Bowen Yang to exit ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ after 8 seasons – Nationwide
Bowen Yang is exiting Saturday Evening Reside (SNL) in the midst of his eighth season on the enduring sketch comedy present.
His ultimate episode as a solid member will likely be this Saturday’s episode, hosted by his Depraved co-star Ariana Grande with Cher as musical visitor, Selection stories.
Yang, 35, first joined SNL as a part of the writing workers in September 2018 forward of the present’s forty fourth season. A 12 months later he grew to become a solid member for the present’s forty fifth season.
The comic teased an exit from SNL throughout an interview with Individuals again in April.
“With SNL, like I mentioned, it’s this rising, residing factor the place new individuals are available and also you do must form of make approach for them and to develop and to maintain elevating themselves,” he mentioned on the time. “And that inevitably requires me to form of dangle it up in some unspecified time in the future — however I don’t know what the imaginative and prescient is but.”
Yang’s work on SNL has earned him Emmy nominations for Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Collection in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025. He was additionally nominated for an Emmy for Excellent Writing for a Selection Collection in 2019.
Yang turns into the newest solid member to depart midseason following Cecily Robust, who left the present in December 2022 throughout Season 48.
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The announcement of Yang’s exit follows a significant shakeup with a number of SNL stars revealing their departures from the hit collection in September.
Devon Walker addressed his exit after three seasons in an Instagram submit, writing, “Me and child broke up.”
Walker’s submit was adopted by the announcement that Ego Nwodim, Emil Wakim, Michael Longfellow and Heidi Gardner can even not be returning to the present.
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‘Saturday Evening Reside’ Season 51 airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on International.
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