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As Lorne Michaels cleans house following the milestone 50th season of Saturday Night Live, one cast alum is shocked at mass exodus. Punkie Johnson, who starred on the NBC sketch comedy show from 2020 to 2024, shared her support for Devon Walker, Emil Wakim and Michael Longfellow, following their announced departures. “Welcome back Dev. It’s fun outside baby… love u,” …

Heidi Gardner is saying goodbye to Saturday Night Live after eight seasons on the cast. Entertainment Weekly has learned Gardner will not be part of the show’s 51st season when it premiere in October. Vulture was first to report the news. News of her departure comes amid a big cast shakeup at SNL. Castmates Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and featured player …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Shakeups in the Saturday Night Live cast continue to trickle out as Emil Wakim, who joined the series for its 50th season last year, won’t be returning for Season 51. Wakim revealed he was one-and-done at the long-running, late-night show in a statement posted on social media Wednesday. “I won’t be returning to SNL next year. It was a gut …

Emil Wakim, a featured player during the show’s 50th season, announced his departure from the show via Instagram on Wednesday. “I won’t be returning to ‘SNL’ next year,” is how the Lebanese-American comedian began the post. “It was a gut punch of a call to get, but I’m so grateful for my time there.” Wakim said he learned he was …

Emil Wakim, who held a featured player role at NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” for a single season, is leaving the late-night showcase, he disclosed in a statement on social media Wednesday. “I won’t be returning to ‘SNL‘ next year,” the comedian revealed on Instagram. “It was a gut punch of a call to get, but I’m so grateful for my …

NEW YORK (AP) — Devon Walker is leaving “Saturday Night Live,” in the first of what could be several cast departures as the storied program prepares for its 51st season. “Me and the show did three years together, and sometimes it was really cool,” Walker wrote Monday on Instagram. “Sometimes it was toxic as hell. But we did what we …