SNL Cast To Shrink

Breaking News
SNL Cast To Shrink
By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/23/2006 10:12:00 AM

karl...

The showed jumped the shark ten years ago.

Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels said the veteran late-night
show will have a smaller cast this year due to "massive budget
cuts" at NBC.

"The budget is significantly less than it was last year," Michaels
said Saturday at the Television Critics Association press tour. "It
will be a smaller cast."

Michaels declined to outline specifics on the budgets cuts, but said

Agent Smith...

It could be an excuse, because the cast was just too large in the first
place. One would think that eliminating Tina Fey's $1M salary would be
sufficient. Darrell Hammond will probably go, because he hasn't created a
new character for a while, and he has become the guy who stayed too long at
the party.

the show chose to pare the cast as opposed to cutting back the number
of original episodes (20) it will air this season.

"I've gone through it three or four times, so it's not an
unfamiliar thing, but it is an unpleasant thing," Michaels said.

Benedetto Smyre...

I'm pretty sure SNL has been the worst show ever for about the last five
years. Why won't they at least shorten it to an hour? They never have the
material for an hour and a half anyways, even with a decent host...

Justin Pate...

Long overdue. They only need seven people in the cast, tops.