'SNL': Beck Bennett Departs Ahead of Season 47

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Three new cast members were announced for SNL's upcoming season.

. Most notably, Beck Bennett is leaving after eight years on the long-running sketch series as Chole Fineman and Emmy nominee Bowen Yang get promoted to the main cast.

Additionally, Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson and Sarah Sherman have also been named as the series’ newest cast members while Lauren Holt, who made her debut as a featured player last season, is not returning. This year’s ensemble now includes Fineman, Yang as well as Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, and Melissa Villaseñor with Athari, Johnson, and Sherman joining returning featured players Andrew Dismukes and Punkie Johnson.

After last season’s finale, many speculated that longtime cast members Bryant, Davidson, McKinnon, Strong and Thompson were all set to depart. , telling ET she felt good either way. “I’ll be thrilled if I go back, I’ll be thrilled if that was my last show,” she said at the time, adding, “My lesson from last year is sort of see what happens.”Bennett’s departure, however, is a bit more of a surprise since he wasn’t among those expected to leave.

 

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