‘SNL’ ditches audience, limits cast and crew amid omicron
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 is set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on “Saturday Night Live,” but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus means there won’t be a live audience to see it happen. The long-running sketch comedy show announced on social media Saturday afternoon that the night’s episode would tape without a live audience and with only limited cast and crew as a precaution against the Omicron variant. “Ant-Man” star Paul Rudd is the host. British pop star Charli XCX was scheduled to be the night’s musical guest. But she bowed out Saturday afternoon, citing the limited crew for the taping.
