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    Taran Killam Says 'There Was Never Any Common Ground' When Trump Hosted 'SNL'

    In November 2015, candidate Donald Trump drew protesters to NBC's New York studio. Saturday Night Live alum Taran Killam says, "We could hear the protests during our table read."
    by Sam Sanders Oct 17, 2017 4 minutes
    Killam (pictured in Los Angeles on Oct. 14) wrote, directed and stars in the mockumentary Killing Gunther. / Phillip Faraone / Getty Images

    When the "On Air" lights went dark in NBC's Studio 8H early on Sunday, May 21, Taran Killam didn't realize he had just performed on Saturday Night Live for the last time. Later that summer, after six seasons of his seven-year contract, NBC didn't ask him back.

    "It wasn't supernegative," he says. "It was just kind of messy."

    Killam's final season was one of SNL's most successful. The show emerged as a voice in the 2016 campaign, though not without controversy. When Donald Trump was invited to host in November 2015, protesters gathered outside NBC's New York studio.

    "We could hear the protests during our table

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