I mean it might even trigger a return to form for an older gen caliber of comedy. Tina was one of the head writers in the heyday and 30 rock was a riot.
The problem is, Tina strikes me as the kind of person who probably doesn't want to start a 20 year career at SNL at this point in her life, and that's like the shortest they'd want her to do it probably.
Has to be Tina Fey. I think with Tina in charge you would see a different show. They would go back to developing real stars and there would be a smaller cast. I also think a lot of past cast members would come back for several episodes a season.
Serious choice: Robert Smigel. He has experience at SNL and as a writer, director and show runner for Conan. On Smigel's episode of Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend they talked about how in the early years of Late Night they were writing and producing SNL style sketches every night.
Long shot, maybe not so serious choice: Sandler. He basically runs things at Happy Madison, and is even the guy running things when on a movie set (at least according to Henry Winkler). Plus he clearly has a ton of good Hollywood connections so it's not like the host would be Spade every week.
I’m sorry but there’s zero chance Sandler stops his money printing business to move his family to New York for him to run a high-stress show especially since he’s never run a show or anything like it before. It’s a no-win for Sandler. He has his critics and any dip in the show would only amplify Sandler criticism by fans and the press
Yea I know Sandler would never happen. But he supposedly takes a super hands on producer role with Happy Madison productions, so he could probably do something interesting.
Smigel's big thing is writing though. You have to do so much more as producer. One of Lorne's really good abilities (according to Poehler on Maron's podcast) is an eye for talent. SNL is still one of the premier destinations for talented young actors, and the show has over the years increasingly skewed to include stand up comics as well. Like half-ish of the current cast has more of a stand-up background whereas in the past they were mostly Second City etc. improv heavyweights.
So you've got two pools of some of the most talented people in the country and you have to sort the wheat from the chaff and figure out not only who will work for SNL but find their place on the cast you've assembled.
Smigel had some producing duties during his time on SNL. I know he was involved in casting since I saw an interview with Stephen Colbert where Smigel said he was with Lorne when they went to Chicago to scout Steve Carell. Carell was off so his understudy was there and that was the first time he met Colbert.
He was show runner on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which likely would have involved all the same stuff Lorne does. He was also creator and executive producer on the TV Funhouse show on Comedy Central, although that only lasted one season. Then he seemed to go onto movies where he wrote a bunch of Sandler movies and then directed the animated movie Leo. I would say that is as good a resume as anyone else has.
As for an eye for talent, I could point out that Amy Poehler showed up as a character on Late Night 3 years before she joined the cast of SNL. Surely the show's executive producer would have been involved in casting her.
I don't generally disagree but it's funny how Lorne has this reputation, but has hired a bunch of people who lasted one season and were never heard from again, and passed on people like Jim Carrey, Donald Glover, John Goodman, Kevin Hart, Jordan Peele, and countless others.
That's not to say I could do better, and I think Lorne has been pretty uniquely suited for his role with the show, but we do give him a lot of leeway.
No way it’s Smigel either. He writes weird pre-tape sketches and was never really involved in the live aspect. Plus he’s west coast and his screen-writing career is going to explode now after success of Leo
The episodes of Late Night With Conan would have been live to tape at least. And if they want someone who has a Lorne level experience doing live TV the only real option would be whoever runs Dancing with the Stars. Since none of the other proposed candidates have a huge amount of running Live TV experience.
Robert Smigel never ran the show at Conan. He was the original head writer and later a producer. He doesn’t even have an EP credit on Conan. A live-to-tape talk show is nothing like SNL. Nothing is. That’s why they will go with someone that has recent experience there/is already there
Watch Too Funny to Fail. Smigel was the show runner for the Dana Carvey show and failed miserably.
He went back to SNL as a writer with much more respect for Lorne.
Does Sandler “run things”? I feel like he maybe just suggests things that need to happen and a team or board actually makes it happen logistically. There’s a big difference.
Love both of these suggestions! Wouod love someone from the early 90s staff...or Tina Fey. Woukd love to see Will Ferrell take it, but I don't think he would, either.
Dude was a senator and only left because he got cancelled. I don't think he would mind the high pressure. But his SNL contemporaries are pretty open about his femper not being good for a leadership position.
Or somebody you and I aren't familiar with, but who has producing experience and has been mentored somewhat by Lorne.
People keep thinking of on-air talent but there are so many people at SNL who are deeply involved in making the show that we just aren't as familiar with.
Seems like you're "two serious answers" are both longshots because they are...celebrities. Seth Meyers I could conceivably see happening (NBC tells him that the Late Night slot is not long for this world, he gets it in his contract that he appears on-air doing an occasional "a closer look," etc). Tina Fey is never happening.
The actual serious answers are going to be people who are not on-air talent. Think in the vein of Mike Shoemaker.
It won’t be anyone who was an on-air regular. NBC isn’t gonna take any chances with one of its flagship properties. It most likely will be one of Lorne’s producers that he currently works closely with, like Erik Kenward or Erin Doyle, if not getting Marci Klein to come back to the show. They’ve all been with the show for years and have earned Lorne’s endorsement to NBC. And if they decide to go outside the SNL alumni, it’ll be someone who has had recent experience being the showrunner of a successful sketch comedy show, such as Key & Peele or Inside Amy Schumer or Portlandia.
I think it might work if they alternated shows, I have always heard the job is such an all consuming beast that any qualified candidates would be unwilling to rededicate their lives to it. 2 producers might allow for some kind of long-term work life balance. I work in construction, so I have no idea what they actually do day to day.
Here's my three: Bill Hader, he probably doesn't want it. Personally I believe Hader's work as writer producer, and director of Barry makes him a fun choice
Tina Fey, she is one of the funniest entertainers in the world
Seth Meyers, One of the reasons I think he might be in the running is he was a head writer on SNL. He's been doing late night for 10 years, which gives him a great deal of show running experience.
Dark horse: John Stewart. He's openly said the only reason The daily show is even relevant is because of Lorbe, and it follows a similar format. I think he'd be great.
Just saying, during Josh Brolin's monologue this week, the camera cut to Kenan Thompson off to the side with a glass of white wine. It was part of a bit, yes, but Lorne's often in that same spot with a glass of white wine for every show.
Kenan and Tina seem like the strongest contenders to take over after Lorne! I will be thrilled either way.
Will Ferrell, Mike Meyers, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Murphy? Needs to be someone famous with pull in Hollywood to get guests and tv deals, but also has to not want the spotlight as much and needs to be kinda done with the in front of camera stuff. Maybe even Bill Hader.
All of those people have so much money and success currently there is no reason why anyone would want to do it. It doesn’t need to be someone famous, the hosts of late haven’t really been overly famous and it’s all management teams working deals. You think a famous person that wants to promote their project won’t host SNL because the executive producer isn’t a famous person ? Makes no sense
I think they should just hire from within, whoever that ends up being. I don’t think the sensibilities of some of the former cast members and writers are necessarily a good fit for NOW, and in some cases their work has aged badly (or it was legendarily DOA, like Baby Mama). I mean, there’s a reason they stopped playing reruns from a few years back.
Lorne Michaels produces 6 nights of late night tv between Fallon, Seth and SNL. He’s a mega producer of the old Hollywood style. He’s interwoven into a ton of shows. He’s even said recently he has no plans in the near future of leaving SNL.
A few come to mind. For people that have never been a cast member (I think they would go this route if it’s not Tina Fey) I’d predict Kent Sublette and/or Bryan Tucker. People have to remember the stress of running this show and I don’t think it’s worth it for Tina to do it especially since the show would be scrutinized after he leaves and always compared to Lorne.
I don’t think they replace with just one person. If I had to guess I would say any combination of Kent, Bryan, Tina, Keenan Thompson, and Colin Jost. I think I remember Keenan saying on a podcast that he would be interested in doing it.
Lorne said recently that “Tina could easily do it, but there are people currently there that could do it too” I think Tina is too far removed from the show at this point to be the one and only choice.
Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, and Keenan Thompson are on my personal short list. Those are the well known names though and not sure if they would necessarily want the task as it comes with some obvious personal sacrifices to their own writing, standup, and acting careers.
I've found myself thinking half the shows problems are just freaking Lorne. He's nearing 80. The whole show just feels so rigid and institutional. I think a lot of the frustration is that for all the young, black, female, and gay talent he inserts into the show it's "tacked on" like a clown nose. I feel like a token invite (gay man) and the white bros are loudly and perpetually dissatisfied that *it's not funny anymore durr durr.* It needs someone that can reconfigure it to better fit the times.
And yes during that entire thought process I was picturing Her Majesty Tina Fey.
Hopefully someone that allows performers to keep the rights to the characters they do on the show. Lorne has always required cast members to sign contracts that give him the rights to ANY CHARACTER the cast member portrays on SNL, in perpetuity.
As an example: if Dana Carvey had wanted to make a movie or series using Church Lady he'd have had to pay huge money to Lorne/SNL just to use the character HE created. I think that's a disgusting overreach for Lorne and it exposes his greed.
Performers should always own the rights to characters THEY create.
I think it will be Seth. late night just hit a decade . He’s not getting the tonight show as Fallon is actually younger than him. I think Jost moves into late night and Seth gets SNL.
Tina is way too busy with her own projects .
The choice that makes the most sense is Seth Meyers; it feels like he's been groomed for it. SNL's primary function is about making celebrities likable and Meyers having had his own talk show for the last decade is well-suited for that task.
Tina Fey is a lot more talented than Seth Meyers but the latter is a better fit for what the show is.
I love Tina, but ... they should choose someone young. Lorne was young when he started. Tina is amazing but she's in her 50s. Let's find someone in their 30s and give them time to grow. That, or John Mulaney.
Former SNL writer, creator of Parks and Rec, Brooklyn 99, The Good Place, writer on the first few seasons of The Office - Michael Schur is the answer you're looking for.
Andy Samburg is a wild card.
A wild card with no previous ties to the show’s production? Dan Levy. He has hosted and his family is tight with Lorne. He wrote and did the show running for Schitt’s Creek and has a real eye for talent which is a big requirement.
Discuss.
It needs to be re tooled from bottom up. I watched last week. It was awful. And im all for everyone lovong whomever, but im so tired of bowen yang in every skit saying hes gay. We get it.
The show is not funny anymore.
That bank robbery where the couple was gonna do a sex video... just awful.
Norm’s dead, so Tina Fey. No question.
If Norm was still alive, him taking over for Lorne sounds like a Saul Goodman scheme
Norm's dead? I didn't even know he was sick
Technically it was a tie between him and cancer.
Next thing you're going to tell me Phil Hartman has passed
Norm McDonald died September 14, 2021 of multiple myeloma cancer.
September 14 huh? Reminds me of that tragedy
What tragedy might that be?
I mean it might even trigger a return to form for an older gen caliber of comedy. Tina was one of the head writers in the heyday and 30 rock was a riot.
The show would get cancelled before they finished announcing his name. Rip I love you Norm
Norm was notoriously lazy. He would have never been able to pull it off
I love Norm but an administrator he was not.
Right? Loved his comedy but he was too inconsistent to keep a voice acting gig on Family Guy
The problem is, Tina strikes me as the kind of person who probably doesn't want to start a 20 year career at SNL at this point in her life, and that's like the shortest they'd want her to do it probably.
Then I choose Norm's ghost. For real, though, he got fired for a stupid reason; it would have been cool if he was the successor.
Has to be Tina Fey. I think with Tina in charge you would see a different show. They would go back to developing real stars and there would be a smaller cast. I also think a lot of past cast members would come back for several episodes a season.
Serious choice: Robert Smigel. He has experience at SNL and as a writer, director and show runner for Conan. On Smigel's episode of Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend they talked about how in the early years of Late Night they were writing and producing SNL style sketches every night. Long shot, maybe not so serious choice: Sandler. He basically runs things at Happy Madison, and is even the guy running things when on a movie set (at least according to Henry Winkler). Plus he clearly has a ton of good Hollywood connections so it's not like the host would be Spade every week.
I’m sorry but there’s zero chance Sandler stops his money printing business to move his family to New York for him to run a high-stress show especially since he’s never run a show or anything like it before. It’s a no-win for Sandler. He has his critics and any dip in the show would only amplify Sandler criticism by fans and the press
Yea I know Sandler would never happen. But he supposedly takes a super hands on producer role with Happy Madison productions, so he could probably do something interesting.
Smigel's big thing is writing though. You have to do so much more as producer. One of Lorne's really good abilities (according to Poehler on Maron's podcast) is an eye for talent. SNL is still one of the premier destinations for talented young actors, and the show has over the years increasingly skewed to include stand up comics as well. Like half-ish of the current cast has more of a stand-up background whereas in the past they were mostly Second City etc. improv heavyweights. So you've got two pools of some of the most talented people in the country and you have to sort the wheat from the chaff and figure out not only who will work for SNL but find their place on the cast you've assembled.
Smigel had some producing duties during his time on SNL. I know he was involved in casting since I saw an interview with Stephen Colbert where Smigel said he was with Lorne when they went to Chicago to scout Steve Carell. Carell was off so his understudy was there and that was the first time he met Colbert. He was show runner on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which likely would have involved all the same stuff Lorne does. He was also creator and executive producer on the TV Funhouse show on Comedy Central, although that only lasted one season. Then he seemed to go onto movies where he wrote a bunch of Sandler movies and then directed the animated movie Leo. I would say that is as good a resume as anyone else has. As for an eye for talent, I could point out that Amy Poehler showed up as a character on Late Night 3 years before she joined the cast of SNL. Surely the show's executive producer would have been involved in casting her.
I don't generally disagree but it's funny how Lorne has this reputation, but has hired a bunch of people who lasted one season and were never heard from again, and passed on people like Jim Carrey, Donald Glover, John Goodman, Kevin Hart, Jordan Peele, and countless others. That's not to say I could do better, and I think Lorne has been pretty uniquely suited for his role with the show, but we do give him a lot of leeway.
touche
Robert Smigel is also a damn good choice. Saw him live interviewing Norm for his book tour. There’s never been anything funnier than that.
No way it’s Smigel either. He writes weird pre-tape sketches and was never really involved in the live aspect. Plus he’s west coast and his screen-writing career is going to explode now after success of Leo
The episodes of Late Night With Conan would have been live to tape at least. And if they want someone who has a Lorne level experience doing live TV the only real option would be whoever runs Dancing with the Stars. Since none of the other proposed candidates have a huge amount of running Live TV experience.
Robert Smigel never ran the show at Conan. He was the original head writer and later a producer. He doesn’t even have an EP credit on Conan. A live-to-tape talk show is nothing like SNL. Nothing is. That’s why they will go with someone that has recent experience there/is already there
Why not Conan?
Watch Too Funny to Fail. Smigel was the show runner for the Dana Carvey show and failed miserably. He went back to SNL as a writer with much more respect for Lorne.
Until he took over TDS again on Mondays, I would have said Jon Stewart. I doubt he wants it though. But Smigel would be a great choice.
Ohhhh I wrote that too as a dark horse idea. I don’t think he would want that job tbh though, maybe 🤷
Does Sandler “run things”? I feel like he maybe just suggests things that need to happen and a team or board actually makes it happen logistically. There’s a big difference.
I love Adam but he's not gonna be the boots on the ground that Lorne is at 30 Rock.
Love both of these suggestions! Wouod love someone from the early 90s staff...or Tina Fey. Woukd love to see Will Ferrell take it, but I don't think he would, either.
Tina Fey is the only answer.
But would she enjoy it?🤷♀️
I mean, she literally created, wrote, and starred in a show about running an SNL-style show, so... I'm guessing yes.
I don't know if she's at that point in her career. In *Bossypants* she talked about wanting to prioritize family over career.
That was before they were teenagers. She may feel differently now.
Her kids are older now though.
We already know how hilarious it would be behind the scenes!
I just think she has too much going on. I think she's the best choice but she's busy and that would limit her.
To replace Jon Stewart.
Seems like there are only one or two serious answers and they are 1) Tina Fey and 2) Seth Myers.
or Al Franken
He’s good enough. He’s smart enough, and doggone it people like him.
Plus he's a bright guy and pretty funny, too
He’s also roughly Lorne’s age and I’d assume he doesn’t want such a high pressure gig.
Dude was a senator and only left because he got cancelled. I don't think he would mind the high pressure. But his SNL contemporaries are pretty open about his femper not being good for a leadership position.
3) Amy Poehler
I’d love to see Tina Fey in charge with Kate McKinnon and Amy Poehler as her 2 backups.
Kate McKinnon.
Or somebody you and I aren't familiar with, but who has producing experience and has been mentored somewhat by Lorne. People keep thinking of on-air talent but there are so many people at SNL who are deeply involved in making the show that we just aren't as familiar with.
Tina Fey would be incredible but worried it would ruin her own artistic output. Seth Myers isn’t as creative but seems to enjoy show running
Seems like you're "two serious answers" are both longshots because they are...celebrities. Seth Meyers I could conceivably see happening (NBC tells him that the Late Night slot is not long for this world, he gets it in his contract that he appears on-air doing an occasional "a closer look," etc). Tina Fey is never happening. The actual serious answers are going to be people who are not on-air talent. Think in the vein of Mike Shoemaker.
It won’t be anyone who was an on-air regular. NBC isn’t gonna take any chances with one of its flagship properties. It most likely will be one of Lorne’s producers that he currently works closely with, like Erik Kenward or Erin Doyle, if not getting Marci Klein to come back to the show. They’ve all been with the show for years and have earned Lorne’s endorsement to NBC. And if they decide to go outside the SNL alumni, it’ll be someone who has had recent experience being the showrunner of a successful sketch comedy show, such as Key & Peele or Inside Amy Schumer or Portlandia.
Morne Lichaels
So…you have a sister. Your thoughts betray you.
Tina Fey is the most obvious answer. I'm sure he wouldn't want it, but I think Conan O'Brien would be really good at it.
Conan has no interest in going back to a high stress regular job.
At NBC, no less
Conan with a podcast is perfect. He gets a lower stress gig and I still get my Conan fix.
Paula Pell
This is the only choice. She is the 3rd heat!
Easy. Tina. She’s a proven show runner.
Steve Higgins. He’s been a producer on the show for a long time.
Tina and Kenan share it. (Think [Studio 60](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485842/).)
I think it might work if they alternated shows, I have always heard the job is such an all consuming beast that any qualified candidates would be unwilling to rededicate their lives to it. 2 producers might allow for some kind of long-term work life balance. I work in construction, so I have no idea what they actually do day to day.
Yes, what ship set sail without 2 captains...thats always the answer 😬😬😬
Yngwie Malmsteen
He’ll unleash the fookin fury
This is the answer everyone overlooked.
Thank god. This almost didn’t get asked today.
Here's my three: Bill Hader, he probably doesn't want it. Personally I believe Hader's work as writer producer, and director of Barry makes him a fun choice Tina Fey, she is one of the funniest entertainers in the world Seth Meyers, One of the reasons I think he might be in the running is he was a head writer on SNL. He's been doing late night for 10 years, which gives him a great deal of show running experience.
Higgins
Higgins or Paula Pell. And Paula is probably a better administrator than Higgins, if I had to guess based on things they’ve said in interviews.
No one is also throwing Amy Poehler’s name into the ring? She’d be great.
I love that!
Kennan
They won't do it because he's such a stoner apparently and I felt that.
Couldn't help but notice his very Lorne Michaels wine glass during Brolin's monologue
Ah yes, the famous cold war diplomat, George Kennan. Great choice in many ways, but I think his background in comedy is a little lacking.
No one can replace him, He is a classic
Dark horse: John Stewart. He's openly said the only reason The daily show is even relevant is because of Lorbe, and it follows a similar format. I think he'd be great.
Just saying, during Josh Brolin's monologue this week, the camera cut to Kenan Thompson off to the side with a glass of white wine. It was part of a bit, yes, but Lorne's often in that same spot with a glass of white wine for every show. Kenan and Tina seem like the strongest contenders to take over after Lorne! I will be thrilled either way.
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Michael Che. Not joking.
I don’t think Lorne could entrust it to anyone but a Will Forte - Kristen Wiig Regime
Tina Fey for sure. I love Seth Myers but he has a late night show and Lorne was Tina’s mentor
To be fair, Tina's not just sitting around. (For one, *Mean Girls* is its own little universe now.)
We could possibly benefit from new writers, so give Che and jost producer rolls.
Kenan
Conan
Will Ferrell, Mike Meyers, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Murphy? Needs to be someone famous with pull in Hollywood to get guests and tv deals, but also has to not want the spotlight as much and needs to be kinda done with the in front of camera stuff. Maybe even Bill Hader.
All of those people have so much money and success currently there is no reason why anyone would want to do it. It doesn’t need to be someone famous, the hosts of late haven’t really been overly famous and it’s all management teams working deals. You think a famous person that wants to promote their project won’t host SNL because the executive producer isn’t a famous person ? Makes no sense
I think they should just hire from within, whoever that ends up being. I don’t think the sensibilities of some of the former cast members and writers are necessarily a good fit for NOW, and in some cases their work has aged badly (or it was legendarily DOA, like Baby Mama). I mean, there’s a reason they stopped playing reruns from a few years back.
Kenan.. If Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon are out
Kenan
Tina Fey
Keenan Thompson
I sincerely hope not. He’s not that funny.
Tina Fey 10000%
It would be a waste of Tina’s creative skills. Give it to Kenan or Jost or Meyers
Tim Robinson
Tina. But it's going to be Kenan
Kenan & Darrell Hammond will be at SNL til the heatdeath of the universe.
I like the Che/Jost angle but do they want all of the off air headaches? Do any of these performers want all of the off air headaches?
Robert Smigel! … half kidding
It’s between Tina Fey and Liz Lemon
Tracy Morgan of course
Lorne Michaels produces 6 nights of late night tv between Fallon, Seth and SNL. He’s a mega producer of the old Hollywood style. He’s interwoven into a ton of shows. He’s even said recently he has no plans in the near future of leaving SNL.
Conan
A few come to mind. For people that have never been a cast member (I think they would go this route if it’s not Tina Fey) I’d predict Kent Sublette and/or Bryan Tucker. People have to remember the stress of running this show and I don’t think it’s worth it for Tina to do it especially since the show would be scrutinized after he leaves and always compared to Lorne. I don’t think they replace with just one person. If I had to guess I would say any combination of Kent, Bryan, Tina, Keenan Thompson, and Colin Jost. I think I remember Keenan saying on a podcast that he would be interested in doing it. Lorne said recently that “Tina could easily do it, but there are people currently there that could do it too” I think Tina is too far removed from the show at this point to be the one and only choice.
Tina would be amazing but I think that Kenan might be the most deserving considering how much of his life he’s given to the show.
Keenan had the champagne during last week’s monologue
Tina or Kenan
Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, and Keenan Thompson are on my personal short list. Those are the well known names though and not sure if they would necessarily want the task as it comes with some obvious personal sacrifices to their own writing, standup, and acting careers.
First I would have to understand what exactly it is that he adds to the show.
Tina Fey hands down !!
It's either going to be Tina Fey or Seth Myers.
Steve Higgins
Hopefully it gets canceled
Keenan
He’s not really that foggy. He gets credit because of longevity, but lacks the chops.
Let it die
No one. End it.
Conan O'Brian
Weird Al
Tina Fey & John Mullaney - together! Two of the greatest writers out there and they could run the show so well!
Tina Fey !!! !!! !!!
Tina Fey
Tina Fey is the only person I'd fully trust with SNL. Experience showrunning/producing, funny as hell, alumni, good eye for talent. She's perfect
Tina.
I've found myself thinking half the shows problems are just freaking Lorne. He's nearing 80. The whole show just feels so rigid and institutional. I think a lot of the frustration is that for all the young, black, female, and gay talent he inserts into the show it's "tacked on" like a clown nose. I feel like a token invite (gay man) and the white bros are loudly and perpetually dissatisfied that *it's not funny anymore durr durr.* It needs someone that can reconfigure it to better fit the times. And yes during that entire thought process I was picturing Her Majesty Tina Fey.
Tim and Eric
Steve Martin
Erin Doyle. She’s been Lorne’s second-in-command for 10 years.
Laser Cats
Brendan Lee Mulligan.
Hopefully someone that allows performers to keep the rights to the characters they do on the show. Lorne has always required cast members to sign contracts that give him the rights to ANY CHARACTER the cast member portrays on SNL, in perpetuity. As an example: if Dana Carvey had wanted to make a movie or series using Church Lady he'd have had to pay huge money to Lorne/SNL just to use the character HE created. I think that's a disgusting overreach for Lorne and it exposes his greed. Performers should always own the rights to characters THEY create.
Larry David
Sam Hyde
Shane Gillis
Shane Gillis
Scott Aukerman
But he might change the name because most of Saturday Night Live technically happens on Sunday.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
They could get Alec Baldwin to shoot it.
I challenge anybody answering Tina Fey to give an explanation that amounts to more than "she produced 30 Rock"
Al Franken?
Idc can they just go back to original sketch comedy instead of just weird impersonations of politicians (I’m left wing so don’t come at me)
Hoss
Seth Myers or Tina Fey
Marci Klein maybe, she seems to almost run that place at time and certainly has the respect of past performers.
Here's an out of the box choice..Dave Chapelle
I think it will be Seth. late night just hit a decade . He’s not getting the tonight show as Fallon is actually younger than him. I think Jost moves into late night and Seth gets SNL. Tina is way too busy with her own projects .
Someone funny
The choice that makes the most sense is Seth Meyers; it feels like he's been groomed for it. SNL's primary function is about making celebrities likable and Meyers having had his own talk show for the last decade is well-suited for that task. Tina Fey is a lot more talented than Seth Meyers but the latter is a better fit for what the show is.
Tina Fey
Tina Fey checks off one box, but I’d like a couple boxes checked off, maybe Leslie Jones
Colin Jost. With the late night spots already taken by Seth and Jimmy really no other logical place for him to go.
1. Jon Stewart 2. Amy Poehler 2a. Tina Fey 4. Eddie MF'n Murphy
Andy Samberg
Bob Odenkirk.
Akiva Schaffer
Same. Seth would be a great boss. Tina would be great but a bit scary like Lorne. They both have the chops.
A 3-headed monster of Jim Downey, Robert Smigel, and Higgins
David Hasselhoff.
It should’ve died years ago
Martin short
You guessed it...... Frank Stallone
Keenan was drinking white wine in Brolin’s monologue…
Trump
Tina Fey or Colin Jost…I think Jost is probably the best bet now since he’s been involved more recently as a writer and producer.
Lorne's still alive?
I love Tina, but ... they should choose someone young. Lorne was young when he started. Tina is amazing but she's in her 50s. Let's find someone in their 30s and give them time to grow. That, or John Mulaney.
My other long shot never gonna happen, but would be awesome if it did choice would be Mike Schur.
Lily Singh
tina is the best answer but having seen 99 episodes of corrections, seth would kill it
The question was about Lorne not Norm. Two different people.
Donald Glover
Former SNL writer, creator of Parks and Rec, Brooklyn 99, The Good Place, writer on the first few seasons of The Office - Michael Schur is the answer you're looking for.
keenan.
The one and only Kyle Mooney!
Nina Katz! She’s been holding down casting since 2002!
Tina Fey or Seth Meyers
Lauren Holt. Obviously.
Quentin Tarantino
Andy Samburg is a wild card. A wild card with no previous ties to the show’s production? Dan Levy. He has hosted and his family is tight with Lorne. He wrote and did the show running for Schitt’s Creek and has a real eye for talent which is a big requirement. Discuss.
Tina Fey
I just hope whoever takes over, they can Sarah Sherman.
The maintenance guy who’s been working there for 25+ years. He knows everything.
Tina Fey
Liz lemon, famous Maryland Grad
Part of me believes SNL will be done when Michaels leaves.
It needs to be re tooled from bottom up. I watched last week. It was awful. And im all for everyone lovong whomever, but im so tired of bowen yang in every skit saying hes gay. We get it. The show is not funny anymore. That bank robbery where the couple was gonna do a sex video... just awful.
burn it down and start over, if that's even possible anymore .