'Saturday Night Live' Reveals 4 New Cast Members Joining Season 48

Mar. 15, 2025

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Saturday Night Livehas added a quartet of brand-new faces!

Marcello Hernandez,Molly Kearney,Michael LongfellowandDevon Walkerwill join the late-night sketch series ahead of its upcoming 48th season, according to a Sept. 15 press release.

Hernandez is a comedian, writer and actor from Miami and was recently selected as a Just for Laughs New Face of Comedy in 2022.

BeforeSNL, Cleveland-born Kearney appeared in Amazon’sA League of Their Ownand Disney+‘sThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changersand was selected for Comedy Central’sUp Nextshowcase in 2019. Kearney will beSNL’s first nonbinary performer.

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Texas native Walker also appeared in Comedy Central’sUp Nextshowcase in 2017 and has written for Freeform’sEverything’s Trashand Netflix’sBig Mouth.

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It’s been a transformative year for the series after longtime cast membersKate McKinnon,Aidy Bryant,Kyle MooneyandPete Davidsonleft the show after theseason 47 finale.

PEOPLE confirmedon Sept. 1 that three additionalSNLcomedians — cast membersMelissa VillaseñorandAlex Moffat, as well as featured comedianAristotle Athari— would not be returning for season 48.

“There are new people, and things are changing, and a different generation comes into the show,” Michaels, 77, told reporters backstage at the 74th PrimetimeEmmy AwardsafterSNLpicked up its sixth consecutive outstanding variety series trophy.

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Michaels noted that the COVID pandemic over the last few years may have played intoSNLstars’ decisions about when and how to take their final bow.

“I think people might’ve left earlier, but there was no place to go,” he acknowledged. “It was difficult, particularly when you’re rehearsing in masks and it’s all protocols and there’s nothing to do after the show except go home.”

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Season 48 ofSNLwill premiere Oct. 1 on NBC.

source: people.com