Big changes at long-running show

Saturday Night Live has added four new performers to its regular cast – including its first non-binary comedian.

Molly Kearney, who uses they/them pronouns, was one of the comedians selected for Comedy Central's Up Next showcase in 2019 and has appeared in the Amazon series A League of Their Own and the Disney+ series The Mighty Ducks.

The other new featured performers are  Cuban-Dominican stand-up  Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow, recently featured in the Netflix Is a Joke festival, as a notable up-and-comer,  and Devon Walker,a writer on Netflix’s Big Mouth.

Saturday Night Live’s 48th season starts on NBC on October 1 and will involve a major overhaul of the cast as Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari are all leaving.

Published: 16 Sep 2022