11/21/2023 0 Comments Snl cast changes 2018![]() Here’s our breakdown of who got to say that line the most this season: Speaking of bonus points, whoever says “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” at the end of the cold open is awarded one point. Anyone in an ensemble sketch gets two points, and extra points are awarded for applause breaks and virality. Since they aren’t credited as official cast members, the members of Please Don’t Destroy are awarded three points as a unit for any of their sketches that make the broadcast. Anyone who plays a “Weekend Update” character gets three points, with Michael Che and Colin Jost also scoring three points each for anchoring the segment every week. ![]() Here’s how it works: If you’re the star of the sketch, that’s three points if you get to deliver a joke, that’s two points and if you appear onscreen at all (as a waiter, let’s say), that’s one point. The system, which was founded at Splitsider and honed to perfection by our own Bethy Squires, awards tiered points to cast members in each sketch. That’s where we come in! Here at Vulture, we’ve employed a points system for years now to calculate how screen time gets divided among SNL cast members. But how did all of these changes affect who actually showed up onscreen this season? The latter halted production on the season’s final three episodes, including one that Pete Davidson was slated to host (perhaps mercifully you shouldn’t host SNL less than a year after leaving its cast!). The first came from its post-production team (which thankfully ratified a contract in March), and the second from the WGA. The show was not immune to strike season it faced not one but two strikes in a matter of months. But season 48 wasn’t also without its difficulties. The cast, which has been bloated for years, shrunk from 21 to a very manageable 17 this season, allowing much more space for featured players to shine and new Supremes to emerge from the more experienced repertory players. It’s the circle of life: Seasons change, SNL gets an overhaul, the world spins madly on. And while it was indeed sad to see stalwarts like Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant exit Studio 8H last year, the show has been (at least according to this author) long overdue for a reinvention. It was the largest exodus since 1995, when most of the cast left or was fired, including Chris Farley and Adam Sandler, to make way for then-relative unknowns such as Will Ferrell and Cheri Oteri. Season 48, which by Lorne Michaels’s own admission was a “transition year,” saw the exit of eight cast members from the show. Saturday Night Live’s transitional seasons are said ( usually by us) to be cursed. Photo: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC/Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC
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