After it was revealed that a handful of members of the distribution of Saturday Night Live did not come back for season 51 of the beloved Sketch Comedy Show, a key player was confirmed to be back by his own wife. Devon Walker, Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim will all leave the show before season 51 begins production, and Please don’t destroyJohn Higgins also leaves.
Snl Added five new distribution members for season 51, including Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska. The first episode of the new season of the longtime sketch series will be presented on Saturday October 4, 2025 on NBC and will also be available to broadcast on Peacock. Kenan Thompson is now on the program for all the actors for the longest time, with 22 years.
Colin Jost, who is a “weekend update” host, has been confirmed as returned to Snl For season 51 of his wife, the beloved actress Scarlett Johansson. Johansson spoke exclusively with Entertainment Weekly while promoting its beginnings as a director, Eleanor the Great, And she was questioned to find out if Jost came back.
Johannsson responded with an affirmative but brief response who confirmed that Jost did not leave the show. Consult Johansson’s comment below:
Scarlett Johansson: “He returns to work.”
What it means for SNL
In addition to the departure of five of its actors, Snl Also lose a writer, Celeste Yim. Yim entered history when they became the first openly non -binary writer for the famous comedy show. Yim made a sincere statement regarding their departure, but described the work experience as difficult.
Colin Jost joined SNL for the first time as an editor in 2005.
Yim is not the only person not to come back to Snl Who said the show had a toxic environment. Walker briefly opened his experience with the toxicity in the workplace while being a member of the distribution in the program. In addition, Wakim hinted on social networks that he had been dismissed from the show rather than leaving, which shows Snl Perhaps deliberately try to reinvent themselves with new players.
Our point of view on Colin Jost returning to SNL
Based on Johansson’s comments, Jost returns to SnlAnd it is a positive development because the show seems to change rigorously, and keep Jost will keep some familiarity in the show. Having four members of the distribution leaves and adding five new ones who are very different politically and socially disappeared feels pointed.
Hopefully, Snl Do not change too radically, because it is a spectacle that brings so much joy of people and it has been so long, and it contains a formula that keeps him succeed. Shaking the casting could have an impact on the show formula, but keeping faces familiar like Jost and Thompson Saturday Night Live could stabilize the situation.
Saturday Night Live
8/ 10
- Release date
-
October 11, 1975
- Showrunner
-
Lorne Michaels
- Directors
-
Dave Wilson, Don Roy King, Liz Patrick, Andy Warhol, Linda Lee Cadwell, Matthew Meshekoff, Paul Miller, Robert Altman, Robert Smigel
- Writers
-
Will Forte, Bill Hader, Tina Fey, Kristen Wiig, Chris Parnell, Asa Taccone, John Lutz, Tom Schiller, Simon Rich, Michael Patrick O’Brien, Nicki Minaj, Herbert Sargent, Matt Piedmont, John Solomon, Chris Kelly, Alan Zweiber, Kent Sublette, Ari Jung, Justin Franks, Jerrod Betti Rhiannon Bryan
