Filed under: Saturday Night Live, Celebrities
We told you recently about Saturday Night Live’s first new episode after the writers strike. The show will return this Saturday with host Tina Fey and musical guest Carrie Underwood. Now comes word that Maya Rudolph won’t be on the show this weekend.
Rudolph still doesn’t have a contract with the show. She almost left before this season started, but decided to come back. It now looks like that was only a temporary thing until they could get a contract hammered out. Producer Lorne Michaels says “I’m going to keep calling her until she changes her number,” so the show wants her back. For the time being, her slot will be filled with Upright Citizen’s Brigade troupe member Casey Wilson.
In other SNL news, the show will announce later this week who exactly is going to play Barack Obama in sketches. It won’t necessarily be someone who is in the current cast. Michaels is also looking outside the show for someone to play the Democratic Presidential candidate.
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