Geek girl overload!

It might not have the same "wow" factor as the days of Phil Hartman and Mike Myers, but it's an election season and "Saturday Night Live" always seems to step up its game when there are candidates to skewer.

The last of the late night shows to return, "SNL" comes back Feb. 23 with Tina Fey as host. This should be an easy post-strike transition seeing as how Fey was a head writer and performer before bolting to "30 Rock." Plus, it's always fun when alumni return, and who knows, maybe Alec Baldwin or Jack McBrayer will show up in a guest role. Also announced: snarky "it girl" Ellen Page of "Juno" hosts March 1. No word on musical guests, though we're crossing our fingers that Michael Cera makes the trip for an acoustic performance of "Anyone Else But You."

(Also, because I'm mentioning "Juno" here, check out this interesting backlash article from Slate.)

The New York Times is also reporting that “SNL” plans to produce shows for four straight weeks. It's an unusual move for the series, "which rarely runs for more than three weeks without a break" But Ben "No one watches 'Friday Night Lights'" Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, told the Times that, “It’s a political year, so we want to jam it with ‘SNL.’ We hope to have as many as six or eight more this season.”

Quick thought: Do they have anyone to play Barack Obama? Please don't tell me it's going to be the dude from "Fat Albert" ...

-- Thomas Rozwadowski, trozwado@greenbaypressgazette.com