‘WE’RE DONE’

Comedian Sam Jay Confirms HBO Canceled Her Late-Night Show ‘Pause’

The SNL alum broke the news during this week’s episode of The Daily Beast podcast The Last Laugh.

During this week’s episode of The Last Laugh podcast, comedian Sam Jay revealed that her HBO late-night series Pause “isn’t coming back” following a two-season run on the premium cable channel. “We’re done,” the former Saturday Night Live writer and co-star of Netflix’s You People confirmed. “It wasn’t my decision,” she added. “It was kind of disappointing, but I was also drained. It was a draining show, because it was very personal. So I was feeling a little spent from it, to be honest.” Now that the show, which just received its second consecutive Writers Guild Award nomination, is officially in the rearview, Jay added, “I’m glad I got to do it, and I feel really good and proud of the thing that I made. And I’m very proud of everybody that worked on the show and put their blood and sweat and tears into making something that was super challenging. I really think we pulled off something cool. I think it was a little ahead of its time and people will look back on it and be like, ‘Wow, that was a really cool thing that was happening right there.’ And that’s good enough for me.”

For more, listen to Sam Jay on The Last Laugh podcast.