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      • Saturday Night Live 's Kenan Thompson isn't going anywhere. The funnyman, who hosted the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, said there's "more" for him to do at the NBC series — after seven cast members left the sketch series ahead of season 48. Thompson, 44, has been appearing on SNL since 2003.
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  1. Jul 30, 2022 · Kenan Thompson explains why Saturday Night Live ending after season 50 'might not be a bad idea' The longest-running cast member doesn't know if the show should go on without Lorne...

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  3. Aug 1, 2022 · Actor Kenan Thompson and creator Lorne Michaels have both stated in recent interviews that the show, which will air its 48th season later this year, could end after its 50th installment.

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    • If you could travel back in time, what advice would you give your younger self before your first SNL audition? Wear a diaper. I'm just kidding. It'll be fine, you know what I mean?
    • What is the character or line that fans ask you to do or so say the most? Well, I think they say it to me is: "What's up with that?" A lot of people go, "What's up with that?"
    • What is the key to writing a breakout SNL song? I think it depends on the topical-ness of it — how current the idea is. It's gotta kind of [be a ]Venn diagram of something that people have been wanting as well as something that's right below the surface that they're just not fully predicting.
    • How long does it take you to fall asleep after a show? A while. It takes a while to wind down from that adrenaline because it's been kind of building all day on Saturday.
  4. Thompson returned to sketch comedy when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2003, becoming the show's first cast member born after its 1975 premiere. [9] Thompson said he had sent several audition tapes to SNL, which dismissed him as looking too young; he said "it was a couple years' worth of that". [ 7 ]

  5. Dec 5, 2023 · Kenan Thompson says he 'almost quit' 'Saturday Night Live' after a series of 'rookie mistakes' left him getting 'zero airtime' on the show: 'I was like, 'What the hell am I doing here?''.

  6. Sep 13, 2022 · Saturday Night Live 's Kenan Thompson isn't going anywhere. The funnyman, who hosted the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, said there's "more" for him to do at the NBC series — after seven...

  7. Jan 18, 2023 · After joining Saturday Night Live in 2003, Kenan Thompson is now the longest-running castmate on the sketch series. But is he eyeing his exit?