Saturday Evening Reside is returning for Season 51 on Oct. 4, with some large modifications to its solid and writing employees.
The favored NBC sketch present wrapped its fiftieth season in Might, SNL’s most-watched season in three years, Selection reported. The collection earned seven Emmy nominations, plus a further 24 nominations for its specials celebrating the historical past of the present.
The present’s solid is already experiencing some shakeups forward of the beginning of the brand new season. In current weeks, numerous solid members and writers have introduced they won’t be returning, whereas a number of new faces have additionally been introduced.
Right here’s what we learn about SNL’s upcoming season to date.
Who will not be returning to ‘SNL’ for Season 51?
A number of solid members and writers won’t be returning subsequent season.
John Higgins, one-third of the viral comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy, is leaving SNL after three seasons of the group writing and starring in their very own pretaped sketches for the present, Selection reported on Sept. 2. (The opposite two members of Please Don’t Destroy are staying: Ben Marshall is now a part of the present’s solid, and Martin Herlihy will stay on the writing employees.)
A number of shops reported that Heidi Gardner, who turned the longest-tenured feminine solid member throughout Season 50, could be leaving after eight seasons on the present. Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker, who joined the solid in 2022, each introduced on Instagram in late August that they might not be returning for what would have been each of their fourth seasons. Emil Wakim, one in every of three new featured gamers introduced on for Season 50, additionally shared on social media that he wouldn’t be returning.
Two SNL writers have additionally introduced they’re leaving: Comic Rosebud Baker, who has written for “Weekend Replace” since February 2022, and Celeste Yim, who has been a sketch author for the final 5 seasons.
Learn extra from Yahoo Leisure: ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ ends period of Please Do not Destroy sketches with newest departure of solid members and writers. What else is altering for Season 51?
New ‘SNL’ solid members introduced
Along with Marshall from Please Don’t Destroy, the new featured gamers for the upcoming season are Tommy Brennan, Kam Patterson, Veronika Slowikowska and Jeremy Culhane.
Brennan has beforehand carried out stand-up on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon; Patterson is a humorist and a daily visitor on the Kill Tony podcast; Slowikowska is an actress, recognized for her roles in What We Do within the Shadows and the second season of Netflix’s Tires; and Culhane has carried out improv with Upright Residents Brigade and was a solid member on the web comedy platform Dropout TV.
SNL has not confirmed the complete solid checklist for its upcoming season. The present’s creator and producer, Lorne Michaels, gave a uncommon interview with Puck on Aug. 22, during which he confirmed solely that James Austin Johnson could be returning to play President Trump.
Who’s internet hosting this season?
No hosts or musical friends have been introduced but.
Methods to watch ‘SNL’
The present airs reside on NBC, Peacock and Hulu + Reside TV each Saturday night time at 11:30 p.m. ET. Peacock and Hulu may have full episodes obtainable to stream the following day. Peacock additionally hosts an archive of all of the previous seasons and episodes.
Are you able to get tickets to observe ‘SNL’ in particular person?
An SNL ticket lottery is held in August yearly, so it’s too late to use to get tickets for Season 51 reveals. Nevertheless, followers can nonetheless request standby tickets and wait in strains outdoors 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the place the present is filmed, in case last-minute tickets turn into obtainable.
Followers apply through electronic mail for the lottery to safe two free tickets to both the costume rehearsal or the reside taping of an episode, in keeping with NBC. You can not select which present or time you get tickets for; it’s all randomly assigned.
