In the first promo for his SNL hosting debut, Druski, the first digital creator to host the show, says he will be hosting "the last-ever episode of SNL," per Deadline. It comes three days after the comedian signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to create and star in "Collect & Praise," which premieres December 1, and NBC has not confirmed that the 51-year-old show is actually ending.
The mechanism is the launch. Whether "last-ever" is fact or promo bit, the placement is identical: a debut on the back of an ending. A 51-year-old show's final episode is the last open slot in the comedy calendar, and no host has ever walked in with a bigger line. The man who sold his megachurch to Netflix three days ago is now renting the last page of the oldest sketch show on TV to announce himself. That is not a hosting debut, that is a rebrand.
YOUR TURN: If it really is the last episode, does a finale deserve a host with a 40-year resume, or is a first-timer with 15 million followers exactly the point?
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