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Tina Fey Reveals the One Thing She Thinks AI Won't Ever Be Able to Do
James Longman, executive producer of The Late Late Show With James Corden, will lead Sky's UK Saturday Night Live launch in 2026, aiming to capture the original's live format and British humor.
- Tina Fey revealed a 'dirty secret' about Saturday Night Live's all-night Tuesday writing sessions at the Edinburgh TV Festival in 2025.
- Fey explained the tradition stems from the show's fast pace but said writers could instead start work in the morning, challenging a long-held practice.
- She passed advice to the Sky team making Saturday Night Live UK, which is in production and expected to launch next year with James Longman as showrunner.
- Fey, 55, also noted AI can do many things but cannot be funny, underscoring comedy's uniquely human nature in her discussion at the festival.
- The UK version aims to adapt the American original to British audiences, suggesting the legacy and changes Fey described will influence its production and reception.
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Tina Fey provided reassurance and counsel to industry professionals at the Edinburgh TV Festival, including the team launching a UK version of Saturday Night Live . In their joint appearance onstage, Graham Norton told Fey he couldn't see British writers pulling all-nighters the way the New York team does to finish...
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Fey joined ‘SNL’ as a writer in 1997 before becoming a cast member
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