{"id":63218,"date":"2022-09-01T22:25:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T22:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/snl-drops-three-cast-members-ahead-of-season-48-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T22:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T22:25:57","slug":"snl-drops-three-cast-members-ahead-of-season-48-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/snl-drops-three-cast-members-ahead-of-season-48-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL&#8217; Drops Three Cast Members Ahead Of Season 48 \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The \u201cyear of change\u201d at <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> continues.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline understands that Alex Moffat, Melissa Villase\u00f1or and Aristotle Athari are not returning for Season 48 of the venerable NBC sketch show.<\/p>\n<p>Moffat and Villase\u00f1or both joined as featured players in 2016, while Athari joined last season.  Moffat and Villase\u00f1or were promoted to the main cast in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Villase\u00f1or was the show&#8217;s second Latina cast member after Noel Wells and the first to be promoted to repertory status.<\/p>\n<p>The departures come after Deadline revealed in May that Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney were exiting in addition to Pete Davidson.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after creator Lorne Michaels admitted that he was expecting this year to be a \u201cyear of change\u201d for the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Saturday Night Live&#8217;: Actors Who&#8217;ve Hosted &#8216;SNL&#8217; The Most \u2013 Photo Gallery<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a huge surprise given that this past season \u2013 the show&#8217;s 47th \u2013 featured its largest-ever cast with 21 stars and eight cast members who were entering their eighth season or beyond.<\/p>\n<p>It also follows the departure of Lindsay Shookus, a producer and head of its talent department, who is leaving after 20 years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n! function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n    }\n    ;\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '422369225140645');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cyear of change\u201d at Saturday Night Live continues. Deadline understands that Alex Moffat, Melissa Villase\u00f1or and Aristotle Athari are not returning for Season 48 of the venerable NBC sketch show. Moffat and Villase\u00f1or both joined as featured players in 2016, while Athari joined last season. Moffat and Villase\u00f1or were promoted to the main cast &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/snl-drops-three-cast-members-ahead-of-season-48-deadline\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;SNL&#8217; Drops Three Cast Members Ahead Of Season 48 \u2013 Deadline<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64245,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/snl-departures-melissa-villasenor-alex-moffat-aristotle-athari-exit\/","url_meta":{"origin":63218,"position":0},"title":"SNL departures: Melissa Villasenor, Alex Moffat, Aristotle Athari exit","date":"September 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Comment on this storyCommentThree more comedians are departing Emmy Award-winning \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d part of a cast shake-up ahead of the series' 48th season this fall.Melissa Villase\u00f1or, Alex Moffat and Aristotle Athari are leaving the show, according to a person familiar with the exits who was not authorized to speak\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":63359,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/melissa-villasenor-alex-moffat-and-aristotle-athari-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":63218,"position":1},"title":"Melissa Villase\u00f1or, Alex Moffat and Aristotle Athari out","date":"September 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"season of change. \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d stars Melissa Villase\u00f1or, Alex Moffat and Aristotle Athari won't be returning to the late-night show this fall, according to multiple outlets. Both Villase\u00f1or and Moffat joined the NBC show in 2016 before getting promoted to the main cast two years later. Villase\u00f1or is best\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":63079,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alex-moffat-melissa-villasenor-aristotle-athari-depart-the-hollywood-reporter\/","url_meta":{"origin":63218,"position":2},"title":"Alex Moffat, Melissa Villase\u00f1or, Aristotle Athari Depart \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter","date":"September 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The cast turnover at Saturday Night Live is getting bigger. Three more members of the NBC show's ensemble \u2014 regulars Alex Moffat and Melissa Villase\u00f1or and featured player Aristotle Athari \u2014 are leaving ahead of season 48, which begins in the fall. Their departures follow those of Aidy Bryant, Pete\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":63064,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/snl-season-48-melissa-villasenor-and-alex-moffat-leaving\/","url_meta":{"origin":63218,"position":3},"title":"SNL Season 48: Melissa Villase\u00f1or and Alex Moffat Leaving","date":"September 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"the Saturday Night Live cast exodus continues. Series vets Melissa Villase\u00f1or and Alex Moffat are not returning to the NBC late-night sketch series for Season 48, TVLine has confirmed. In addition, Aristotle Athari, who made his debut as a featured player last fall, will not return for a second season.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/melissa-villasenor-snl-the-end-instagram-story.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":63242,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/melissa-villasenor-alex-moffat-aristotle-athari-not-returning\/","url_meta":{"origin":63218,"position":4},"title":"Melissa Villase\u00f1or, Alex Moffat, Aristotle Athari not returning","date":"September 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"More big changes are coming to NBC's \"Saturday Night Live.\" As the long-running sketch comedy series embarks on its 48th season, USA TODAY has learned that cast members Alex Moffat, Melissa Villase\u00f1or and Aristotle Athari won't be returning to the show this fall. 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Their exits follow the previously announced departures of SNL vets Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/melissa-villasenor-snl-the-end-instagram-story.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NUP_196415_00055.jpg?w=1000","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}