There was hypothesis for years that ‘Saturday Night time Reside’ creator Lorne Michaels will retire after the present’s upcoming fiftieth season.

Whereas on the FOX Spring Premiere occasion in Los Angeles, the SNL alum solely opened as much as TooFab about the potential for Lorne Michaels passing on the baton to Fey.

“It is so humorous as a result of there may be all this hypothesis; I have not actually heard something,” the 58 yr outdated insisted.

“So far as I do know, Lorne Michaels is staying, so it is bizarre to take a position. However , after all, Tina would do a fantastic job,” Dratch mentioned of her fellow SNL alum earlier than emphasizing the truth that Michaels continues to be there now.

“She does nice at the whole lot,” she famous. “However Lorne’s there now so let’s benefit from the second!”

The hypothesis of Fey’s potential takeover, in truth, got here from Michaels himself — creator and govt producer of the sketch present.

Chatting with Leisure Weekly on the Emmy Awards in January, the 79-year-old producer mentioned she is one in all many that might take the reins.

“It may simply be Tina Fey,” he mentioned. “However , there are lots of people who’re there now who’re additionally, .”

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“Tina’s sensible and nice at the whole lot … She’s an important particular person in my life,” Michael’s added earlier than confirming that he does not see his time on the present coming to an in depth anytime quickly.

The 79-year-old has been tied to the present for almost 50 years and nonetheless plans to stick with the sequence via its fiftieth anniversary, which it would have fun with a particular in February 2025.

As for if Dratch — a very long time forged member on the NBC sketch comedy sequence from 1999 to 2006 — has been involved with anybody concerning the particular…

“No! I imply, I will simply … Hopefully I will be there,” Dratch informed TooFab.

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The Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch podcast host mentioned she nonetheless stays involved along with her group of SNL alums and was excited when TooFab recommended one other venture like their movie Wine Nation.

“Ohh that’s a fantastic query,” she mentioned. “Properly, we’re at all times chatting and individuals are at all times working collectively and doing this and that. It is form of a puzzle the place individuals find yourself doing issues collectively.”

“So, that will be wonderful to do one other factor like Wine Nation however [there’s] nothing concrete,” she concluded.

Fingers crossed, however till then, Dratch is concentrated on her podcast and her function in Fox’s animated sequence Grimsburg, the place she performs Stan, the son of Marvin Flute (Jon Hamm).

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Nonetheless, if The Masked Singer opens its doorways to Dratch, she could also be inclined to be a “crow” — and it would not be the primary time she acquired the decision up.

“You already know what’s so humorous, Masked Singer really requested me to do it the very first season of all as a result of nobody knew what it was,” Dratch informed TooFab.

“I mentioned no as a result of I used to be like, ‘What is that this?!’ After which my child and I acquired so into it after which I used to be like, ‘Can I do it’? And so they mentioned, ‘No,’” she revealed.

“Of their protection, I do not sing. So I solely would have been good on the primary spherical of Masked Singer when individuals did not know what it was like. ‘Who’s that crowing in a fancy dress?’” mentioned Dratch. “Possibly I may very well be the crow or somebody with a very dangerous voice, just like the hyena.”

Watch Grimsburg, starring and executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Hamm, with Dratch on Sundays on FOX 9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT.