Ego Nwodim is one of the Saturday Night Live stars not returning for Season 51 of the NBC late-night sketch show. Although it was believed that the cast for SNL 51 had been set, Nwodim just confirmed she would not be returning this fall.

"I've always gone by the instinct of, do I have more to do? And I feel like I do," Yang said of the upcoming season 51. "Even [ SNL boss] Lorne [Michaels] and I talked about it, and Lorne was like, 'You have more to do.'"

One alum has won an Oscar. Another has a Grammy. Several have acquired Emmys and Tonys — and they all have been featured players in only a single season of Lorne Michaels' long-running sketch comedy series.

He’s going back to work,” Johansson confirmed to Entertainment Weekly in an exclusive interview on Sunday. Jost himself has not yet weighed in on his return, or the likelihood that he’ll be back at the “Weekend Update” desk alongside his longtime co-host,

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won its first ever Emmy, less than two months after it was axed. Director Jim Hoskinson picked up the award for Outstanding Directing for Variety Series – a category that is normally won by Saturday Night Live.

Sarah Sherman, Host Walton Goggins as Albie, and Heidi Gardner during Saturday Night Live's "Mother's Day Brunch" sketch on Saturday, May, 10 2025. The White Lotus star made his hosting debut on May 10, 2025 and gave it his all, flirting with moms and revealing his tiny baby feet wearing tiny baby shoes. His co-star Sam Rockwell even made a cameo.

Thankfully, Jost’s highly significant other Scarlett Johansson — Hollywood’s highest-grossing star — has a bit more insight than the average Saturday Night Live fan, and s