{"id":1131273,"date":"2021-12-18T20:34:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T01:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131273"},"modified":"2021-12-18T20:34:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T01:34:55","slug":"saturday-night-live-cancels-live-audience-over-omicron-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturday-night-live-cancels-live-audience-over-omicron-spike\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Cancels Live Audience over Omicron Spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsaturday-night-live-cancels-live-audience-over-omicron-spike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/snlcovidaudiance1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 People\u2019s <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/paul-rudd-people-sexiest-man-alive-7557d2833294f6c14bdb65dcbbd84906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 <\/a>is set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/saturday-night-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday Night Live<\/a>,\u201d but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus means there won\u2019t be a live audience to see it happen.<\/p>\n<p>The long-running sketch comedy show announced on social media Saturday afternoon that the night\u2019s episode would tape without a live audience and with only limited cast and crew \u201cdue to the recent spike in the Omicron variant and out of an abundance of caution.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnt-Man\u201d star Paul Rudd is the host, returning to Studio 8H for the fifth time \u2014 typically a milestone of much fanfare. British pop star Charli XCX is the night\u2019s musical guest. The Dec. 18 episode was the NBC show\u2019s last announced episode for the year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear which cast members will appear on Saturday\u2019s show, which usually tapes a dress rehearsal at 8 p.m., followed by the live show at 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The show <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/snl-cast-kenan-thompson-kate-mckinnon-beck-bennett-20e13f4e1a056a26993c2284d07dc3c5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">returned for its 47th year in September<\/a> with 16 cast members and five featured players, a particularly crowded field. The size of the cast has allowed for atypical flexibility for its high-profile members, who can now take time off for other projects during the season.<\/p>\n<p>The show said on social media that those who had won tickets to the night\u2019s show would receive more information soon.<\/p>\n<p>This is far from the first time the <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-entertainment-health-c54b29d117b7d53abf733b58cfdce601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Lorne Michaels-produced show<\/a> has had to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic. The virus outbreak <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-us-news-ap-top-news-ny-state-wire-virus-outbreak-55801322ad15a6584c94e6a32f174f77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">halted its 45th season<\/a> for about a month, but \u201cSNL\u201d was back on the air by mid-April with a <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virus-outbreak-music-us-news-chris-martin-tom-hanks-bdd2fd56d3d876710ee3742653b7e6e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">\u201cquarantine version\u201d of the show hosted by Tom Hanks.<\/a> The show <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-nfl-entertainment-bc53436791f3eb080337f499adf34ea4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">returned to 30 Rockefeller Center<\/a> for its 46th season after implementing COVID-19 protocols, but <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-us-news-featured-al-state-wire-morgan-wallen-585344a13ad5a5c0674922751f6a5f2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">booted singer Morgan Wallen<\/a> from that season\u2019s second episode for breaking rules. And just last month, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ed-sheeran-coronavirus-pandemic-d76a08bfcd85f24284c92c8a8598652f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">British singer Ed Sheeran had to perform from home<\/a> after contracting the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>New York state reported Saturday that nearly 22,000 people had tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday \u2014 eclipsing the previous day\u2019s mark for the highest single-day total for new cases since testing became widely available. More than half the positive results were in the city. Omicron is expected to become the dominant coronavirus variant in many countries within weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Other live shows in New York <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-entertainment-lifestyle-health-business-16313cf15758453b4b9429598c040f75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">have been devastated anew by the recent coronavirus surge,<\/a>with many Broadway stages forced to go dark because of outbreaks. Mayor Bill de Blasio this past week declared omicron \u201cin full force\u201d in New York, snuffing out <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-new-york-new-york-city-955489751d5e6b31877ea53ef10db36b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">holiday mainstays like the Rockettes Christmas<\/a> show and threatening others yet \u2014 all <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-travel-lifestyle-pandemics-d69e7b20b2a7d4f5e6b920b3b8364b24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">portending another holiday season without much cheer.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 People\u2019s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 is set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d but the surging omicron variant of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}