Cecily Strong was not featured in the opening credits due to her being temporarily unavailable because of her performance in the Los Angeles production of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.Jon Hamm and Shaun White appear in the cold open.Kendrick Lamar performs a medley of 'Rich Spirit' and ' N95' for his first set and 'Father Time' with Sampha for his second.Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes No. On September 12, 2022, executive producer Lorne Michaels called the season a 'transition year', and announced that four new cast members would be joining the show: Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney (the show's first non-binary cast member ), Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker.Īndrew Dismukes and Punkie Johnson, who were hired as featured players in Season 46, were promoted to repertory status this season while James Austin Johnson and Sarah Sherman remained as featured players. Strong returned to the show on October 29, 2022. Returning cast member Cecily Strong took a temporary leave of absence early in the season due to her commitments to perform in the Los Angeles revival of the one-woman stage play The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. The departures of Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, and Kyle Mooney were announced at the time of the season 47 finale, and the departures of Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, Aristotle Athari, and Chris Redd were announced in early September, a few weeks prior to the season premiere.

Eight cast members from season 47 left the show prior to the beginning of this season.

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