After it was revealed {that a} handful of forged members of Saturday Night time Reside weren’t returning for season 51 of the beloved sketch comedy present, one key participant has been confirmed to be returning by his personal spouse. Devon Walker, Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, and Emil Wakim will all be exiting the present earlier than season 51 commences manufacturing, and Please Do not Destroy‘s John Higgins is departing as effectively.
SNL has added 5 new forged members for season 51, together with Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska. The primary episode of the long-running sketch comedy sequence’ new season will premiere on Saturday, October 4, 2025, on NBC and also will be accessible to stream on Peacock. Kenan Thompson has now been on the present for the longest of any forged member, with 22 years.
Colin Jost, who’s a “Weekend Replace” host, has been confirmed as returning to SNL for season 51 by his spouse, beloved actress Scarlett Johansson. Johansson spoke completely with Leisure Weekly whereas selling her directorial debut, Eleanor the Nice, and she or he was questioned about whether or not Jost was returning.
Johannsson responded with an affirmative however temporary reply that confirmed Jost was not leaving the present. Take a look at Johansson’s remark beneath:
Scarlett Johansson: “He is going again to work.”
What This Means For SNL
Along with the departure of 5 of its forged members, SNL can be dropping a author, Celeste Yim. Yim made historical past after they grew to become the primary brazenly non-binary author for the acclaimed comedy present. Yim made a heartfelt assertion concerning their departure, however described the work expertise as troublesome.
Colin Jost first joined SNL as a employees author in 2005.
Yim just isn’t the one particular person not returning for SNL who has claimed the present has a poisonous surroundings. Walker opened up briefly about his expertise with toxicity within the office whereas serving as a forged member on the present. Additionally, Wakim implied on social media that he was fired from the present reasonably than leaving, which exhibits SNL could also be purposely making an attempt to reinvent itself with new gamers.
Our Take On Colin Jost Returning To SNL
Primarily based on Johansson’s feedback, Jost is returning to SNL, and that could be a optimistic growth as a result of the present appears to be altering rigorously, and maintaining Jost will maintain some familiarity inside the present. Having 4 forged members go away and including 5 new ones who’re very totally different politically and socially from the departed feels pointed.
Hopefully, SNL doesn’t change too drastically, as a result of it’s a present that brings so many individuals pleasure and has been that for such an extended whereas, and it accommodates a method that retains it profitable. Shaking up the forged might affect the method of the present, however maintaining acquainted faces like Jost and Thompson on Saturday Night time Reside might stabilize the scenario.
Saturday Night time Reside
8/10
- Launch Date
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October 11, 1975
- Showrunner
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Lorne Michaels
- Administrators
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Dave Wilson, Don Roy King, Liz Patrick, Andy Warhol, Linda Lee Cadwell, Matthew Meshekoff, Paul Miller, Robert Altman, Robert Smigel
- Writers
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Will Forte, Invoice Hader, Tina Fey, Kristen Wiig, Chris Parnell, Asa Taccone, John Lutz, Tom Schiller, Simon Wealthy, Michael Patrick O’Brien, Nicki Minaj, Herbert Sargent, Matt Piedmont, John Solomon, Chris Kelly, Alan Zweibel, Kent Sublette, Ari Katcher, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schnedier, Scott Jung, Justin Franks, Jerrod Bettis, Rhiannon Bryan