‘SNL’ Loses Three More Castmembers Ahead of Season 48 | THR News - video Dailymotion

Regulars Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor and featured player Aristotle Athari are leaving the NBC show.

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00:00Saturday Night Live is losing three more cast members ahead of its latest season.

00:04Regulars Alex Moffat and Melissa Vela-Senor and featured player Aristotle Athari are leaving ahead of season 48, which begins in the fall.

00:12Their departures followed those of Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, and Kyle Mooney,

00:18who said their goodbyes in the final episode of season 47 in May.

00:22In addition, senior producer Lindsay Shukas, who worked on SNL since the early 2000s, also departed in late August.

00:29Moffat and Vela-Senor joined SNL as featured performers in 2016 and were promoted two years later.

00:35Moffat played President Joe Biden in several sketches before James Austin Johnson took over the role.

00:41Meanwhile, Vela-Senor's reoccurring impressions included Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Portez.

00:46Athari's time on SNL lasted one season, having joined the show as a featured player.

00:51The network has yet to set a premiere date for the new season.

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