Saturday Night Live has been temporarily shut down as the Hollywood writers’ continues affecting Pete Davidson’s hosting debut.
Members of the Writers Guild of (WGA) went on strike on Tuesday (May 2) over pay resulting in US late night weekday chat shows, including Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, to .
As the strike wages on, with the negotiations for increased salaries for writers continuing, weekend US TV shows, among them Saturday Night Live, have been impacted.
Pete, 29, had been due to make his triumphant return to the beloved programme on Saturday after as a featured player earlier this year.
But his homecoming, which would have also featured performances from music guest Lil Uzi Vert, has been cancelled due to the ongoing strikes.
‘The previously announced Saturday Night Live hosted by Pete Davidson and musical guest Lil Uzi Vert is cancelled due to the writers’ strike,’ NBC said in a release shared with .
‘SNL will air repeats until further notice starting Saturday, May 6.’
The King of Staten Island actor first joined the show in 2014 at the age of 20, making him one of the youngest-ever cast members.
Pete went from featuring predominantly on Weekend Update to delivering hilarious skits the time he and Timothée Chalamet astounded everyone with their (lack of) rapping skills to the creation of his deadpan, unbothered character Chad.
The Bupkis actor also started a romance with Kim Kardashian after she appeared on SNL as a host, memorably sharing a kiss , though they after nine months.
The strike is the first-ever writers’ strike and the first strike in Hollywood of any kind in 15 years.
Metro.co.uk has contacted NBC for comment.
