Pete Davidson will remain on TV screens for another season of his Peacock series “Bupkis”.
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Lorne Michaels created “Saturday Night Live” back in the mid-1970s, and aside from a few brief years in the ’80s when the show was being run by others, has led “SNL” for most of the show’s 48-season history.
Michaels, however, is 78 years old, and rumours abound as to who should succeed him when he finally decides to retire.
One name that continues to pop up is Seth Meyers, who served as the show’s head writer and Weekend Update anchor for 12-and-a-half seasons before taking over NBC’s “Late Night”.
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“I’m very flattered,” Meyers told Deadline of being mentioned as Michaels’ successor.
“First of all, you have to remember, I still can’t believe I was on ‘SNL’ and then I can’t believe that I got to be head writer and I got host Weekend Update. Of everything I’ve ever had in my [career], I’m proud of nothing more than being head writer. That will always be the most important thing I’ve done. To hear my name in this conversation is another thing that’s so lovely and flattering. With that said, it is not a job for me. I really think everybody underestimates the idea that Lorne Michaels might just be irreplaceable,” he added.
Asked about conflicting statements Michaels has made that he intends to retire after season 50, and that he has no intention of retiring at all, Meyers was asked whether he felt “SNL” may not be able to continue with its longtime leader.
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“I don’t think that’s the craziest thing in the world to imagine,” Meyers responded. “You can learn how to do things, but you can’t learn taste. It’s
Pete Davidson will remain on TV screens for another season of his Peacock series “Bupkis”.
Bupkis is getting a second season at Peacock!
Peacock is bringing back Pete Davidson comedy Bupkis.
Selome Hailu Pete Davidson’s Peacock series “Bupkis” has been renewed for a second season. The semi-autobiographical series stars Davidson as himself as he attempts to work through unique family dynamics and the complexities of fame to form meaningful relationships. Edie Falco and Joe Pesci also star. Season 1 guest stars included Machine Gun Kelly, Steve Buscemi, Charlamagne Tha God, Al Gore andJohn Mulaney, among others. Davidson writes the series with showrunner Judah Miller as well as Dave Sirus. All three serve as executive producers alongside Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer and Erin David. Universal Television is the studio, and Michaels’ Broadway Video produces.
This is one very unusual David vs. Goliath story.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The decision to realign “variety talk” and “variety sketch” this year into “talk” and “scripted variety” didn’t do much to change that. If anything, it further narrowed the field, as perennial variety talk winner “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” has now been kicked over to scripted variety. As a result, my colleague Clayton Davis counts only 14 series eligible for the outstanding talk nomination. And it’s not much better in scripted variety, where just 10 shows appear to be eligible.
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wrote on Twitter Friday shortly after news circulated that the series would not be returning for a third installment. The cancellation comes week’s after NBC’s last batch of decisions for on-the-bubble shows, which involved canceling “Grand Crew” after two seasons and “Young Rock” after three seasons.“I’m so sorry we didn’t get to make those episodes, but I’m immensely proud of the 23 episodes of the show we did put out there,” Spitzer continued.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NBCUniversal is, for a quick moment, taking “Live, from New York” to a lounge found in a beach-side resort in France. Fresh episodes of “Saturday Night Live” have been in short supply in the U.S. due to the Hollywood writers strike, but NBC’s late-night mainstay could generate some interest on Wednesday at the Cannes Lions advertising festival. In a showcase led by NBC News’ Willie Geist, “SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels will hold forth with cast members Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, Mikey Day and Ego Nwodim as part of a broader bid by NBCUniversal to get Madison Avenue to align itself with the program at it nears its 50th season in the fall of 2024.
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Seth Meyers’ upcoming tour.The “Late Night With Seth Meyers” host and former ‘Saturday Night Live’ Weekend Update anchor is leaving his trademark desk behind and traveling all over North America performing stand-up live at venues from June through August.Of course, there will be a handful of NYC gigs along the way for the NYC-based performer.Over, the course of the summer run, Meyers will stop in at New York City’s City Winery on June 20, July 18 and July 24.He’ll also host the launch of the new book “Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History” along with Amber Ruffin, Tarik Davis and more at Le Poisson Rouge on June 21.Finally, he’ll conclude his brief trek with back-to-back co-headlining shows with John Oliver at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 17 and Friday, Aug.
This story about Bill Hader and Seth Meyers and “Barry” and “Late Night” first appeared in the Comedy Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.The moment Bill Hader and Seth Meyers met on “Saturday Night Live,” Meyers immediately understood that Hader was a film nerd. “The first time Bill came into my office after he got hired, when he left, I somehow had a list of 12 foreign films to watch,” Meyers said during a lengthy joint interview conducted before the writers’ strike, the full version of which you can watch here or at the bottom of this article.
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