‘Saturday Night Live’ Expected To Return Next Month; Casting Still To Be Determined As NBC Show Set To Lean Into Non-Acting Hosts
deadline.comSaturday Night Live should get pretty much a full season after the writers and the studios reached an agreement to end the strike.
The NBC show had Season 48 cut short by three episodes when the writers walked out at the beginning of May. The show, which traditionally restarts at the very end of September or the beginning of October, is now likely to return on either October 7 or 14, pending a vote by the WGA.
Essentially, the WGA negotiating committee are expected to recommend the agreement and send it to the WGA West Board and WGA East Council for a vote, likely scheduled for Tuesday.
This could potentially lift the restraining order and allow writers return to work as the deal is waiting to be ratified. After the 2007/08 strike ended on February 12, 2008, production commenced on Season 33 of SNL on February 18 for the February 23 episode.
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