Kenan Thompson Inching Closer to 'SNL' Exit

NBC has given a pilot order to a family comedy starring and executive produced by the long-time 'Saturday Night Live' regular.

Long-time Saturday Night Live regular Kenan Thompson is one step closer to moving to primetime on NBC.

NBC has given a pilot order to Saving Kenan, a family comedy starring and executive produced by Thompson. The network has also given a pilot order to Like Magic, a workplace comedy set at a magic club.

Saving Kenan, formerly titled Saving Larry, would star Thompson as a newly widowed father who's determined to be everything for his kids, while also begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in the family's life.


The show went into development in the fall, just as Thompson was starting his record 16th season on SNL and coming off his first Emmy win for the late-night series.


SNL mastermind Lorne Michaels is an executive producer of Saving Kenan, along with Thompson, writer Jackie Clarke (Superstore) and Andrew Singer. Universal Television is producing along with Michaels' Broadway Video.

Like Magic also comes from Superstore writers, Bridget Kyle and Vicky Luu. The workplace comedy follows an optimistic young woman chasing her dream of becoming a headlining magician in the eccentric, ego-driven world of the Magic Palace.

Along with Kyle and Luu, Matt Hubbard (30 Rock) is executive producing and will supervise the writing. Julie Anne Robinson will direct and exec produce; Kelly Pancho is also an executive producer. The show is from Universal TV and CannyLads.

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In an interview with THR, Emmerich notes, "we're highly focused on DC," and says they are no longer following the Marvel MCU route while discussing what comes next following the billion-dollar success of Aquaman.

"We all feel like we've turned a corner now. We're playing by the DC playbook, which is very different than the Marvel playbook," Emmerich said. "We are far less focused on a shared universe. We take it one movie at a time. Each movie is its own equation and own creative entity. If you had to say one thing about us, it's that it always has to be about the directors."



The latter comment about it always having to be about the directors is an obvious dig at Marvel, but it is also ironic considering the recent information about Zack Snyder's DCEU plans that recently came out. A DC-insider offered that the WB execs at the time really interfered with Snyder's plans. It's also known that before Man of Steel, Zack Snyder wanted his Superman to be not a part of a shared universe and separate from any Justice League movies (similar to the Nolan Batman Dark Knight films). It's also known that WB execs massively interfered with David Ayer's Suicide Squad movie.



So according to Emmerich, who took over as chairman last year, this seems to be a DC course correction, which has worked. WB is no longer concerned with competing with Marvel (which is blamed to have ruined the Snyder films), but will let their directors shine (like James Wan and Patty Jenkins). The solo Wonder Woman and Aquaman movies that were not really a part of a connected universe have been the most successful films bringing in close to $2 billion. Up next includes more solo films for DC including Shazam!, the Margot Robbie Bird of Prey, the Matt Reeves The Batman (said to feature a younger actor), and the Joaquin Phoenix Joker -- all films not building to a shared universe main event film or even really connected.

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Marvel's Avenger's: Black Panther's Quest delves into the history of the legendary title of Black Panther, and as T'Challa learns through mystical visions, there are many epic tales of his ancestors, such as Yemandi and her encounter with a young Thor. Actor Anika Noni Rose plays the powerful Yemandi, and discussed the process of voice acting and what the role means to her in this clip. "Yemandi" airs Sunday, January 20th (9:00 – 9:30PM ET/PT) Black Panther discovers secrets about his ancestor, Yemandi.

Rob Liefeld, known for creating characters such as Deadpool and Cable, is creating a new X-Men character in a new Marvel Comics six-issue miniseries, Major X.

“To me the X-Men have always thrived on big ideas, crazy ideas. So I figured, let’s just go for it,” Liefeld told Entertainment Weekly. “Major X introduces a new character who is certain to mix up everything in the X-world. He hails from another existence, which is called the ‘X-istence’ — a mutant Shangri-La, a safe haven that has been a realm where mutantkind has lived in peace and harmony. They escaped there following a tragedy that befell mutantkind, and built this community. There are some familiar faces that he has forged this other society with. But then a terrible event happens within the X-istence that causes Major X to cross over and land in the Marvel Universe that we know. But he doesn’t land in the spot he was hoping, so in the first issue he is in 1991. We progressively get him where he needs to go. By the conclusion of the story, we catch up to modern-day Marvel.”