NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Live from New York! It's four new "Saturday Night Live" cast members.
The legendary NBC late-night show announced Thursday it has added Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker as featured players.
Hernandez has been featured on Telemundo's "Acceso Total" and opened for comedians Gilbert Gottfried and Tim Dillon. Kearny has appeared on Amazon's reboot of "A League of Their Own." Walker writes for "Big Mouth" on Netflix and on Freeform's "Everything's Trash." Longfellow has appeared NBC's "Bring the Funny" and was picked as one of TBS's "Comics to Watch" for the 2017 New York Comedy Festival.
Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney, who were regulars, announced their departures at the end of the last season.
Aristotle Athari, a featured player, joined the exit this month along with Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor.
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Creator Lorne Michaels said Season 48 would be a "transition year" backstage at the Emmys Monday night and hinted at Thursday's announcement.
"Change years are always difficult, but [they are] always exciting," he said. "There are new people. There are four new people at least for now."
"SNL" is set for its fall return on Oct. 1.
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