Kenan Thompson gears up for new NBC show

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Kenan Thompson is ecstatic about his new self-titled NBC show where he plays a super dad struggling to do it all.

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But his character on the new series, The Kenan Show, could be art imitating his real life, since the father and popular comedic actor will be juggling several roles as a continuing member of the Saturday Night Live cast as a 16-year vet, and a producer of the reboot of Nickelodean’s comedy sketch show All That.

Thompson will also serve as a judge on NBC’s new reality competition show Bring the Funny.

He’s got his hands full for sure, but Thompson is delighting in a dream that has turned into his new reality, Entertainment Weekly reports.

“It’s every comedian’s dream to get their own show on a major network, especially one of the original three. It’s historic, mind-blowing, and very surreal. But it takes a lot of work. We shot the pilot, it was like a seven-day shoot and in the middle of that I was doing SNL,” Thompson told EW.

“It’s a lot of work. It’s going to be an uphill battle as far as figuring out what’s working and what’s not working on an audience. That’s the advantage that SNL has: An audience will tell you pretty quickly if the joke works or not. But when you’re shooting a show on tape, you’ve got to believe your instincts, so it’s a very different process. But it’s super-exciting..”

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On The Kenan Show, he plays a newly widowed father, and veteran actor Andy Garcia plays his father-in-law.

According to the network’s official website, Thompson’s character “strives to be a super dad to his two adorable girls while simultaneously balancing his job and a father-in-law who ‘helps’ in the most inappropriate ways.”