Now that Lorne Michaels finally got his wish after years of trying to launch a U.K. version of Saturday Night Live, there’s a field of open question. ⁠ ⁠ “SNL thrives as a promotion platform for big stars, so viewership numbers matter a lot. Will a smaller audience and digital footprint justify the kinds of production budgets that Lorne Michaels has long enjoyed at SNL? Not to mention that while Michaels himself is Canadian and a noted Anglophile, who still spends the bulk of his summers in the U.K., his brand of broad humor on SNL is distinctly American. And he’s 80. Which brings it back to: Who’s gonna be the British Lorne?”⁠ ⁠ Puck’s Matt Belloni explores, at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Abner Symons/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images⁠ ⁠ #LorneMichaels #SNL #TV #Humor #UK #British