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Deep Thoughts: What If Saturday Night Live Didn't Fire Jean Doumanian?

October 13, 2026 • Two Pints Productions, Inc.

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After looking back on Season 6, we asked ourselves: What if Saturday Night Live DIDN’T fire Jean Doumanian in the middle of the season? How much longer might she have lasted? What might the show go on to become? And how much longer might SNL have even existed?

Thomas Sena and Deremy Dove join Brad and Gary to look at what an alternate history of SNL might look like. They imagine what changes would still have taken place for Season 7 (and beyond), what kind of guests might have been on the show (possibly A LOT of Weird Al), and debate just how long the show would have lasted had Dick Ebersol not come in and taken things over.

And in honor and celebration of the 40th anniversary of the premiere of Season 12—we reveal what the future holds for The Not Ready for Prime Time Project!

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