“Saturday Evening Stay” introduced, simply hours earlier than showtime, that there can be no stay viewers on Saturday night time “out of an abundance of warning” amid the surge of coronavirus instances in New York tied to the Omicron variant.
The present additionally wrote on Twitter that there can be “restricted forged and crew,” however it didn’t elaborate if any of the forged members had examined constructive for the virus.
“The present continues to comply with all authorities security tips along with a rigorous testing protocol,” it stated, including that those that had tickets to the taping at Rockefeller Middle “can be getting extra info quickly.”
An individual acquainted with plans for the present stated that some forged and crew both had examined constructive or had been in shut contact with individuals who had.
Saturday night time’s present, which was anticipated to be the final one in all 2021, was scheduled to be hosted by the actor Paul Rudd, with a musical efficiency by the English pop artist Charli XCX.
The singer ended up pulling her efficiency from the present hours after “S.N.L.” launched its assertion, throwing the present into even additional chaos.
She stated she couldn’t carry out with so few crew members. “I’m devastated and heartbroken,” she said in a statement of her personal, including: “It will possibly’t occur this time however I’ll be again! I’m at present protected and wholesome however in fact very unhappy.”
“Please take care of yourselves on the market and be sure to get vaccinated in case you haven’t already,” she continued.
NBC declined to remark past the present’s assertion.
“S.N.L.” usually tapes a costume rehearsal at 8 p.m. Jap time on Saturday, after which the stay efficiency airs at 11:30 p.m.
In a promotional clip posted on Thursday, Mr. Rudd revealed that Saturday’s episode can be his fifth time internet hosting the present.
When the “S.N.L.” forged member Ego Nwodim congratulated him within the clip on “becoming a member of the 5-Timers Membership,” Mr. Rudd joked that he was becoming a member of the membership solely as a result of he was “arrested for the fifth time this week.”