Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels says the upcoming season 51 premiere of the late-night comedy series will come with changes.
No notable cast members announced their departures from the show after the season 50 finale. But in a new interview with Puck , Michaels was asked if he was going to shake things up with a new cast for season 51.
“Yes,” Michaels said, before describing how he wanted former cast members to come back and be part of the 50th season, as it marked such a monumental moment for the show.
“So, when Kate [ McKinnon ] hosted, Kristen [ Wiig ] and Maya [ Rudolph ] came back for it. And that meant there couldn’t be those kind of disruptions [to the cast], or anything that was going to take the focus off [the 50th season],” Micha