SNL to air two Thursday primetime election specials in Fall 2012
Still trying to read the tea leaves to see if Jason Sudeikis will return to Saturday Night Live this fall? One thing’s for certain. Sudeikis will continue working with the SNL crew in primetime, as NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt announced today at the TV Critics Association summer press tour that the network would air SNL Weekend Update Thursday specials in primetime on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27, 2012. Lorne Michaels and Co. put on four such specials in the previous presidential election of 2008. And since Sudeikis portrays not only presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, but also the sitting...
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