How big is that new generation?
Michaels teased a particular detail about the incomingSNLcast members, whose names haven’t been announced yet.
“There are four new people,” Michaels teased.
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“At least for now.”
Why did so many stars depart at the end of last season?
Michaels chalked it up to the timey-wimey strangeness of the pandemic years.
I think that there was just a bonding and I think people got very close.
So there was an intimacy and a connection between the audience and this group.
I couldn’t imagine leaving work without that whole team, so we just kept going."
But everything must change eventually.
Get ready to check out the new faces whenSNLseason 48 premieres Oct. 1.
