“Saturday Night Live” Greats Unite at Emmys 2024 to Poke Fun at Lorne Michaels' Losses: 'You Were Robbed!'
Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Bowen Yang and Seth Meyers came together as the NBC comedy series prepares to kick off its 50th season
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Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, and Bowen Yang at the 2024 EmmysLive from the Emmy Awards, it is a Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary celebration!
At the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Bowen Yang and Seth Meyers took the stage to honor the legendary NBC comedy show, which will enter its milestone fifth decade when it premieres Sept. 28.
Their appearance came after SNL lost the Emmy for scripted variety series to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — something the foursome, who are all nominated this year, somewhat poked fun of in their introduction.
Acting outraged over SNL creator Lorne Michaels' apparent 85 losses at the show, Rudolph, Wiig and Yang all spoke up on behalf of their boss. "You are not a loser, even though you have lost a lot," said Wiig.
"He has never won," Rudolph noted, telling Michaels, "Each and every one of those 85 times you lost, you were robbed. You hear me! Robbed!"
But after correcting Yang over the correct pronunciation of Michaels' first name, Meyers explained to his friends that Michaels has actually won 21 Emmys — and that SNL itself has taken home over 200.
"What? 200? That's too much," said Wiig.
"Not to be rude, but grow up," Rudolph stressed.
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Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, and Bowen Yang at the 2024 EmmysRelated: SNL Stars Who Only Lasted One Season, and Where They Are Now
On Feb. 16, NBC will host a star-studded three-hour live primetime special. Since SNL first aired in 1975, the show has accumulated more than 300 Emmy nominations and 90 Emmy wins. In 2017, the original cast of SNL was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
This is not the first time SNL cast members have reunited for TV’s biggest night. In January, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler resumed their roles as Weekend Update co-anchors for the 2023 Emmy Awards. The pair poked fun at the live variety special nominees. (Fey, 54, and Poehler, 52, anchored SNL’s "Weekend Update" segment from 2004 to 2006.)
This year’s Emmys tribute also comes before the release of director Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, which is set for wide release on Oct. 11. The film tells the true story of the 90 minutes leading up to SNL’s premiere on Oct. 11, 1975. Saturday Night follows SNL creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he works to get his cast of 20-somethings on air, including Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O’Brien), Chevy Chase (Michael Smith) and Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris).
Related: See the Saturday Night Cast Side by Side with the Real-Life Saturday Night Live Actors
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A still from 'Saturday Night'Honoring 50 years of SNL at the Emmy Awards adds to the list of nostalgic TV cast reunions and tributes from the last two ceremonies. Jesse Collins Entertainment, the production company behind the 75th and 76th Emmy Awards, honored Happy Days and The West Wing during the 76th annual ceremony.
In January, the awards show recognized Cheers, The Sopranos, Martin and more.
Jeannae Rouzan-Clay, one of the company’s executive producers, commented on this year’s show, saying, “Instead of trying to top ourselves, we wanted to just make sure that it was different enough that people felt like we celebrated TV in a different way.”
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