The question of who will take over Saturday Night Live after Lorne Michaels has been debated for a long time now, and there isn’t an answer. While names have been thrown around, it’s hard to comprehend how someone can do what the sketch comedy show’s boss has done. Now, Marcello Hernández is sharing his take on it all, and he explained one factor about all this that fans might not be considering.
One of SNL’s very famous alums, David Spade, asked the comedian who is performing on the 2026 TV schedule's season this question about Michaels' successor, and his fellow vet, Dana Carvey, was sitting right next to him. That led to Marcello Hernández sharing his take on the situation during an episode of Fly on the Wall. He said:
