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NY Post
New York Post
4 May 2023


NextImg:‘SNL’ abruptly cancels shows, reveals 3 famous hosts who got yanked

Live from New York, it’s not Saturday night. 

“Saturday Night Live” has abruptly canceled the remaining episodes of Season 48 because of the writer’s strike. 

The show also revealed the A-list stars who were going to host the now-yanked episodes.

“Succession” favorite Kieran Culkin, 40, and Jennifer Coolidge, 61, who has enjoyed a career resurgence in the wake of “The White Lotus,” were both scheduled to host the final two episodes of the season. 

Culkin would have had the musical guest Labyrinth, while Coolidge would host the finale with musical guest The Foo Fighters. 

It would have been Culkin’s second time hosting, after an appearance in 2021, but Coolidge’s “SNL” debut — made all the more significant with The Foo Fighters involved, as it would be their first time coming back to “SNL” since the tragic death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022 at age 50. 

Former castmate Pete Davidson, 29, was also scheduled to return to his old stomping grounds and host the May 6 episode; that, too, got scrapped.

The Post reached out to NBC for comment.

The upcoming episode would have been Kieran Culkin’s second “SNL” hosting gig.
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SNL season 48 cast photo

This is the first time industry writers have been on strike since 2007.
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Meanwhile, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers have shut down their nightly talk shows in the wake of the first WGA writers’ strike in 15 years.

The strike started at midnight on May 2, with thousands of Hollywood writers going to picket lines to fight for pay increases and other benefits. 

The last time the WGA went on strike in 2007 the work stoppage lasted for 100 days.