After it was revealed {that a} handful of solid members of Saturday Night Live 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 nicely.
SNL has added 5 new solid members for season 51, together with Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska. The first 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 solid member, with 22 years.
Colin Jost, who’s a “Weekend Update” host, has been confirmed as returning to SNL for season 51 by his spouse, beloved actress Scarlett Johansson. Johansson spoke solely with Entertainment 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. Try 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 solid members, SNL can be shedding a author, Celeste Yim. Yim made historical past after they grew to become the primary overtly 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 isn’t the one particular person not returning for SNL who has claimed the present has a poisonous setting. Walker opened up briefly about his expertise with toxicity within the office whereas serving as a solid member on the present. Additionally, Wakim implied on social media that he was fired from the present somewhat than leaving, which exhibits SNL could also be purposely trying 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 may be a constructive improvement as a result of the present appears to be altering rigorously, and conserving Jost will hold some familiarity inside the present. Having 4 solid members go away and including 5 new ones who’re very completely 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 comprises a components that retains it profitable. Shaking up the solid might affect the components of the present, however conserving acquainted faces like Jost and Thompson on Saturday Night time Reside might stabilize the scenario.
Saturday Night Live
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, Bill 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
