Lorne Michaels, who created “SNL” in 1975 and has led the show ever since (with a break from 1980-85), is mulling his exit strategy from the sketch series. He’s 79 and wants to hand the property off at some point in the near future.
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Top of his wish list? Fey. And it’s the second time he’s publicly recruited his former pupil.
“It could easily be Tina Fey, but you know, there are a lot of people who are there now,” Michaels told “Entertainment Tonight,” hinting that there are several names in the running.
Michaels added that Fey is “a very important person in my life.”
[Not really. If SNL wants to be rescued, Michaels and NBC should be talking to Dave Chappelle or Ricky Gervais. — Ed]
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