All will be confirmed on NBC Insider before new episodes premiere on October 4. For now, there's still plenty of time to get to know newbies Jeremy Culhane, Veronika Slowikowska, Tommy Brennan, Kam Patterson, and not-as-new cast addition Ben Marshall.

This lengthens their record as the longest-running Update hosts in Saturday Night Live history with over ten years behind the desk. Mikey Day, who had the most screentime last season, returns for his ninth season as a performer (12th with the show overall,

"I'm going into my seventh year," Fineman continued. "I've like, done it. You always experience [turnover], but these people stay in your lives." Fineman joined SNL in 2019 as a f

Just a few weeks ago, Devon Walker became the first SNL cast member to exit the show ahead of Season 51. It was later reported that Emil Wakim was being let go and that Michael Longfellow would exit the series as well. On Las Culturistas, Bowen Yang offered some kind words for the trio of Saturday Night Live alums:

Though Saturday Night Live has undergone a mass cast exodus ahead of its 51st season, Bowen Yang is not among the departing players, saying he feels he has “more to do” on the long-running Lorne Michaels-helmed sketch comedy series.