Despite "F-bomb," SNL's Jenny Slate Will Not Be Fired

Those hoping that Casey Wilson and Michaela Watkins might be rehired if SNL newcomer Jenny Slate was fired after her SNL "FUBAR" on Saturday can stop hoping. NBC has announced that she's still got a job with Saturday Night Live.

The question, "Is Jenny Slate fired?" is an obvious one after the newbie uttered the "f-bomb" on her first show. Since the writers had foolishly chosen to use the term "fricking" umpteen-million times in the skit, they were playing with fire, anyway. Of course, only those on the East Coast were able to see the lapse on TV.

It was indeed a FUBAR for SNL, but it wasn't a first. The last time it happened was in 1981, when the late Charles Rocket, upset at being canned from the show, added an f-bomb as a parting gift to then Executive Producer Dick Ebersol.

Still, Lorne Michaels, the current executive producer, said no repercussions will befall Slate. In other words, Jenny Slate is not fired (at least for now; ask Wilson and Watkins about that). There will be, of course, likely FCC fines over the issue.

If nothing else, Jenny Slate, while not fired, has made a big name for herself on the first show. Typically, most people wouldn't even know who she was, but since videos of the expletive are going viral, that's not going to be the case here.

Watch it below. Oh, and Jenny, don't do it again.

SNL Newbie Jenny Slate Drops the F-Bomb on Air

Saturday Night Live (SNL) dropped Casey Wilson and Michaela Watkins during the offseason, adding Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate. Anyone besides me wondering if Jenny Slate will be around next week, after dropping the f-bomb on camera?

Realistically, Jenny Slate will probably be around next week, but NBC will be minus some cash from an FCC fine. Remember that the show is broadcast live, and during a skit (an unfunny one, no less), she did drop an f-bomb on camera. Yep, Jenny Slate said "f*cking."

I'll admit, it's easy to forgive Jenny Slate. Well, maybe not that easy, but the skit had her saying the word "fricking" quite a few times. One can see how easy it might be to remove the "ri" and replace it with "u."

It's pretty obvious that Jenny Slate knew she said the f-bomb, as well. Watch the video and you can see her puff out her cheeks right after saying it. While the skit continued, you know she was probably repeating the first four letters of her f-bomb over and over in her head.

Jenny Slate's fellow SNL newcomer Nasim Pedrad also debuted on SNL last night. Unlike Slate, however, she did not utter any expletives. For those interested in the more mundane details of the broadcast, the host was Megan Fox and U2 was the musical guest.

Watch the video (until NBC pulls it, anyway):