StatesideSeptember 27, 2006

Before launching its 32nd season, NBC’s SNL has fired 3 of its cast members. Horatio Sanz, Chris Parnell and Finesse Mitchell will not be returning this season. Sanz, the first Latino cast member, never blossomed into the crazy fat guy that producers envisioned when hired in 1997. He was certainly fat enough. SNL will resume with 11 cast members this season, 5 less that the 16 players of last year. Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch left to do some weird sitcom, 30 Rock, that sounds like some dumb SNL spin-off. Seth Meyers, who I couldn’t pick out of a lineup, was promoted to head writer and co-anchor of the “Weekend Update.” God, it’s sad what’s happened to this show. It used to be a springboard for witty comedians. Now it’s a graveyard for the untalented who laugh at themselves harder than the people watching.

AP: SNL Cast Changes

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