Kenan Thompson says ending Saturday Evening Are living at 50 'might not be a bad idea'

Heather Hamilton

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

Saturday Evening Are living comedian Kenan Thompson reported the clearly show could close following the 2024-2025 year.

Thompson appeared on Charlamagne tha God’s Hell of a 7 days sequence and addressed rumors that SNL longtime producer Lorne Michaels, 77, could possibly retire as soon as the NBC comedy demonstrate reaches its 50th period.

“Is that the rumor? All ideal, I want to start planning,” Thompson joked.

“There could be a whole lot of validity to that rumor, mainly because 50 is a fantastic variety to prevent at,” Thompson continued. “That’s an extraordinary offer. He will be, most likely, shut to 80 decades outdated at that place, and, you know, he’s the a single who’s had his touch on the complete issue.”

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Thompson, who formerly was a star on Nickelodeon's Kenan & Kel display, added that it would be a “good option for NBC to help save cash,” noting that the network spends a whole lot of income on SNL each and every 7 days.

“[NBC] might slash the price range, and then, at that point, you can’t truly do the very same sort of present. So which is unfair to check out it just actually go down, variety of, in flames for real for the reason that of individuals restrictions … Capping it at 50 may well not be a negative idea,” he stated.

Michaels talked in December about plans for SNL via 2025.

"I imagine I'm committed to undertaking this demonstrate right until its 50th anniversary, which is in 3 many years," Michaels informed CBS News. "I might like to see that by way of, and I have a sensation that'd be a genuinely very good time to depart. But this is the position: I will not likely want the show at any time to be undesirable. I care also deeply about it. It really is been my life's work. So, I'm gonna do anything I can to see it carry on and carry on properly."