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Show "parks and recreation" seth is the anchor of "weekend update." emmy winner, christian wig on nancy pelosi or the target later. fred, you know him as me or governor patterson or joy behar and andy sandburg best known for his digital stuff. how did this idea get conceived? >> i think it got conceived because herb who was writing nbc felt there should be production back in new york and he had a strong affection for live television in the glory days. i was downstairs with johnny carson. they wa...

Writing nbc felt there should be production back in new york. he had a strong affection for live programming and in the glory days of new york television. >> "the tonight show" had been on. >> yes. i was down stairs in 6 b with johnny carson. they wanted a new show. >> larry: for saturdays. >> the time period, at that point, was carson was best of carson which was reruns of the tonight show. i dont think johnny was happy with those shows, so they decided to do a new show, and dick ambersol had l...