Tina Fey could take over ‘Saturday Night Live’ for Lorne Michaels: source
nypost.cominterview with the New York Times, the producer said, “I have no plans to retire.”A year before that, however, he left the door open to a new phase away from Studio 8H.
Michaels told CBS Morning‘s Gayle King, “I think I’m committed to doing the show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years… I’d like to see that through and I have a feeling that would be a really good time to leave.”The 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” is coming in the fall of 2024, and during that year the all-powerful Michaels will turn 80 years old.
When it wraps up, another US presidential election — when “SNL” reliably gets its best ratings — likely featuring Donald Trump will have just ended.
Succession is on the table.The Post has reached out to NBC for comment.Fey, one of the greatest talents to ever come out of NBC, is considered by many in the industry to be the leading candidate — some say the only candidate — to make “Saturday Night Live” on.“I would be surprised if it wasn’t her,” a source said. “Seth Meyers has his own show.
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