The three comedians won’t be back for season 48.
WhenSaturday Night Livereturns to Studio 8H this fall, it’ll be short a few more cast members.
The three comedians aren’t the only stars who are stepping away.
Melissa Villaseñor, Alex Moffat, and Aristotle Athari.Getty Images (3)
Longtime producer Lindsay Shookus also recentlyannounced her departure after 20 seasons.
With seven cast members exiting, this makes 2022 one of the biggestSNLshakeups in years.
The show has yet to announce any new cast members for season 48.
Moffat and Villasenor both joinedSNLfor season 42 in October 2016.
(Another one of his most popular bits was as the recurringWeekend UpdatecharacterGuy Who Just Bought a Boat.)
She frequently appeared as herself for guest spots onWeekend Updateas well.
Of the departing cast members, Athari had the shortest tenure, onlyjoining the show last yearfor season 47.
One of his breakout appearances was asmumbly improvisational singer Angelo.
NBC has yet to announce a premiere date forSaturday Night Liveseason 48.
