Heidi Gardner as Marina Menounos or Kate Hoover, Marcelo Hernandez as Mario Lopez, and Chloe Fineman as Jamie Lee Curtis
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Add Saturday Night Live To the list of shows closed due to the Writers Guild of America strike.
The sketch comedy show will debut for NBC on Saturday, joining a number of other late-night shows that closed after the WGA called a strike following the May 1 expiration of its contract. Actor Pete Davidson, with Lil Uzi Vert as musical guest.
“SNL will air until further notice, beginning Saturday, May 6,” NBC said in a statement.
before strike, SNL New episodes were scheduled to run for the next three weeks, culminating in the season finale on May 20.
Also present are “Weekend Update” anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost SNL’the writing staff, as well as the three members of Please Don’t Destroy – Martin Herlihy, John Higgins and Ben Marshall – who frequently appear in the comics.
Saturday Night Live He was off the air for the duration of the last WGA strike in 2007-08, returning 11 days after the strike ended in February 2008.
(One fun note: NBC sent out an automated rosters email on Tuesday stating that this week SNL It’s still running, then followed up with an “ignore” message shortly after.)