Looks like 30 Rock won’t be airing on the weekends for a while.
Amidst the Hollywood writers’ strike, “Saturday Night Live” halted production and canceled the remainder of the season. The hiatus means that this week’s episode featuring former cast member Pete Davidson as host and rapper Lil Uzi Vert as a musical guest will not happen, according to an NBC press release. The sketch comedy series had three episodes left in May. Instead, repeat episodes will be broadcast until further notice.
The Writers Guild of America, the union that represents most film and television writers in the United States, went on strike this week, bringing productions in Hollywood to a screeching halt. The strike came weeks after negotiations failed to reach a contract between the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which is negotiating on behalf of the nine largest studios.
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The strike comes 15 years after the union walked out for 100 days in 2007 and 2008. Since then, the entertainment industry has been upended by the rise of streaming services like Netflix.
Aside from SNL, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and others rely on the writers and present the shows on the day they air. The strike immediately forced a lockout, a fact that Late Night host Seth Meyers spoke about on air last week. Some daytime talk shows, including “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” were also closed.
Davidson, 29, started on “SNL” in 2014 as one of its youngest cast members. His departure from the series was announced in May 2022. Prior to the finale of SNL’s 77th season, Davidson wrote a touching and drawn-out goodbye through “SNL” writer Dave Sirus on Instagram.
Davidson Books. “I’ve shared so much with this audience and I’m literally growing up before your eyes. … I owe (executive producer) Lorn Michaels and everyone at SNL my life. I’m so grateful and I wouldn’t be here without them.”
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