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# ‘This board is giving me anxiety’: Kenan Thompson takes stock of ‘The Rundown’
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-rundown-kenan-thompson/
- Published: 2026-06-10T21:57:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-10T21:57:53.000Z
- Description: The longest-tenured cast member in ‘SNL’ history makes his pick for a standout live sketch.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: The Cold Open • Extras, The Cold Open, SNL, The Rundown, Kenan Thompson

Was this the final episode of *The Rundown*? It certainly seems like it, with **Kenan Thompson** picking a live sketch before standing back to admire the collection of *SNL* sketches that the digital series has assembled into an all-star episode since March.

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Man, what a run for Thompson. He’s been on the show since 2003, and he notes in *The Rundown* that he was the first cast member who was born after *SNL* premiered in 1975\. We live in a world where *SNL* could hire a new cast member who was born after Thompson joined the show. Both **Jane Wickline** and **Kam Patterson** were born in 1999, so we’re getting close.

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