Kenan Thompson says ending Saturday Night time Stay at 50 'might not be a undesirable idea'

Heather Hamilton

July 31, 10:49 AM July 31, 10:49 AM

Saturday Night Dwell comedian Kenan Thompson explained the present could conclusion immediately after the 2024-2025 season.

Thompson appeared on Charlamagne tha God’s Hell of a Week sequence and dealt with rumors that SNL longtime producer Lorne Michaels, 77, might retire when the NBC comedy display reaches its 50th season.

“Is that the rumor? All appropriate, I have to have to start off setting up,” Thompson joked.

“There could be a ton of validity to that rumor, for the reason that 50 is a very good number to stop at,” Thompson ongoing. “That’s an remarkable package. He will be, possibly, near to 80 yrs outdated at that position, and, you know, he’s the just one who’s had his touch on the total thing.”

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Thompson, who formerly was a star on Nickelodeon's Kenan & Kel show, additional that it would be a “good prospect for NBC to help you save money,” noting that the network spends a great deal of money on SNL each and every 7 days.

“[NBC] may slash the spending budget, and then, at that stage, you can’t genuinely do the same form of present. So which is unfair to look at it just truly go down, variety of, in flames for real mainly because of those restrictions … Capping it at 50 may well not be a lousy thought,” he stated.

Michaels talked in December about ideas for SNL through 2025.

"I consider I'm committed to accomplishing this display right up until its 50th anniversary, which is in 3 yrs," Michaels advised CBS News. "I'd like to see that as a result of, and I have a experience that'd be a genuinely very good time to go away. But here is the level: I will not likely want the demonstrate ever to be poor. I care as well deeply about it. It is been my life's perform. So, I'm gonna do every thing I can to see it have on and have on effectively."