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Saturday nights conscionable aren’t Saturday nights without, well, Saturday Night Live. The sketch drama bid has go a taste touchstone since its premiere successful 1975. Creator Lorne Michaels has helmed SNL for astir each of its historical run, and the amusement is present inching person to a milestone play 50.
Colin Jost and Michael Che during ‘Weekend Update.’ (NBC)
However, there’s inactive different play to go. Since SNL play 48 was chopped short, everyone’s been wondering astir the presumption of Saturday Night Live play 49. SNL is ever astatine its strongest during an predetermination year, and play 49 volition undoubtedly clasp the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination rhythm with epic and hilarious commentary. From what we cognize astir a imaginable premiere day to what Lorne has said astir retiring, here’s a afloat rundown of each the latest updates astir play 49.
Is SNL Season 49 Happening?
Saturday Night Live play 49 hasn’t been officially announced by NBC, but it’s beauteous overmuch a definite thing. The iconic bid is simply a staple for the network, and the amusement is truthful adjacent to celebrating 50 years connected the air.
SNL play 48 was chopped abbreviated owed to the writers’ onslaught successful May 2023. The last episodes were supposed to beryllium hosted by Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Coolidge, and SNL alum Pete Davidson, but the remainder of the play had to beryllium canceled.
Saturday Night Live Season 49 Premiere Date
Saturday Night Live play 49 does not person a acceptable premiere day yet. The writers’ and SAG-AFTRA strikes are inactive ongoing, which has prevented immoderate question astir the 49th season.
Chloe Fineman connected ‘SNL.’ (NBC)
NBC has already revealed its autumn lineup for 2023, and Saturday Night Live isn’t connected it. It’s imaginable that SNL could premiere aboriginal successful the autumn if and erstwhile the strikes end. The show’s Saturday nighttime timeslot is usually reserved for reruns erstwhile the amusement isn’t airing live. However, play 49 could beryllium pushed to midseason and aerial successful 2024.
Who Is Returning For Saturday Night Live Season 49?
The formed database for SNL play 49 hasn’t been officially revealed. Over the past fewer seasons, Saturday Night Live has seen newbies get astatine Studio 8H and beloved veterans depart. SNL brag Lorne Michaels dubbed play 48 a “transition year” aft the exits of Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Chris Redd, Melissa Villaseñor, and Aristotle Athari.
Bowen Yang and Mikey Day connected ‘SNL.’ (NBC)
At the extremity of play 48, the formed included Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Punkie Johnson, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang. Featured players for play 48 were Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Sarah Sherman, and Devon Walker.
Following the departure of SNL vet Cecily Strong during play 48, there’s present an unfastened spot for a caller repertory formed member. One of the featured players could beryllium bumped up successful play 49. The amusement could besides adhd caller featured players successful the upcoming season, particularly if immoderate of the play 48 featured players determine to leave. As of now, it’s highly apt Colin and Michael volition instrumentality to the “Weekend Update” desk.
The Please Don’t Destroy trio. (NBC)
Comedy radical Please Don’t Destroy, consisting of Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy, joined the amusement successful play 47 to nutrient integer shorts. They’ve had viral hits similar “Three Sad Virgins” with Taylor Swift and “Road Trip” with Jenna Ortega. The trio’s debut film, The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, will debut connected Peacock successful 2023. No connection yet astir whether oregon not they’ll instrumentality for play 49.
Is Saturday Night Live Ending After Season 50?
Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels has been candid astir perchance retiring aft play 50. “I deliberation I’m committed to doing this amusement until its 50th anniversary, which is successful 3 years. I’d similar to spot that done and I person a feeling that’d beryllium a bully clip to leave,” helium said connected CBS Mornings successful 2021.
He added, “I won’t privation the amusement ever to beryllium bad. I attraction excessively profoundly astir it. It’s been my life’s work. So I’m gonna bash everything I tin to spot it transportation connected and transportation connected well.” When Gayle King asked if determination tin adjacent beryllium a Saturday Night Live without him, helium responded, “Yeah, of course.” She besides quizzed him astir who could perchance instrumentality implicit for him. “I person a consciousness of wherever we’re headed with that,” helium said.
Tina Fey was a seasoned formed subordinate for astir a decade. (Adela Loconte/Shutterstock)
However, Lorne told The New York Times successful 2022 that helium had “no plans to retire.” He was inactive looking up to celebrating 50 years of SNL. “The 50th volition beryllium a large event. We’ll bring everyone backmost from each 50 years and hosts and each of that. It volition beryllium a precise affectional and precise beardown thing. There won’t beryllium arsenic galore plus-ones, I tin archer you that much,” helium said.
In July 2023, The New York Post reported that SNL vet Tina Fey was “being courted” to instrumentality implicit arsenic enforcement shaper of SNL erstwhile Lorne decides to leave. Lorne and Tina person yet to respond to the report. A spokesperson for NBC told ET Canada that determination was “no truth” to the assertion astir Tina taking over. Tina was a caput writer and formed subordinate of SNL from 1997 to 2006.
Kenan Thompson is the show’s longest-running formed member. He joined the amusement successful 2003 and has go the person among the formed members. When asked astir ending SNL astatine play 50, Kenan told Charlamagne tha God, “There could beryllium a batch of validity to that rumor due to the fact that 50 is simply a bully fig to halt at. That’s an unthinkable package.”
Kenan Thompson connected ‘SNL.’ (NBC)
The comedian besides hinted that helium was unsure the amusement could past without Lorne. “He’s the 1 that’s had his interaction connected the full thing,” Kenan continued. “It opens the accidental for a batch of bulls**t to travel into the crippled due to the fact that he’s specified a fable that helium keeps disconnected those firm wolves.”
