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\n \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d is bulking up its ranks following a string of departures.\n <\/p>\n
\n The long-running sketch show on Monday announced five new people were being added to the cast as so-called feature players \u2013 Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska.\n <\/p>\n
\n Marshall is already a familiar face on \u201cSNL,\u201d having appeared on-camera as part of the comedy trio \u201cPlease Don\u2019t Destroy\u201d and a staff writer since 2021.\n <\/p>\n
\n Culhane, Patterson and Slowikowska, meanwhile, boast robust followings on TikTok, where, naturally, they are known for their comedy videos.\n <\/p>\n
\n Slowikowska, who has nearly 700,000 followers on TikTok, has also had a recurring role on FX\u2019s \u201cWhat We Do in the Shadows.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Culhane\u2019s acting roles have included parts on \u201cThe Sex Lives of College Girls\u201d and \u201cHeathers.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Patterson will soon be seen in Netflix\u2019s Kevin Hart-led comedy \u201c72 Hours,\u201d but is best known for his standup.\n <\/p>\n
\n Brennan is also known for his comedy work, having previously performed on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The new additions come after four cast members\u2019 departures were confirmed last week, with Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker and Emil Wakim not returning for season 51.\n <\/p>\n
\n The new season of \u201cSNL\u201d premieres October 4.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Tweet Email Link \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d is bulking up its ranks following a string of departures. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-114881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}