SaturdayNightLive's LorneMichaels on SNL cast changes being necessary, ColinJost & MichaelChe returning for WeekendUpdate, and more.
\nHeading into the 48th season of Lorne Michaels & NBC's Saturday Night Live, the late-night sketch comedy\/music series has undergone serious changes over the past few months. We've seen Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, Aristotle Athari, and Chris Redd departing SNL, while new featured players Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker were announced.
Here are some of the highlights:\nImage: NBC\nCOVID-19 Fallout Resulted in Much Larger SNL Cast Than Usual: 'The pandemic had put us in this position where no one could really leave because there were no jobs. And at the same time, if I don't add new people every year, then the show isn't the show. There have to be new people, for both our sake and also for the audience.