Lorne Michaels has finally finished his annual purge ahead of Saturday Night Live ‘s 51st season. For all his talk about a “major shake-up” turns out things won’t be too different in Studio 8H. According to The Hollywood Reporter , with the exception of Heidi Gardner the show’s longest tenured cast members are all returning. Kenan Thompson will be back for his 83 season. Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, Ego Nwodim, and Mikey Day are all returning with him. As our Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che.

With a month to go before SNL returns for season 51 on October 4, Lorne Michaels has finished tinkering with his cast. In the end he got rid of four members from season 50’s very large cast . Both Devon Walker and Michael Longfellow were let go after three seasons (and j

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