Former SNL cast member Pete Davidson was slated to host the NBC sketch comedy alongside musical guest rapper Lil Uzi Vert this weekend.
Former cast memberwas slated to appear this Saturday on the NBC sketch show as host alongside rapper Lil Uzi Vert as musical guest. Now, according to a press release, neither will ascend the live show’s stage after the Writers Guild of America — which represents film, television, radio, and new media writers — called television and film writers to strike.
On May 1, the labor union — which is made up of West Coast and East Coast branches — announced it had unanimously voted for a walkout after studios resisted new contract demands., the WGA said that after six weeks of negotiations with Amazon, Apple, Discovery-Warner, Disney, Paramount, Sony, NBC Universal and Netflix, they failed to reach an agreement.
According to the announcement, the WGA negotiating committee asked studios for fair pay and protections.
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