Saturday Night Live: Season 48

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1569355580241747972

Let's start a new SNL thread. Season 48 premieres on October 1st and there's some reason for excitement for SNL nerds. This is the biggest cast overhaul since 1995. I'm sure more names will be announced throughout the rest of the month.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

At the Emmys press conference, Lorne explained his lawsuit against Colt Cabana and insulted NBCUniversal executives said there are going to be four new cast members and they'll be announced as soon as today.

@Valeyard 's still holding up hope for a Randy Quaid return.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

‘SNL’ Adds Four Featured Players: Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow & Devon Walker

Saturday Night Live has found its four new featured players. The long-running NBC show has added Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker to its cast. It comes after c…

deadline.com

 

[Valeyard]

Gonna predict Hernandez is the only one to stick around until next year. No idea who any of them are but he's got the look.

 

[strummer]

Interesting they brought in 4 stand ups. Maybe they are finally getting away from theater geek kids.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Maybe they're trying to show the stand up community that there's no hard feelings after the Shane Gillis debacle 3 or 4 years ago.

Well, Lorne, on behalf of the stand up community...forgive? Maybe. Forget? NEVER!

 

[Valeyard]

Sounds like someone got rejected.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I did breathe a sigh of relief that a comic/impressionist I know didn't get in.

Molly Kearney is first non-binary castmember of SNL. Take that, Vale!

 

[Valeyard]

Unless that severely impacts how funny they happen to be it doesn't matter.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

So barring any changes, it appears that Season 48 cast is;

Main cast;
Michael Che (WU)
Mikey Day
Chloe Fineman
Heidi Gardner
Colin Jost (WU)
Ego Nwodim
Cecily Strong
Kenan Thompson
Bowen Yang

Featured players
Andrew Dismukes
Marcello Hernandez
James Austin Johnson
Punkie Johnson
Molly Kearney
Michael Longfellow
Sarah Sherman
Devon Walker


Three things. Is it policy now that you can't be promoted from featured players to main cast until you have two seasons under your belt? It feels like JAJ is featured and showcased more than most of the castmembers.

Second...jfc. It really underlines how huge the cast has been during the current when seven people leave the cast and it's still a well above average sized cast during this "lean transition year".


Third: Genuinely amazed that Cecily Strong didn't leave with everyone who left after last season. I wonder if it's a David Spade in '95/'96/"YOU HAVE TO LET ME KEEP ONE OF THEM!" type situation lol.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Hasn't Dismukes been a featured player for quite a while too?

 

[Valeyard]

Never gonna like a grown ass adult named Punkie. It's showbiz not a poolhall.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Hasn't Dismukes been a featured player for quite a while too?

Third season as a featured player but he has been a writer for six. I wonder if he's getting another mulligan season cause he joined in 2020 and hasn't really had a fully normal SNL season?

I feel like there have been a handful of people who were featured players for three or more seasons but I'm drawing a blank. Finesse Mitchell maybe? There can't be many as usually, if you're not promoted to main cast after two seasons then you're gone.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Gonna predict Hernandez is the only one to stick around until next year. No idea who any of them are but he's got the look.

Glad to see Lorne paying attention to some of the GOAT alumni

 

[Fall of Epic]

Chris Redd is gone now too.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Dang. That's surprising. I thought last year was somewhat of a breakout season for him and he'd be one of the anchors of this year's cast.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I was just coming here to post that. Bummer to hear. He’s been one of the best cast members the last couple seasons.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

If more departures are to come, I'd be shocked if Cecily Strong isn't one of them.

Maybe @strummer can confirm but this has got to be one of the only times where the number of featured players equals (nearly equals? OUTNUMBERS?) the main cast? Maybe one of those super enormous early-mid '90s casts did too? It's gonna be a strange season. I'm really surprised Lorne is doing a major rebuilding season this late in life.

 

[strummer]

Oct. 1: Miles Teller/Kendrick Lamar

Oct. 8: Brendan Gleeson/Willow

Cr. 15: Megan Thee Stallion

 

[Youth N Asia]

Brendan Gleason is terrific. That’s just not a name I ever expected to see hosting SNL.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Chris Redd is dating Kenan’s ex-wife. Gotta wonder if that helped him leaving the show an easier decision.

 

[strummer]

Have to do a Steve Austin/Chris Adams angle out of that. Cmon Lorne

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey & David Spade has a two part interview with Lorne this week and next!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Breaking Down ‘SNL’s’ Biggest Cast Overhaul in a Generation

The late-night staple has gone through cast shake-ups before, but the exodus prior to season 48 is unusually large.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

In this article, Lorne blames cast members staying too long on the pandemic and them not being able to get other work---DESPITE THE ARTICLE LISTING THE TV SERIES AND MOVIES THE CASTMEMBERS WORKED ON WHILE WORKING PART TIME ON SNL!

Happy season premiere day!

 

[strummer]

Cecily Strong was not included in the opening credits.

 

[Zetterberg is God]

Holy that Peyton impression was uncanny.

 

[strummer]

Apparently the Charmin Bear sketch from Saturday's show was stolen/plagiarized from some dude's YouTube channel.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Cecily Strong was not included in the opening credits.

No, Cecily Strong did not quietly leave 'Saturday Night Live'

Don't worry, Cecily Strong fans: the 'Saturday Night Live' fan-favorite did not quietly leave the show ahead of season 48.

ew.com

I guess she will be back by the end of the month. I was a bit panicked she had Irish exited the cast as well.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Not much to say about the show last night. But spraying blood gags are always a winner.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Rob Schneider Claims Bill Murray “Absolutely Hated” Members of ‘SNL’ Cast Including Adam Sandler, Chris Farley

The former cast member commented on Murray's time on the NBC sketch comedy show during an appearance on SiriusXM's 'The Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com

I like that he makes sure to distinguish that Bill Murray didn’t hate him.