After losing seven of its main cast members, can “Saturday Night Live” get its act together just ahead of the show’s 50th anniversary?
Among the cast members who have left ahead of the Oct. 1 premiere of the 48th season of “Saturday Night Live” are featured player Aristotle Athari and main cast members Chris Redd Pete Davidson , Alex Moffatt , Kate McKinnon , Kyle Mooney , Aidy Bryant and Melissa Villasenor . “Rebirth,” creator Lorne Michaels said this week, “it’s painful.”Pete Davidson is leaving the show and already has a sitcom in the works.
A representative had no comment but a source close to the show said: “Chris Redd is amazingly talented and is always a pleasure to work with.” Though the valuable and versatile Kenan Thompson has been on the show for 20 seasons, the TV source pointed out that he is an anomaly: “The average time is seven or eight years for how long people stay.”
Many in the industry speculate the legendary producer is determined to get to Season 50 and then bow out. Maybe. Sort of.,” an oral history of the show. “That is based on my talking to him. I don’t think it is humanly possible to go beyond that. [That] will absolutely be his last year. He’s said as much.“Lorne will have an office [at the 30 Rock Center headquarters of ‘SNL’] and hang out, but he will feel self conscious. He’ll keep his office and feel sheepish about being in there.
“As long as Mr. Michaels is at the helm, the show is indestructible,” Piscopo told The Post. “He leaves, and you are talking a situation. I don’t know if he can be replaced and if the show can last after his departure. Not a lot of people have the magic glitter that Lorne has. I don’t know how you recover.”
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