Walter McBride/WireImageWhen fans and industry insiders speculate who Lorne Michaels might choose as his successor as Saturday Night Live s executive producer, ex-SNL head writer and Weekend Update anchor Tina Fey s name inevitably comes up, and Michaels revealed to Entertainment Tonight that Fey definitely makes his list of possible replacements.
"It could easily be Tina Fey," Micheals told the outlet on The Emmys red carpet on Monday, January 15.
Michaels, who has produced or executive produced several of Fey’s other projects, including Baby Mama, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and the stage and screen versions of Mean Girls, adds, "Tina’s brilliant and great at everything. She’s a very important person in my life."
However, he s keeping all his options open at the moment, noting that there are "a lot of people who are there now who are also, you know . "
Michaels, 79, created SNL in 1975 and, with the exception of a five-year hiatus from 1
When fans and industry insiders speculate who Lorne Michaels might choose as his successor as Saturday Night Live's executive producer, ex-SNL head writer and W
When fans and industry insiders speculate who Lorne Michaels might choose as his successor as Saturday Night Live's executive producer, ex-SNL head writer and W
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