Saturday Night Live Season 49 Wiki (2024)

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Who's leaving the SNL 2024 cast? ›

Molly Kearney, the first nonbinary cast member in "SNL" history, announced their departure from the show in August 2024.

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While Season 49 cast members Chloe Troast, Molly Kearney, and Punkie Johnson are not returning for Season 50, Marcello Hernández, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker have been promoted to Repertory Player status.

Emil Wakim, Ashley Padilla, and Jane Wickline will be joining as featured players for the upcoming season premiere on September 28. Wakim is a comedian from Chicago who's based in Brooklyn and one of our “Comedians You Should and Will Know” for 2024.

The highest NBC is willing to go for most major cast members is apparently $25,000 per episode, which comes out to $525,000 per year based on a 21-episode season.

Five-Timers Club. Actor Alec Baldwin is the show's most prolific host, fulfilling the role 17 times between 1990 and 2017. The Five-Timers Club is the group of performers who have hosted SNL at least five times.

Alec Baldwin holds the record for hosting the most SNL episodes, not including all the times he popped in to play Donald Trump. Baldwin broke the 15-time marker left by Steve Martin in 2011 when the Father of the Bride funnyman was on hand to jokingly demand a drug test.

Broadcast from Studio 8H at NBC's headquarters in the Comcast Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, SNL has aired 968 episodes since its debut and began its 49th season on October 14, 2023, making it one of the longest-running network television programs in the United States.

Who is returning to SNL season 50? ›

According to Deadline, Rudolph is set to return to the NBC show to play Harris. They shared that she cleared her schedule, in particular moving production of season three of the Apple comedy series Loot, to allow her to be in New York for the next season of SNL.

On August 1, 2024, it was announced that cast member Punkie Johnson would be departing the series, after four years. The next day, on August 2, fellow castmate and featured player Molly Kearney announced that they were leaving the show, after just two years. Chloe Troast departed after one season.

But the absolute most one can apparently make on the show is $25,000 per episode, or $525,000 per year based on a 21-episode season—which is Colin's rumored take-home!

What is Lorne Michaels' salary? Celebrity Net Worth pegs Michaels' salary at $30 million to $40 million annually, but there isn't any actual reporting to substantiate that figure.

Broadcast from Studio 8H at NBC's headquarters in the Comcast Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, SNL has aired 968 episodes since its debut and began its 49th season on October 14, 2023, making it one of the longest-running network television programs in the United States.