The Ant-Man star is returning to Studio 8H as host for the fifth time and for the final show of 2021.
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 means there will not be a live audience to see it happen.It's uncertain which regular cast members will be at the filming of SNL's final show for the yearOther live shows and many Broadway performances have been shut
The long-running sketch comedy show announced on Saturday afternoon local time that the night's episode, featuring Ant-Man star Paul Rudd as host, would tape without a live audience and with only limited cast and crew "due to the recent spike in the Omicron variant and out of an abundance of caution"."Due to the limited crew at tonight's taping of SNL, my musical performances will no longer be able to go ahead," she wrote on Twitter.
Paul Rudd will be in the studio, but it is not known which of the regular cast will be there to perform with him.The December 18 episode was the NBC show's last announced episode for the year.
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