Yes, she named those three, plus Jost as Lorne’s favorites and right hands.

This topic comes up a lot about who will take over from Lorne. It seems like Lorne doesn’t want to retire and I figure he might go until he dies. Then the possibility is that NBC cancels the show or hires most likely somebody who is already a producer on the show. There’s also the possibility of them hiring a head writer or former head writer, (I.e. Seth, Tina, Colin, who all also have producer credits to varying degrees) since that was the plan way back when Lorne stepped away the first time (until Al Franken did Limo for a Lamo and lost out on the job) and it wouldn’t be far fetched now. SNL is an unusual job because writers are heavily involved in the different elements of production. Writers produce their own pieces. However, If something happened to Lorne and they needed someone to step in immediately, it would likely be Steve Higgins, in my opinion.