Hillary Clinton, oops, Amy Poehler's leaving 'SNL'... Say it isn't so ...

Amy Poehler is spreading her small screen wings and flying away. She says she will take a break from "Saturday Night Live" after the November election to give birth to her first child.

"It's gonna be really hard — Boyz II Men hard — to say goodbye to yesterday," Amy says in the new issue of Men's Vogue. " 'SNL' was dangerous, late-night, last-minute and star-studded, but like any good drug, you need to know when to put it down."

And it gets worse, or better, depending on your point of view. She's not coming back to "SNL" after maternity leave. Instead Poehler is preparing to star in her own NBC series from the executive producers of "The Office." At least we have that to look forward to.

And there's always Poehler's animated kids' show "The Mighty B!" in which she portrays overachieving Honeybee scout Bessie Higgenbottom. We have yet to tune into it, but we may have to now.

Photo: Amy Poehler, left, and Tina Fey at the CFDA awards in June.
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Comments

[raughammer]

Why is this news? *shrug*

[rattosh51]

The Mighty B is one of the best new cartoons on. It's actually funny!!

[Daniel Jackson]

Too bad to see her go. At least we still have the adorable Casey Wilson to watch every week. If only she was funnier...

[brie]

ahhh! im superrr sad:'(

[Janor]

In REAL WORTH WHILE news today: The world is spinning in that direction and the DJI droped 500 points today and will not come back for a bit unless the Fed heats up the credit markets. Reading about white trash in Hollywood wont get you ahead in life. Further, losing weight is about eating less and working out more. Quit it with the 27,000 diet fads. get your fat butt on a Stairmaster now. Eventually as you become more successful from doing rather then reading, real news wont be infected by malware such as this lousy story.

[Joey]

Nobody cares about SNL anymore. They must have the worst writers on TV. I can't believe it's still even on the air! SNL is simply living off an old reputation. I hate to admit it but MadTV is a much better show.

[Lou]

If you have young kids, they will LOVE watching The Mighty B (I love it, too, and Amy's voice is so recognizable and funny as Bessie)!

[Azazel]

People actually still watch this SNL drivel? Now THAT'S sad....

[Zhaf]

The Mighty B! really is funny. It is the next Spongebob in the way all of those other cartoons that appeared since Spongebob's beginning were meant to be but aren't.

[yeah]

i'd hit it

[Tom]

I think the Republicans are too funny...you can't touch Palin or say anything bad about her but if the skit was Bill Clinton, you would love it!! The poor delicate flower she is...i mean pig with lipstick...hehehehe

[Andrew]

Why do people, like Janor, give such long serious answers to little things like this? If the world is spinning in 'that direction' and it is more about 'doing' then why waste your precious time pontificating on an article about SNL?

[Janor]

Sorry about my earlier comment. I should not have called anyone white trash. I have severe mental problems, and I am jealous of those with success. Amy is a wonderful performer. I will go kill myself now.

[breadsurgeon]

i dont like amy poehlers teeth, and shes not really that funny. i dont know. shes not near as pretty as tina fey

[Randy]

At least we will see Amy do Hill up until the election.... LOL!

Tina Fey, OMG! ... She nail it!

The Sarah Palin thing was just so funny!

SNL Forever!

[Randy]

At least we will see Amy do Hill up until the election.... LOL!

Tina Fey, OMG! ... She nail it!

The Sarah Palin thing was just so funny!

SNL Forever!

[mike]

The MIghty B is consistently funnier than SNL.

All the great comedy writers used to work for SNL nowadays they do cartoons- Simpsons, Spongbob, etc.

[Aiming Poller]

She's not funny. She's annoying. Tina Fey is much funnier.

[Paul]

I knew this was going to happen. She has a lot of talent. The Mighty B is GREAT. I catch myself watching it when the kids aren't even home.

[Ted]

NOOOOOOOOOO dont go.

[jb]

What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review? What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?

What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said “I do” to? What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?

What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to painkillers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?

What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard? What if Obama were a member of the “Keating 5”?

What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?

If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?

This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.

[AC]

Amy has a good chance of winning the supporting actress Emmy next Sunday. Great way for her to leave SNL, going out on top. Can't wait to see her new sitcom!!!

[Wabbit]

who gives a flying trapeze artist's duck what they're doing? Is she the only privileged woman working in television who is having a baby?

[Sara Connor Palus]

That show made me sick and caused me to become a drugstore hooker who fell in love with the chemist who drugged me and sold me into slavery for ten dollars and then has the hide to send me the cleanup bill which I didn't pay anyway because of that show it made me sick you see. you know what I mean?

[Larissa]

Yes Tina Fey is the funnier one and i wish that she had been given a bigger role last Sat. Let's hope that SNL can keep her even though she has a day job at 30 Rock that she has contractual obligations to (although the producers of 30 Rock would be stupid to not realize that her SNL Palin exposure would not raise their ratings as well)