Saturday Night Live hired three new featured players earlier this week, and they were recently added to the season 42 cast page on the SNL website along with another casting change. NBC confirms that going into season 42, last season’s returning featured players Leslie Jones, Michael Che, and Pete Davidson have been promoted to repertory players. Jones, Che, and Davidson all joined the SNL cast in 2014, and Jones and Che both worked stints as writers before getting promoted to the cast. Here’s the full season 42 cast rundown:
Repertory Players Vanessa Bayer Beck Bennett Aidy Bryant Michael Che Pete Davidson Leslie Jones Colin Jost Kate McKinnon Kyle Mooney Bobby Moynihan Cecily Strong Kenan Thompson Sasheer Zamata Featured Players Mikey Day Alex Moffat Melissa Villaseñor