‘SNL’ Cast Members Are Juggling More Jobs Under Lorne Michaels
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variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV EditorYou don’t have to be perpetually “live, from New York” to flourish these days at “Saturday Night Live.”In years past, the show’s cast members focused their all on the venerable late-night program and, when outside opportunity knocked or contracts ran out or media economics forced a tightening of the group, they left.
This season has provided the clearest indication yet that those rules are changing: cast members are increasingly taking on new projects even as they continue with the NBC show.On Thursday, HBO Max will launch a six-episode comedy-sketch series led by Michael Che, who also happens to be one of the head writers at “SNL” and a co-host of the program’s long-running “Weekend Update” segment.
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