Lorne’s superpower was that nobody at NBC would mess with him. Once he’s out of the picture the new showrunner will have to answer to all of the network’s executives. It’s a wonder the show lasted as long as it did with him and it won’t last long without him.
On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 2:08 PM Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > Plus, I would think Fey has too many other real projects (and common > sense) to want to take that nightmare on. > > —Dave Sikula > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 20, 2024, at 6:50 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Meanwhile, Lorne mentioned in interviews during his CA Emmys trip that he > is planning on staying with the show through the 50th anniversary special > in January of 2025, but hinted he would retire soon after. He agreed to a > suggestion that Tina Fey is one of several who has what it takes to replace > him. > > Fey does make sense in many ways, except…she old. Michaels was around 30 > when he started SNL, and was in touch personally or culturally with much of > the cutting edge in comedy and music. Fey is 53. Of course Lorne wants > someone who will tend the flame and not reinvent the show. Still, I might > be looking for someone like some Writer/Producer who worked with like Conan > or TDS and is in their 30s. > > > https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lorne-michaels-retiring-snl-just-153758117.html > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 at 10:23 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Written and directed by Jason Reitman for Sony, "SNL 1975" tells the >> story behind-the-scenes of the weeks before the NBC late-night institution >> began its run--Gabriel LaBelle, who played the Spielberg stand-in in "The >> Fabelmans," is playing Lorne, with Cooper Hoffman ("Licorice Pizza") as >> Lorne's immediate NBC boss Dick Ebersol and Rachel Sennott ("The Idol," >> "Bottoms") as Rosie Schuster, Lorne's wife and a writer on the show--the >> question is, who's playing the Not Ready for Prime Time Players: >> >> >> https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-fablemans-gabriel-labelle-lorne-michaels-snl-1975-cooper-hoffman-rachel-sennott-1235797505/ >> >> And of course Sikula and Marousek will hate it. >> >> -- >> 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/90304ffa-d398-4c37-a8c5-8367d3c19592n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/90304ffa-d398-4c37-a8c5-8367d3c19592n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/fe-1V2PP7uA/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJXj%3D2OF0OK6bjCxXGp2xKVuQGs0PjvmBFgAahS6_nZXw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJXj%3D2OF0OK6bjCxXGp2xKVuQGs0PjvmBFgAahS6_nZXw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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/E27FBC48-7531-437D-B102-0F95A6C88333%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/E27FBC48-7531-437D-B102-0F95A6C88333%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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-FiEX15hNBwRLKVmaoSa_s-V1N3hE7HhYrhEfLKMqahvW6g%40mail.gmail.com.
