While Showtime didn’t poach Taran Killam from SNL, he was busy with a few other opportunities and the series let him go rather than working out a schedule that would have allowed him time to work on other projects.
He was fired from the series at the same time as Jay Pharaoh, who was also trying to figure out a way to schedule a potential project with Showtime.
The former cast member was let go by the NBC sketch comedy series earlier this year.
It’s a risky proposition in some ways, as Mating hasn’t been greenlighted to series yet, but with a little luck the move will pay off for both funnymen.