veteran player Kenan Thompson lacks the build, and Weekend Update co-host Michael Che hasn’t exactly shown a knack for impressions. There aren’t any obvious choices waiting to fill Pharoah’s increasingly grey Obama wig. But it seems risky not to have anyone to cover the interim, or to give Obama the grand exit he deserves, especially when so much of S.N.L.’s relevancy hinges on nailing the tail-end of this election year. The country will have a new president elect come November, and whether it be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Michaels has both Darrell Hammond and Kate McKinnon (with potential back-up from Hammond’s Bill Clinton) ready and willing to take on Saturday Night Live’s Oval Office. If, as rumors indicate, Pharoah and Killam are not leaving by choice, then Michaels must have considered having an ace Obama impression to be a low priority. Without Pharoah and his Barack Obama impression, who is going to be Saturday Night Live’s president now? A quick look at the history of the show’s fictional presidents indicates a potentially rocky transition. As a very real presidential election continues to wreak havoc on American politics, Saturday Night Live must now conduct an election of its own. The somewhat shocking news that Saturday Night Live stalwarts Jay Pharoah and Taran Killam will not be returning for the show’s 42nd season this fall leaves producer Lorne Michaels with an interesting conundrum on his hands.
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