Photo“Saturday Night Live” is adding three cast members as it enters its 42nd season, NBC announced on Monday. One, Mikey Day, has been a writer for the show since 2013, while the others, Melissa Villaseñor and Alex Moffat, are new to “Saturday Night Live.” All three have been brought on as featured players. In August, NBC announced that three cast members — the principals Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, and a featured player, Jon Rudnitsky — would not return for the 2016-17 season. Mr. Day, who this year was a head writer and cast member on the NBC variety show “Maya & Marty,” has also been a member of the Los Angeles troupe the Groundlings, which counts other “Saturday Night Live” stars, including Kristen Wiig and Will Forte, among its alumni. (“Maya & Marty,” which, like “Saturday Night Live,” is produced by Lorne Michaels, has not yet been renewed for a second season.)

Source: New York Times September 12, 2016 19:41 UTC