The Television Academy and NBC announced yesterday that “Saturday Night Live’s” Colin Jost and Michael Che, who host the “Weekend Update” segment, will emcee the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards this September.
The choice was somewhat of a surprise as the two comedy writers and performers have never hosted an event of this magnitude before.
Of course, getting Jost and Che was either a condition or a benefit of having Lorne Michaels produce the telecast and the promise of other “SNL” stars appearing on the show.
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