Saturday Night Live cast members hope to become movie stars, but most don't. So where do they go? Apparently, ABC Wednesday night sitcoms.
Last time on
The Middle there was Molly Shannon in a recurring role as Frankie's sister. Meanwhile, Chris Kattan was a series regular (now apparently recurring) and other recurring characters are played by Norm Macdonald and Brian Doyle-Murray. The next show was
Suburgatory, where Chris Parnell and Ana Gasteyer live across the street, and Jay Mohr popped in elsewhere. Then there was
Happy Endings, with series regular Casey Wilson, and a guest shot from Rob Riggle.
The only show without any former cast members was
Modern Family (though it did feature Josh Gad, who has tried but failed to get on
SNL). That it's the best show in the lineup is probably just a coincidence.
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At the same time, NBC featured Maya Rudolph in Up All Night.
Rudolph is pretty talented, it seems. Of course I suppose they all are.
Of course you got your Chevy Chase on Community, but he had a pretty successful movie career, so I think he was on TV for the fun of it, not as a career move.
I suppose a lot of TV is salted with SNL people (look at 30 Rock). I was just surprised to see so many in a row in one night (and not on NBC).
As for Chevy, I would hope he didn't need the money, but you can be pretty sure he's not being offered major film roles any more.
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