Ahead of the season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live on Oct. 4, Lorne Michaels confirmed in an interview that a few familiar faces will not return to the cast this fall — and those exits are starting to be announced one by one.
When asked by Puck in an interview published Aug. 22 if he planned to “shake things up” for the 2025-26 season, the SNL creator and producer replied, “Yes,” adding that he was feeling the “pressure to reinvent this season” after mostly keeping the cast intact from season 49 into the show’s landmark 50th year.
“I wanted people coming back and being part of [the 50th season],” Michaels told Puck. “So when Kate [McKinnon] hosted, Kristen [Wiig] and Maya [Rudolph] came back for it. And that meant there couldn’t be those kind of disruptions or anything that was going to take the focus off [the 50th season].”
Related
Kenan Thompson Hints at ‘A Lot of Change’ for ‘SNL’ Season 51
The 2024-25 season 50 cast included 17 people in total: 14 full-time cast members and three featured players. The longest-running cast members currently on Saturday Night Live are led by Kenan Thompson, who started on the show in 2003 and holds the record for the longest-tenured SNL castmate of all time. Other vets in the mix: Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che, who both joined the cast in 2014; Mikey Day (2016); Heidi Gardner (2017); Ego Nwodim (2018); and Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang (both 2019).
But who won’t be back when the sketch comedy show returns to Studio 8H in October? Below, find the full list of cast members exiting Saturday Night Live ahead of season 51.
Hence then, the article about every saturday night live cast member leaving the show ahead of season 51 updating was published today ( ) and is available on billboard ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Every ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Member Leaving the Show Ahead of Season 51 (Updating) )
Also on site :