Kenan Thompson is to remain on Saturday Night Live next season with NBC figuring out "scheduling issues" around sitcom The Kenan Show to accommodate the star’s three shows for the network. The broadcaster revealed that The Kenan Show, which Thompson also exec produces, will launch in a "post-fall" slot and that he…

Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson is adding a third NBC series to his plate. The network has given a series order to The Kenan Show (aka Saving Kenan), a single-camera comedy starring and executive produced by Thompson, from Universal TV and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. This is NBC’s second new comedy series…

EXCLUSIVE: Punam Patel (Kevin from Work) is set as a series regular opposite Kenan Thompson and Andy Garcia in NBC's single-camera comedy pilot The Kenan Show (fka Saving Kenan), from Universal TV. Written by Jackie Clarke and directed by Chris Rock, The Kenan Show centers on a newly widowed dad (Thompson) determined…

Andy Garcia has been tapped to star opposite Kenan Thompson in NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot The Kenan Show (fka Saving Kenan), from Universal TV. This marks Oscar nominee Garcia's first TV series regular role. Written by Jackie Clarke and directed by Chris Rock, The Kenan Show centers on a newly widowed dad…

Chris Rock has been tapped to direct and executive produce Saving Kenan, NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot, starring and executive produced by SNL star Kenan Thompson. Rock, an SNL alum himself, is reuniting with SNL boss Lorne Michaels whose Broadway Video company produces the project alongside Universal TV. Written…

Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson is a step closer to moving from late-night to primetime. His starring vehicle, the single-camera Saving Kenan (form. Saving Larry), has been picked up to pilot by NBC. The project, from SNL creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels and his Broadway Video as well…