{"id":26963,"date":"2021-09-27T17:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=26963"},"modified":"2021-09-27T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:21:21","slug":"saturday-night-live-adds-three-featured-players-to-the-cast-for-the-upcoming-47th-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/27\/saturday-night-live-adds-three-featured-players-to-the-cast-for-the-upcoming-47th-season\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; Adds Three Featured Players to the Cast for the Upcoming 47th Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6373\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/snl_45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/snl_45.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/snl_45-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/snl_45-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/snl_45-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> has added three featured players to the cast for the upcoming 47th season: Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson, and Sarah Sherman.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021-22 &#8220;<em>SNL<\/em>&#8221; ensemble includes Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villase\u00f1or and Bowen Yang, featuring Aristotle Athari, Andrew Dismukes, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, and Sarah Sherman.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1437505826\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>SNL<\/em>&#8221; premieres on October 2 with host Owen Wilson and musical guest Kacey Musgraves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>&#8221; is produced in association with Broadway Video. 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