“Saturday Evening Are living” changed into the most recent casualty of the coronavirus and its highly contagious omicron variant this weekend, following the Radio City Rockettes and a lot of Broadway reveals in scaling lend a hand or shutting down fully in Original York City,
While the final fresh “SNL” episode of 2021 wasn’t fully canceled, it had no viewers or stay musical guest and a range of of the solid changed into despatched home. The present featured largely pre-recorded segments as nicely as video shorts from previous Christmas episodes.
Tom Hanks (who joked he wasn’t going to cruise across the nation and no longer be on TV) and ragged “SNL” solid member Tina Fey – both of whom possess hosted the present five times – joined scheduled host Paul Rudd to induct him into the “Five Timers Membership.”
Tina Fey and Tom Hanks are seen in Original York City, Jan. 9, 2018 The actors joined guest host Paul Rudd for the scaled-down present on Saturday.
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Rudd admitted he changed into “dissatisfied” to no longer be performing stay sketches in entrance of an viewers.
Charli XCX, left, and Paul Rudd stand with solid member Ego Nwodim at some level of promos for “Saturday Evening Are living” in Original York City, Dec. 16, 2021.
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Singer Charli XCX had canceled her scheduled look citing the “exiguous crew.”
“i am devastated and heartbroken,” she wrote in an announcement. “myself, caroline, christine and all of our crews and teams possess labored so laborious all week alongside the snl group to reveal the most unbelievable musical efficiency to life. it must’t happen this time nonetheless I’ll be lend a hand! i am currently precise and wholesome nonetheless take into account that very unhappy.”
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Fey later filled in for absent “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost. She and co-anchor Michael Che read news-linked jokes whereas seated in chairs on a barren stage, rather than on the identical old “Weekend Update” plight. (Fey had anchored “Weekend Update” at some level of her bustle as a solid member, 1997-2006.)
The present had launched its scaled-lend a hand plans on Twitter earlier Saturday.
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“Attributable to the fresh spike within the Omicron variant and out of an abundance of warning, there’ll seemingly be no stay viewers for tonight’s taping of ‘Saturday Evening Are living’ and the present can possess exiguous solid and crew,” the commentary said.
