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‘Saturday Night Live’ adds new cast members for Season 42

The 'Saturday Night Live' Season 41 cast. Global TV/Corus Entertainment

Saturday Night Live has added three new cast members for Season 42: Mikey Day, Alex Moffat and Melissa Villasenor, who will join the Oct. 1 season premiere as featured players.

Day joined SNL as a writer in Season 39, with Season 42 marking his first year as a featured player. He served as a co-head writer and cast member on NBC’s sketch show Maya & Marty this summer, with previous credits including writing and performing for Robot Chicken, Mad and Kath and Kim.

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Moffat was a regular performer at iO Chicago and The Annoyance Theatre before joining SNL. Villasenor is an impressionist and stand-up comedian who has lent her voice to Adventure Time, Family Guy and TripTank, in addition to working on Mas Mejor, a premium comedy studio from Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video banner that showcases Latino talent.

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The show said farewell to Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah and Jon Rudnitsky following last season’s finale. Killam and Pharoah both landed pilots for Showtime following their SNL exits; Pharaoh will star in White Famous, a comedy executive produced by Jamie Foxx, while Killam will appear in Mating, a comedy anthology from Jason Katims.

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Saturday Night Live is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels.

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