{"id":12637,"date":"2026-07-21T14:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12637"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:41:24","slug":"chloe-fineman-opens-up-about-decision-to-leave-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12637","title":{"rendered":"Chloe Fineman Opens Up About Decision to Leave &#8216;SNL&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOn Monday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/chloe-fineman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chloe-fineman_1\" data-tag=\"chloe-fineman\">Chloe Fineman<\/a> walked the carpet for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/the-dink-trailer-jake-johnson-ben-stiller-pickleball-apple-1236628090\/\">new movie <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-dink\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-dink_1\" data-tag=\"the-dink\">The Dink<\/a><\/em><\/a>, following two big pieces of career news in the last week \u2014 first, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/chloe-fineman-exits-snl-1236650383\/\">she was leaving<\/a> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/saturday-night-live\/\" id=\"auto-tag_saturday-night-live_1\" data-tag=\"saturday-night-live\">Saturday Night Live<\/a><\/em>, and second, that she would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/chloe-fineman-post-saturday-night-live-gig-1236652419\/\">joining Netflix\u00a0show\u00a0<em>Myron Bolitar<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>as a series regular. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFineman had appeared on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/snl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_snl_1\" data-tag=\"snl\">SNL<\/a> <\/em>for seven seasons and wrote in her announcement post on Instagram that she \u201cdecided it\u2019s time for my next chapter.\u201d The new series \u2014 an adaptation of Harlan Coben\u2019s thriller novels about an NBA star-turned-sports agent that is being co-showrun by David E. Kelley\u00a0and Kyle Long \u2014 seems to be a big part of that next chapter, as she told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> at <em>The Dink<\/em> premiere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cSeven years is kind of like the classic way [at <em>SNL<\/em>], and then like right as my contract was up, this amazing David E. Kelley opportunity came in like completely out of the blue. I did a little chemistry read and it was off to the races; it just felt like a perfect time,\u201d Fineman explained. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of everything, but it\u2019s hard. I\u2019m genuinely really good friends with everybody and I genuinely couldn\u2019t love that job more. So it\u2019s really bittersweet, but I\u2019m gonna be in New York. I\u2019m down the street. Maybe you\u2019ll see me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tShe noted that Colin Jost had called her earlier that day because it was her birthday (\u201cI fully cried\u201d) and \u201ceveryone\u2019s like really reaching out. It\u2019s the sweetest show. It\u2019s a hard show, but the people \u2014 it\u2019s because of hours and everything. But like it really is a family, and I\u2019ve been crying like sweet tears.\u201d The comedian also added that she felt lucky to get to adjust to a more regular, non-<em>SNL<\/em> schedule while also working on something she was excited about, with filming starting on <em>Myron Bolitar<\/em> this week.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs for larger <em>SNL<\/em> plans, Fineman said she was looking forward to \u201cjust stretching the TV wings and like who better than David E. Kelley? And I\u2019m really excited to like watch <em>SNL<\/em> as an audience member [in person], which I\u2019ve never done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHer summer also includes the release of <em>The Dink<\/em>, starring alongside Jake Johnson and Ben Stiller in a comedy about a washed-up tennis pro who tries to save a club by reluctantly playing pickleball. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJohnson joked that they \u201crepresent both sides\u201d in the tennis vs. pickleball debate and the project came about when he was looking to do something \u201cjust funny and light and kind of easy listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThis kind of mid-range comedy with a nice three-act structure that\u2019s kind of light has gone away, and they\u2019ve either become really cool indies that are like very cool or huge franchises, and neither of those were the ones I really dreamt of making,\u201d Johnson, who is a producer on the film, added of the sports comedy. \u201cBeing able to make a mid-tier comedy that\u2019s just got like every scene there\u2019s a different funny person who comes in \u2014 everybody\u2019s funny in the movie. There\u2019s heart. There\u2019s a real story. There\u2019s a structure. Like I want more movies like this, so I really hope it works.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>The Dink<\/em>, which also stars Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris and Aaron Chen, premieres Friday on Apple TV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night, Chloe Fineman walked the carpet for new movie The Dink, following two big pieces of career news in the last week \u2014 first, that she was leaving Saturday Night Live, and second, that she would be joining Netflix\u00a0show\u00a0Myron Bolitar\u00a0as a series regular. 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