One of the longest running cast members of SNL isn’t going anywhere!
From People:
Rest easy, Saturday Night Live fans — Kenan Thompson isn’t going anywhere.
In a new interview with Variety, Thompson said he has no plans to leave the hit NBC comedy sketch show, despite signing on to his own sitcom, Kenan.
Thompson, 42, joined SNL in 2003 and holds the record for the longest-tenured cast member in the show’s history. He has been nominated a total of four times at the Emmy Awards, winning once for co-writing “Come Back, Barack” in 2018.
The current season marks his 17th, though he told Variety he’d like to reach an even 20.
“I have a certain number I would love to get to,” he said. “I think 20 is a good, round, even number that I’m close to. I feel like that is in reach, but also it would be respected if I don’t get there. Like, 18 is fine, 19 is fine. It doesn’t really matter. What matters is, will I have time for my family? There’s only 24 hours in a day.”
Kenan, premiering Feb. 16 on NBC, stars Thompson as a widowed dad juggling his job as the host of an Atlanta morning show while raising two daughters.
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