Saturday Night Live may soon undergo its biggest shakeup in years.
According to Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, along with Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney are expected to depart the show following tomorrow night’s season finale.
Aside from Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong, McKinnon and Bryant are the longest tenured members of the current cast. McKinnon joined SNL during its 37th season in 2012, while Bryant was added to the cast the following season. Mooney is also a longtime veteran of the show, having made his first appearance in 2013.
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Michael Che, who’s co-anchored Weekend Updated alongside Colin Jost since 2014, also indicated that he’ll be leaving the show.
Although Davidson, McKinnon, Bryant, Mooney, and Che stayed long beyond the normal tenure of an SNL cast member, it’s been nearly a decade since Lorne Michaels was tasked with replacing such a large collective of talent in one fell swoop. (During a 12-month period between 2012 and 2013, SNL bid farewell to Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader, and Fred Armisen.)
There had been some thought that SNL’s current cast would stay on through the show’s 50th anniversary in 2025 — after which point Michaels is expected retire. In recent years, Michaels has been more lenient in allowing his cast to come and go during the season so that they can pursue other projects; Bryant missed a chunk of last season to film her Hulu series Shrill, while McKinnon missed several episodes earlier this year so that she could film her Tiger King series in Australia. Davidson has also taken time off to film projects like The Suicide Squad.
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