Despite this, he was still credited in the episodes he missed. Pete Davidson took a leave of absence at the beginning of the season, missing the first two episodes before returning for the third, due to filming commitments of The Suicide Squad. Heidi Gardner and Chris Redd were upgraded to repertory status this season, while Ego Nwodim remained a featured player. Gillis was let go from the cast only four days after the announcement of his hiring, prior to the airing of the first episode. Gillis has also made derogatory remarks about Muslims, women, and the LGBTQ community on his online show Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast. The choice of Gillis as a cast member generated backlash after podcast clips of him making racist remarks were reposted. She ended up being invited back for another audition for the next season. įineman had auditioned for the show in 2018 for the previous season, but did not make the cast for that year. Yang is the first fully East Asian-American cast member in the show's history. Three new featured players were announced on September 12, 2019: impressionist and writer Chloe Fineman of the Groundlings, stand-up comedian Shane Gillis, and SNL staff writer Bowen Yang.
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Prior to the beginning of the season, longtime cast member Leslie Jones, who joined the cast one month into season 40 in October 2014, left after having been with the show for almost five full seasons. The third of these episodes, airing on and hosted by longtime former cast member Kristen Wiig, served as the show's season finale. The first remote episode was hosted by Tom Hanks, who survived COVID-19 after being diagnosed the month prior. The self-filmed episodes, with pre-recorded from-home segments, were instead referred to as Saturday Night Live at Home.
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The season resumed on Apwith three remotely produced episodes containing Weekend Update and other contributions from the cast. The move came hours after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered all theaters in the city to close by the following morning. Murphy's episode was the most watched episode since 2008.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was temporarily halted on March 16, 2020.
This season featured the return of Eddie Murphy as host, on December 21, 2019, for the first time in 35 years.
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The forty-fifth season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (also branded Saturday Night Live 45 and SNL45) premiered on September 28, 2019, during the 2019–20 television season with host Woody Harrelson and musical guest Billie Eilish, and concluded on with host Kristen Wiig and musical guest Boyz II Men.
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