Saturday Night Live’s annual will-they-stay-or-will-they-go debate is alive and well.
The conversation over whether any key cast members will leave the fabled NBC institution is getting louder, with rumors and gossip swirling around the likes of Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Colin Jost.
However, Deadline understands that SNL supremo Lorne Michaels has only just returned from a summer break in Europe and has yet to kick off serious negotiations. These will start in the coming weeks.
The difference this year? Flexibility. Michaels and his team were previously pretty clear that SNL had to be the priority for cast members and was not keen on allowing outside projects to interfere during production of the late-night variety show.
But the pandemic and the scheduling chaos that it threw up softened Michaels’ view, and a number of stars were afforded the chance to work on other projects during the show’s run.
The conversation over whether any key cast members will leave the fabled NBC institution is getting louder, with rumors and gossip swirling around the likes of Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Colin Jost.
However, Deadline understands that SNL supremo Lorne Michaels has only just returned from a summer break in Europe and has yet to kick off serious negotiations. These will start in the coming weeks.
The difference this year? Flexibility. Michaels and his team were previously pretty clear that SNL had to be the priority for cast members and was not keen on allowing outside projects to interfere during production of the late-night variety show.
But the pandemic and the scheduling chaos that it threw up softened Michaels’ view, and a number of stars were afforded the chance to work on other projects during the show’s run.
- 8/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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