Don’t forget: Bowen Yang is still Emmy-eligible.
On Monday, “Saturday Night Live,” the long-running NBC late-night sketch series, held its Emmy For Your Consideration event in Los Angeles at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center. Yang was among the 12-member cast panel, which also included Tommy Brennan, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernández, James Austin Johnson, Ben Marshall, Ashley Padilla, Kam Patterson, Sarah Sherman, Veronika Slowikowska and Kenan Thompson.
“Yes, everyone, I’m FYC-eligible!” Yang reminded the crowd during the Variety moderated this conversation in partnership with NBCUniversal.
Several cast members have left the show mid-year during the show’s 51-season run, and Yang now joins that group, each exit accompanied by its own host and musical guest. Among them: Dana Carvey (host Luke Perry and musician Mick Jagger), Norm Macdonald (host Julianne Moore and the Backstreet Boys), Amy Poehler (host Hugh Laurie and Kanye West) and Cecily Strong (host Austin Butler and Lizzo). On Yang’s departure episode, he had host Ariana Grande and musical guest Cher.
“It was so crazy, because those are two comedians, I feel like we can all agree,” Yang says. “Cher’s a literal sketch comedian. Ariana went through the whole Nickelodeon developmental thing. I can’t believe that was the fortuitous thing.”
