Mass exodus: More cast members to depart ‘Saturday Night Live’
nypost.comVariety reported Thursday.The exits were announced after long-tenured stars Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney announced their plans to leave the NBC institution in May.The depleted remaining cast will also be without senior producer Lindsay Shookus, who declined to take a new role on the show last month.“They’re shaking things up,” a source told Page Six at the time.
Moffat and Villaseñor had both been with the show since 2016 and were known for their impressions of Eric Trump and Joe Biden, and Björk and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez respectively.Athari joined the show just last year as a featured player and was notable as the show’s first male performer of Middle Eastern descent.
Executive producer Lorne Michaels reportedly made the changes as he auditions new cast members ahead of the season’s October premier.
The statuses of longtime cast members Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong had yet to be revealed amid rumors they could also not be long for Rockefeller Plaza’s Studio 8H.“SNL” was the top rated entertainment show on television among the coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic last year, Variety said.
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