A first-time host. Kenan Thompson will make his debut as the 74th annual Primetime Emmy Awards host on Monday, September 12.The Saturday Night Live star, 44, follows Cedric the Entertainer and Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Many of his SNL costars — including Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, Michael Che and Colin Jost — have been emcees for the Television Academy’s biggest night too.“Everyone’s got to do it once, and it’s his turn, he’s earned it,” Meyers told Variety in August. “The good news is Kenan, like I was, is lucky enough to be connected to a talented group of writers.
The SNL writing staff, I’m sure, is going to show up for Kenan because he has been showing up for them and their sketches, getting laughs on looks and line reads for two decades.”The Atlanta native started acting as a child.
He got his big break on Nickelodeon’s All That, a kid-friendly sketch comedy show, in 1994. One of his hit sketches spawned the Good Burger movie.
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