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Told Ya: Andy Samberg Follows Kristin Wiig Out the Door at SNL; Jason Sudeikis Next

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I told you last October that Kristin Wiig and Jason Sudeikis would leave “Saturday Night Live” at the end of this season. Wiig has already announced; Sudekis is on his way. Today, Andy Samberg announced his departure. I had heard about this months ago, and his publicist denied it. Uh huh. But Samberg, with many outside interests and projects is not coming back. Sudeikis may stick around to play Mitt Romney during the fall election campaign. But Samberg is gone, and anyone who read it here or over on Forbes.com, knew it a long time ago. Surprise! http://www.showbiz411.com/2011/10/04/snls-kristin-wiig-this-could-be-her-last-season. Also http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerfriedman/2012/04/05/saturday-night-live-could-be-losing-three-key-players/

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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