As season 47 of SNL premieres, is Lorne Michaels taking an unprecedented step that could amount to an overcorrection?
Holding onto talent longer than “SNL” traditionally has is part of a broader, subtler shift the franchise has been making away from its roots, where it lived or died on the strength of its core cast. We’ve seen this shift play out in recent years in the way the show has accommodated more recurring celebrity cameos, from Alec Baldwin’s multiyear residency impersonating Donald Trump to former cast member Maya Rudolph’s repeated returns as VP Kamala Harris .
In the “SNL” of the future, it will be like no one ever leaves. They’ll just have a looser affiliation with the series that keeps them in the show’s orbit, albeit used more sparingly than when they were full-time. And therein lies the potential problem: The more time “SNL” gives over to celebrity cameos and veteran part-timers, the less there is to foster the next generation of talent that is so crucial to groom for the future viability of the show. If it seemed like a promising new cast member or two took forever to find their footing in the past, imagine how difficult that could be going forward.
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