Summer of the 2025 TV schedule delivered news of a lot of changes to the cast of Saturday Night Live , with the departures of stars including Ego Nwodim , Heidi Gardner, and part of Please Don't Destroy , to name just a few. The replacement batch of stars reportedly set themselves apart from past casts , which fans can see in action for the first time when the upcoming SNL hosts take the stage at 30 Rock this fall. Now, the show has made another change and added several new writers for Season 51.
In fact, Variety reports that a total of seven new writers have joined Saturday Night Live for the upcoming new season, which premieres on October 4 and streams episodes next day with a Peacock subscription . Among the crop of new writers is a comic with experience elsewhe