On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 9:41 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I suspect the Hit Rate for cast members after SNL is higher than the > average hit rate for cast members after they leave an average successful > Primetime show. I guess we would need to agree on an operational definition > of “Hit”, but it doesn’t have to be a string of box office blockbuster > films. > > If given a choice between 16 years on SNL or 8 years + 8 years doing a > couple of other moderately successful, lower profile projects, I guess it > is a personal preference, but I would not criticize those who made the > second choice. >
It was an SNL rule years ago that a cast member would have to be young to join the cast and they would be encouraged to move on after the end of their seven year contract. Leslie Jones was older when she joined the cast, though she came from the writing staff, and Kenan seems likely to stay through retirement, so I don't know if the rule still holds. The SNL schedule is tough on its cast and the physical capacity to deal with it may wane after 8 years with natural aging and some degree of burnout. Kenan deals with it just fine so that may not be universal. Still the schedule of a movie or sitcom, especially a 10 episode series, could look easy by comparison. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiE_W6sbqbKnBLVbpBRVsTy%3D3QNitUKyZy8Z%2BAcXdP5LWw%40mail.gmail.com.
