Saturday Night Live returns for its 48th season amid one of the largest cast shake ups in its history. Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson and Kyle Mooney all said goodbye at the end of last season, while Melissa Villaseñor, Alex Moffat, Chris Redd and featured player Aristotle Athari announced their departures over the past few weeks.
This is all good news, since SNL has been noticeably overstuffed for years. But lest you think there was any plan to return to the smaller cast size of decades past, this season will introduce four new faces: Marcello Hernandez, Devon Walker, Molly Kearney and Michael Longfellow.