Throughout its closing episode of the yr, “Saturday Night time Stay” paused to pay tribute to late producer Rob Reiner … flashing a title card with an outdated photograph of Rob earlier than the present’s “goodnight” section.

The in memoriam gesture comes lower than every week after Reiner and his spouse — Michele Singer Reiner — have been discovered lifeless of their Los Angeles dwelling. Their son — Nick Reiner — is now dealing with first-degree homicide costs after being arrested in reference to their deaths.

Reiner hosted SNL’s third episode again in 1975 throughout the present’s early days … and in contrast to hosts George Carlin and Paul Simon on the time, he absolutely joined within the sketches … serving to set the fashion that will perpetually outline the collection.

As we reported, the couple’s daughter, Romy, is the one who found Rob and Michele’s our bodies and known as 911. She informed police her brother Nick was “harmful” and must be thought of a suspect.

Nick was arrested about 6 hours after police responded to the decision. He is at the moment held on suicide watch at Males’s Central Jail in L.A. with out bond and awaits his January seventh listening to.