The Nickelodeon alum is not any stranger to the Emmys and has been nominated six occasions over the course of his profession.
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Stay from the Emmys!
“Saturday Evening Stay” star Kenan Thompson might be internet hosting the 2022 Emmy Awards on Sept. 12.
“Being part of this unimaginable night the place we honor the perfect of the tv group is ridiculously thrilling, and to do it on NBC – my longtime community household – makes it much more particular,” Thompson, 44, stated in an announcement Tuesday. “Like all TV followers, I can’t wait to see the celebs from my favourite reveals.”
The awards celebrating the most popular reveals on TV will air stay from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. on NBC.
The present can even be streamed on Peacock. The Artistic Arts ceremonies are set to be offered Sept. 3 and Sept. 4.
Jen Neal, NBCUniversal tv and streaming government VP of stay occasions, gushed over the Nickelodeon alum in her personal assertion. “Kenan is well-regarded as one of many funniest, likeable and completed performers of the final twenty years and his tenure on ‘Saturday Evening Stay’ speaks for itself,” she stated. “We all know he’ll deliver an pleasure and professionalism to the Emmy Awards that a present of this stature deserves.”
Thompson – who will start his twentieth season on “SNL” later this 12 months – is not any stranger to the Emmys. He's a six-time Emmy Award nominee and even scored two nods final 12 months for Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Collection for his comedy sequence “Kenan” and Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Collection for “SNL.”
Thompson received an Emmy for Excellent Authentic Music and Lyrics for the “SNL” tune “Come Again, Barack” in 2018.
The “Kenan and Kel” star joined the forged of the stay comedy sketch present in 2003. Nonetheless, he admitted that it might be time for the long-running present to finish within the close to future.
He appeared on Charlamagne tha God’s “Hell of a Week” sequence final month and he famous that if creator Lorne Michaels, 77, retires after the 2024-25 season, then the present may correctly conclude.
“The rumor is the present is ending at its fiftieth season as a result of Mr. Lorne Michaels doesn’t wish to do it after age 80. Is that true?” Charlamagne, 44, puzzled.
“There could possibly be quite a lot of validity to that rumor, as a result of 50 is an effective quantity to cease at,” Thompson stated.
“[NBC] may slash the finances after which at that time, you may’t actually do the identical form of present,” he continued. “In order that’s unfair to look at it simply actually go down form of in flames for actual due to these restrictions … Capping it at 50 may not be a foul thought.”
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