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Update: Sanz, Parnell, and Thompson off SNL

by Bob Sassone, posted Aug 23rd 2006 5:57PM

Lazy SundayTo update Joel's post from yesterday, it looks like we now know what Saturday Night Live cast members have been let go, and which one just got a promotion.

Check it out: the L.A. Times says that that Horatio Sanz, Kenan Thompson, and Chris Parnell (seen on the right with Andy Samberg, who will stay with the show) are gone. At the same time, Jason Sudeikis has been given the Weekend Update slot vacated when Tina Fey went off to do 30 Rock (with another person who left SNL, Rachel Dratch). Looks like Amy Poehler will be taken off the Weekend Update segment. They're still negoiating with veteran cast member Darrell Hammond.

What do you think of these changes? I won't be sad to see Sanz go. His outbreaks of laughter were funny the first 12 times, not so much after that.

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