched an idea to take over the desk on a future season of SNL.
“I’m gonna give Che and Colin the chop so that you and I can do ‘Update’ together,” Yang said, revealing he’d replace the two “Weekend Update” anchors in favor of Rogers.
“I think that’s really good,” Rogers said. “I love that, I think we’d be great at ‘Update.’”
“We’d be great at ‘Update’ together,” Yang echoed.
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Rogers doubled down and said the pair would “give a new, fresh take,” before he jokingly told the cameras, “Hey, Colin! Hey, Che! Ya burnt.”
The question of how long Yang himself will stay at SNL has also been a topic of speculation following the show’s landmark 50th season.
“SNL, it’s just this moving, living, breathing thing,” he told PEOPLE in April. “New people come in, and you do have to sort of make way for them and to grow and to keep elevating themselves. And that inevitably requires me to sort of hang it up at some point — but I don’t know what the vision is yet.”
The show’s production schedule is so demanding, he said, that it leaves him feeling like “my time isn’t my own.”
“I tell my friends, ‘I’m not going to really see you guys until June,'” he said. “And people that I’ve gone on a couple solid dates with, I’m like, ‘Hey, it’s not for lack of interest. My time is really slipping away from me, and I’m so sorry, and it’s not a you thing, it’s a me thing.'”
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The return of so many familiar faces for the 50th anniversary special earlier this year was an important reminder for Yang, though.
“After the 50th, I’m seeing what life after the show is like and how beautiful it is,” he said. “And how so many people, no matter how long they were at the show, are just with their families and loving their lives and not letting the years take away any of that experience for them.”
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Saturday Night Live returns for season 51 on Saturday, Oct. 4.
