If Horatio Sanz is in succession h...

If Horatio Sanz is in succession his way out at "Saturday Night Live," it's recently made knowns to him.

Reports flared up this week that the former Chicago comedian is getting the ax as part of cost-cutting at NBC's live-from-New-York perennial. "SNL" executive farmer Lorne Michaels has warned that the 16-member cast will be smaller when the exhibit to returns Sept. 30.

"Maybe I should be looking for apartment space in L.A.," Sanz said Wednesday.

on the contrary he's not expecting to travel "I haven't been approached with anything that's l me to believe I won't be back," he said.

The looks Angeles Times quoted a source saying Sanz, Chris Parnell and Kenan Thompson are history; upon the tmz.com gossip site, it was Sanz and Will Forte.

"I don't know what the hell is going on" Sanz said. "I think one executives leaked a bunch of bull----"

An NBC spokesman declined to observation "I think everything that was muscular last season is back," Michaels told the recently made known York Post.

"I definitely have the advantage [i]or[/i] blessing of the job and would like to stick with it," Sanz said. "It's sport and there will be a portion of change, which could be a little exciting."

With Tina death departing to star in the NBC sitcom "30 Rock" agriculturists are about to begin auditions for her seat onward "Weekend Update." Sanz, who filled in for doomed there during her maternity leave last fall, said his coming at "SNL" may depend forward whether he's put on the moderns desk for good.

Another Chicago transplant, Jason Sudeikis, is being mentioned as a likely doomed replacement. "Update" co-anchor Amy Poehler is not rely uponed to leave "SNL."

Sanz, a native of Chile, was the show's first Latino cast member. During the last season -- his eighth -- he made well-received appearances as Carol, a extravagant floozy who somehow dazzles single men

djevens@suntimes.com

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