As former Saturday Night Live cast member Will Forte said in his Saturday Night Live opening monologue, it took getting his MacGruber the series to launch on Peacock for him to finally be invited to host the late-night sketch program 12 years after he’d left.In the monologue, Forte announced a Season 2 renewal for MacGruber, sort of. “I would like to officially announce that MacGruber has been picked up for a Season 2,” he said before adding, “I would like to announce that.
But it hasn’t been picked up yet so I can’t. We’re waiting to hear.”While Peacock does not release viewership data, MacGruber is said to have done well, and there has been speculation for the last couple of weeks that the show would be renewed for Season 2.MacGruber originated as a recurring SNL sketch before it spawned a 2010 theatrical movie and the current streaming sequel series.
Tonight the NBC show wasted no time welcoming the character back where he started right after Forte’s monologue.Replicating the way the MacGruber skits originally ran on SNL, there were three separate shorts tonight featuring MacGruber (Forte) as he tries to defuse a bomb with seconds left on the timer.
Forte was joined by his co-stars from the Peacock series and the movie, Kristen Wiig, who originated her character Vicki St.
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