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Saturday Night Live is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. The show's premiere was
Showrunner Lorne Michaels in 2010
Lorne Michaels and some of the SNL cast at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for Political Satire in 2008. From left to right: Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Michaels, Seth Meyers, and Jason Sudeikis.
The original 1975 cast, from left to right: Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, and Chevy Chase
Comcast Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza, or "30 Rock") from which the show is broadcast
Kenan Thompson
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Kenan Thompson is an American actor and comedian. He has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's his
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…her SNL tenure ended, including on 30 Rock. Michaels earlier said in 2021 that the show's fiftieth anniversary would be "a really good time to leave". Kenan Thompson, the show's longest-serving cast member, speculated in 2022 that SNL may come to an end altogether after its fiftieth season, saying that it could make…
Thompson in 2026
Thompson in 2012
Thompson at a Washington Capitals event with the Stanley Cup in 2018