The landmark fiftieth season of Saturday Night time Reside is nearing an finish, and already, followers are beginning to look to the way forward for the long-lived sketch comedy collection.
NBC has not renewed SNL for Season 51, however given its regular scores and continued cultural relevance, it is rather, very seemingly the present will come again.
What’s much less seemingly, although, is that the whole squad of Season 50 solid members will return. Right here’s a have a look at the solid members who may not return — ranked from least to most definitely — with particulars about why.
Kenan Thompson
SNL‘s longest-running solid member needs to make that file stick, apparently. After 22 seasons, it doesn’t seem to be he’s going wherever. He advised Individuals it’s the “best job on this planet” and a “blessing,” so he’ll at all times take the decision to return. Nonetheless, at this level, it’s most likely his resolution to make, and he might actually have a profession exterior of Studio 8H if he needs to.
Bowen Yang
As his appearing profession continues to blossom — most just lately, with a brand new romcom known as The Wedding ceremony Banquet — many have questioned whether or not he is likely to be prepared to go away the TV nest. Nevertheless, the actor just lately confirmed on The View that he’s not leaving after Season 50.
Andrew Dismukes
This star will get to have his cake and eat it, too. With a comedy tour in place for this summer season, he’ll get his standup repair completed in September, simply in time for Season 51 to start. That timing doesn’t appear unintended, indicating he’s not going wherever, even when Season 50 was his seventh on the present.
James Austin Johnson
Along with his impression of Donald Trump rapidly turning into one of many all-time bests, this repertory participant’s job can most likely be marked as fully protected proper now.
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Ego Nwodim
Chatting with The Wrap in 2024, the comic mentioned she wished to discover the world of movie and directing and that she’ll “know when it’s time to go,” however added that she’s in “no rush.”
Michael Longfellow
After he appeared on “Weekend Replace” final week, many followers are satisfied the brand new repertory participant goes to take over as cohost of the phase quickly.
Marcello Hernandez
It’s means too quickly for him to voluntarily depart the present, and given his reputation, it’s a protected wager he’ll stick round. In any case, he advised Vogue earlier this yr, “I’ve had jobs that I didn’t like, and I did them for not a very long time, and it felt like an eternity. And this job I like, so it has felt prefer it’s passed by fairly quick.”
Devon Walker
Equally, though some followers suppose he’s being under-utilized on the present, he was simply promoted to repertory for Season 50, so it appears unlikely he’ll get the boot subsequent season.
Emil Wakim
The comic’s standup tour is simply slated to run by way of August, so it appears he has all intentions of staying.
Jane Wickline
Additionally touring by way of the summer season is that this Season 50 newb who acquired a promising solo spot on “Weekend Replace” just lately.
Sarah Sherman
A repertory participant since 2023, the comic has expressed a need to stay round on SNL for some time, telling Polyester Journal, “Hopefully, within the subsequent few years, I’ll be capable to do a bunch of loopy stuff on SNL, make a bunch of loopy motion pictures, make a loopy stand-up particular.”
Ashley Padilla
Some followers are satisfied the SNL beginner simply hasn’t executed sufficient to justify one other season. Nevertheless, she just lately made a debut on “Weekend Replace,” which indicated that maybe she was being examined as a possible alternative.
Lorne Michaels
The SNL creator went all-out with Season 50 to make it an enormous anniversary celebration of the collection, and he has repeatedly mentioned it may very well be his final. Nevertheless, he had a distinct tune in a latest interview with The Hollywood Reporter, saying, “So long as it’s necessary and I will be helpful, I’ll keep… It’s extra about holding it on the right track than the rest, and, clearly, I actually adore it. And yearly there are increasingly more individuals whom I depend on for different issues, however, ultimately, you really want somebody to say, ‘That is what we’re doing.’ So I don’t actually have a solution; I simply know that that is sort of what I do, and so long as I can maintain doing it, I’ll maintain doing it. There’s no fast plan.”
Mikey Day
There was a time when Day’s goofy demeanor stood alone on the present, however that’s not the case anymore. Plus, Day has been steadily rounding out his extra-SNL profession as host of Is It Cake?, a so-weird-it-works cooking competitors collection, and movies like Dwelling Candy Dwelling Alone and Unfrosted.
Chloe Fineman
Promoted to repertory participant in 2021, the actress has discovered loads of work exterior of SNL — most just lately, on Large Mouth, Megalopolis, Despicable Me 4, Summer time of 69, and Freakier Friday. Contemplating her lessened display screen time on SNL, she is likely to be trying to make her movie pursuits a full-time factor after Season 50.
Heidi Gardner
After being a full-timer for greater than 5 years (and being a part of Groundlings earlier than SNL), the actress has mentioned she’s acquired “sketch fatigue,” which gave some followers cause to consider she’s prepared to maneuver on. Chatting with Craig Ferguson, she talked about wanting to write down and star in a present of her personal and mentioned she “love[s] taking part in characters” however doesn’t just like the stress of getting to continually churn out concepts for sketches. “Some weeks … I’m like, ‘I wouldn’t have an concept for a sketch, a sport, or a personality.’ … That has gotten somewhat powerful.”
Colin Jost and Michael Che on Weekend Replace
Colin Jost
Equally, there could also be cause to suppose Jost is stepping away from the desk after this yr. He’s been part of the present since 2005 and co-anchoring its information bit since 2014 (and boasts the excellence of longest-running “Weekend Replace” anchor, too).
Followers on Reddit put collectively a listing of stable causes the Season 50 finale is likely to be Jost’s sendoff, together with the truth that his spouse Scarlett Johansson is internet hosting, it’ll mark his 2 hundredth episode, and he and Che mentioned they plan to go away the present collectively. There’s additionally the truth that he just lately debuted as host of Pop Tradition Jeopardy!, which signifies his willingness (possibly even a need) to maneuver on to different fields of leisure altogether.
Michael Che
The “Weekend Replace” coanchor isn’t any stranger to claiming he’s on the best way out. He’s been part of the present since 2014 and has signaled his intention to give up just a few instances earlier than — together with in 2022 at a comedy present and in 2024 over a dispute a few joke. He clarified in an interview with Howard Stern that the explanation he at all times appears itching to go is, “as a result of I at all times simply really feel like I miss standup and all these things.”
This February, he sounded fairly darn severe about the truth that Season 50 could be his final. Throughout a standup particular on the College of Rochester, he advised the group, “That is my final season. I’m not coming again, don’t fear. I’m executed, it’s over for me. It’s been a lot enjoyable. It’s somewhat emotional, it’s bittersweet.” We’ll have to attend and see whether or not he follows by way of to the exit signal or not.