LOS ANGELES –
“Saturday Night Live” veteran Kenan Thompson will host the Emmy Awards next month.
“Being part of this incredible evening where we celebrate the best of the television community is incredibly exciting, and doing it on NBC, the longtime network family,” Thompson said. mine – makes it all the more special,” Thompson said in a statement Tuesday.
Thompson has been on NBC’s late-night sketch show since 2003 and returns for its 20th season this fall. His work on “SNL” earned him a trio of Emmy Award nominations for supporting acting, and he won a trophy in 2018 for co-writing the song’s lyrics.” Come Back, Barack” was introduced on the show.
He earned a major acting nomination last year for the sitcom “Kenan,” which was canceled by NBC in May after two seasons.
Thompson was an original cast member of Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy series “All That” and co-starred with Kel Mitchell in the spin-off “Kenan and Kel.” His film credits include “Clifford the Big Red Dog” and “Barbershop 2: Back in Business.”
The September 12 Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on NBC and hosted on the Peacock online television channel. Top nominations include the TV series “Succession” and “Squid Game” and the comedies “Ted Lasso,” “Hacks” and “Only Killers in the Building.”
