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The Town with Matthew Belloni

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Matt is joined by journalist, author, and 'SNL' expert James Andrew Miller to discuss whether Lorne Michaels will actually step down after the 50th anniversary of 'Saturday Night Live' in 2025 and, if so, who is best suited to replace him. They also discuss the state of the show, its struggle with political humor, and its lack of star power. For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: James Andrew Miller Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Asa Kwanga.
0:01.6	And I'm Ryan Hunt.
0:02.3	And we co-host, Stadio, a football podcast, on the Ring of Podcast Network.
0:06.6	If you like soccer or football, make sure you search for Stadio, a football podcast on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:15.8	It is Thursday, January 18th.
0:19.2	Saturday Night Live is back this weekend.
0:21.2	They've got Jacob Allorty.
0:22.7	I'm betting there will be a bathwater joke or 10 of them.
0:26.1	If you're a listener of this show, you know S&L is one of my favorite topics.
0:29.4	I've been a fan since I was a kid.
0:31.1	It's a great industry story.
0:32.9	The most successful launchpad for comedy stars and the history of entertainment. It's pretty insane that the same show with the same showrunner, Lauren Michaels,
0:40.9	has managed to stay relevant coming up on its 50th season, or at least semi-relevant.
0:45.7	We'll get into that.
0:46.8	The ratings this season have actually been pretty good since the return from the strike.
0:50.5	It's been averaging about $4,000 or $5 million, depending on the host and musical guests.
0:56.0	But there's still this fascinating question lingering over the show. It's whether Lorne,
1:00.2	who's now 79, will step down soon. And if so, what's going to happen to S&L? Who will replace
1:06.6	him? And is he even replaceable? We haven't talked about Estinnell in a while on the show,
1:11.2	but last weekend, Lauren went to the Emmys in L.A. He was asked on the red carpet the succession
1:15.7	question. He's always been pretty coy and astute to avoid talking about specific names,
1:21.1	but here was his quote. Of course I thought about it, he told Entertainment Tonight.
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