Seth Meyers shares his thoughts on the rumors that Lorne Michaels is ready to say goodbye Saturday Night Live and retirement from NBC’s late-night sketch show.
the late time at night The host recently appeared on Mike Birbiglia is working on the problemThe podcast host asked Myers about Michaels leaving SNL.
“Are you going to take over for Lorne or is it Tina (Fey) and then you?” Birbiglia asked, to which Myers responded: “I think that’s a false narrative that Lorne is going anywhere.”
Myers was a senior writer on SNL He worked on the sketch show between 2001 and 2014. And the actor doesn’t think Michaels was entirely serious when he said he wanted to retire from the comedy show after its 50th season.
“I think it made sense for Lorne — who has a flair for the dramatic — to say, ‘I think I’ll be done at 50,'” Myers said. “It’s not like Lorne has anything else he wants to do more than this.”
Berbilgia responded with a joke, saying: “Do you think it’s Keenan (Thompson)?” “I think it’s Keenan,” Myers quipped.
Earlier this year, Michaels reiterated plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary SNL He promised to sort things out after this was done.
“We’re going to have a 50th anniversary show in February of ’25, so I’ll definitely be there for that, and I’ll definitely be there until then, and at some point before that, we’ll figure out what we’re going to do.” He said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
after at The reporter dropped Fey’s name on his replacement, and Michaels said, “It could easily be Tina Fey, but you know, there’s a lot of people out there now who are also, you know…” adding, “Tina is amazing and great at everything. She’s a person Very important in my life.”
Michaels participated in the creation SNL in 1975 and has been part of the NBC late-night sketch show ever since, serving as a writer, producer, and executive producer.