NEW YORK — Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Pete Davidson will not make his hosting debut on the show this week as originally planned.
The long-running comedy series announced it will air a repeat episode on Saturday, May 6, because of the Hollywood writer's strike.
Former “SNL” member Pete Davidson was set to return to NBC's New York City studios to host the show on Saturday.
Davidson was scheduled to be joined by rapper and singer Lil Uzi Vert as this week's musical guest.
Davidson was a "Saturday Night Live" cast member for eight seasons until he announced he was leaving in May 2022. This was to be his first time hosting the sketch comedy series.
Davidson is preparing for the release of his new Peacock series where he plays a fictionalized version of himself.
The first Hollywood strike in 15 years began Tuesday as unionized TV and film writers began to picket for better pay outside major studios, a work stoppage that already is leading most late-night shows to air reruns.
NBC said this season of “Saturday Night Live” is currently the No. 1 broadcast entertainment program in the 18-49 demo for live + 3-day viewing.
“Saturday Night Live” won the 2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.
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