Of course, that's not an especially fair question to ask any time Silverman's in the equation. But after his admitted miscalculation in scheduling three primetime SNL specials in place of Fey's eagerly awaited Emmy incumbent, he corrected hard with his insistence in Sunday's New York Times that "she would surely be on the next two SNL specials 'heavily promoting 30 Rock." But if we're to take Fey at her word, she and the SNL braintrust have yet to receive that memo:

Over coffee Tuesday during a rare morning off from her NBC sitcom, 30 Rock, Fey noted that SNL will be on live this Saturday, as well as airing a 9:30 p.m. EDT Thursday edition, but as to whether she will take part in either broadcast, "I haven't heard." [...]

"When people say, `Oh, I love you on your show,' I say, 'Saturday Night Live isn't my show. But there's another show that will be back on soon, and it's called 30 Rock.'"

"I should go to Kinko's and make some fliers," she cracked.

Forget it, Tina — delegate it to Silverman. And if you can afford to wait a week or two, he might even get an employee discount.

• 'SNL' this week? You betcha Tina Fey doesn't know [AP]

Meanwhile the real question remains, will Tina Fey take on the role of Sarah Palin? SNL scribe Simon Rich was already ominously silent on the issue, and now Seth Meyers, the smirkiest Update anchor in recent memory, continues that tight-lipped tradition in the above clip from the Today Show. Despite being pummeled with good-natured jocularity from all four hosts Meyers reveals nothing. I guess we may actually have to tune in and find out.

(UPDATE: It seems as though Barack has canceled his appearance on SNL due to Hurricane Ike. Looks like we'll have to content ourselves with Phelps and Phelps alone.)

• The Today Show [NBC]