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Devon Walker on Leaving With Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow

Devon Walker on Leaving With Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow

Saturday Night Live is primed to look very different in season 51, and one of its recent castoffs is reacting to the dramatic fan response. The exits of SNL season 50 castmembers Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, Michael Longfellow and Heidi Gardner were announced this week, leading to stunned reaction from viewers of the long-running NBC sketch show. Gardner had been …

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Heidi Gardner Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’ After Eight Years

Heidi Gardner Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’ After Eight Years

Heidi Gardner is the latest cast member of Saturday Night Live to leave the show, a source tells Rolling Stone.  The comedian will exit the NBC show after eight years, joining a list of three other castmates who are not returning for Season 51. Variety and several outlets also confirmed the news on Thursday. Gardner has yet to address her departure from the show. She joined SNL as a featured player …

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Heidi Gardner Is Leaving ‘SNL’ Too

Heidi Gardner Is Leaving ‘SNL’ Too

The cast shakeup at Saturday Night Live is turning into an earthquake. The latest performer to exit the show is Heidi Gardner, who will depart after eight seasons on SNL. She joined the NBC series in the 2017-18 as a featured player and moved up to the main cast two seasons later. Gardner is the fourth SNL castmember to leave …

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All the Cast Leaving Ahead of Season 51

All the Cast Leaving Ahead of Season 51

Saturday Night Live Season 51 is going to look a lot different. In the last few days, several cast members — including Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, and Devon Walker — and a handful of the show’s writers have announced that they’re leaving the show ahead of the next season. The exits seem to be part of wider changes expected at …

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Heidi Gardner Leaving ‘SNL’ After Eight Seasons

Heidi Gardner Leaving ‘SNL’ After Eight Seasons

Heidi Gardner is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after eight seasons, multiple sources tell Variety. The news comes amid a shake-up at the NBC sketch comedy series, which this week saw the departure of Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim and Devon Walker ahead of Season 51. Last season, Gardner was the longest-tenured current female cast member. In Season 49, she appeared in …

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Heidi Gardner Is Leaving ‘SNL’ After Eight Seasons

Heidi Gardner Is Leaving ‘SNL’ After Eight Seasons

Photo: Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images The pre–season 51 SNL departures continue. Following this week’s news that cast members Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, and Michael Longfellow will exit SNL ahead of its season-51 debut in early October, Vulture has confirmed that Heidi Gardner will also not be returning to the sketch-comedy series. Gardner, who has been a cast member for …

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Marlyne Barrett Leaving ‘Chicago Med’ As Maggie

Marlyne Barrett Leaving ‘Chicago Med’ As Maggie

EXCLUSIVE: When NBC’s Chicago Med returns this fall for its 11th season, it will be without one of its three remaining original cast members. Marlyne Barrett, who has played doting yet no-nonsense ER nurse Maggie Lockwood since the show’s 2015 launch, is stepping back from the medical drama for personal reasons, sources tell Deadline. This is envisioned as a temporary …

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Michael Longfellow Leaving ‘SNL’ After Three Seasons

Michael Longfellow Leaving ‘SNL’ After Three Seasons

Michael Longfellow has exited “Saturday Night Live” after three seasons, Variety has confirmed. The news comes after the departure of cast members Devon Walker and Emil Wakim, as well as writers Celeste Yim and Rosebud Baker, ahead of Season 51. NBC could not immediately be reached for comment. Longfellow’s departure comes as a bit of a surprise, as LateNighter recently …

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