Two more announce they’re leaving ‘SNL’ this season: one surprising, one less so

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

We have two more departures from Saturday Night Live (with more to come, I think):

Heidi Gardner is leaving after eight years with the show, which many had anticipated. Gardner has had success in other projects, including Shrinking, and was one of the longest-running players among the cast, with only Mikey Day, Colin Jost, and Michael Che having been there longer.

Perhaps more surprising was the announcement that Michael Longfellow is leaving SNL after three seasons. It had just been reported earlier this week that Longfellow had screen-tested for “Weekend Update,” so I suppose it didn’t go well? Frankly, I’m sad to see him go, and felt like he had a lot of untapped potential.

Punkie Johnson is all of us.

Meanwhile, Devon Walker urges everyone to calm down:

And a reminder that sometimes SNL just isn’t the right place for some very funny, and ultimately very successful people.

Still, despite all these departures (and with a few more expected to come), this doesn’t even come close to some of the most turbulent SNL seasons in the past. 

Y’all are enjoying Alien: Earth, looks like.

Sounds like The Studio has hurt someone’s fee-fees. 

You know, as Bella Ramsey points out, no one is making you watch The Last of Us. 

When I was in high school and we were covering Hamlet, our final exam was one question: “Why Horatio?” This article about The Paper reminds me of that question, except, “Why Oscar?”

Abbott Elementary takes on the Phillies!

Honestly, JD Vance and Karoline Leavitt’s deliberate and willful misreading of what Jen Psaki is saying when she says that “prayers are not enough” in the wake of a tragic mass shooting is so infuriating I can barely see straight. SHE IS NOT CRITICIZING PRAYER, YOU PEARL-CLUTCHING NUMBNUTS, SHE IS SAYING THAT THE ONLY THING YOUR PARTY OFFERS IN THE WAKE OF HORRIFIC VIOLENCE — “THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS” — IS NOT ENOUGH TO CHANGE ANYTHING AND IS PARTICULARLY DISGUSTING WHEN THE CHILDREN WHO WERE MURDERED IN THIS INSTANCE WERE LITERALLY IN THE ACT OF PRAYING. If I don’t stroke out in the next three years, it will be an actual miracle.

Oh no, the White House is big mad at Ana Navarro for calling out Latinos for Trump. I’m sure she’s trembling in her boots.

Boo.

You’ll be able to add Peacock to your Prime Video subscription for an additional $16.99 a month or $169.99 a year. Peacock had previously avoided joining bundles but may be changing this position.

Wonder Project will also debut on Prime Video on October 5 for $8.99 a month. 

Were you a fan of Dexter: Original Sin? You can add your name to a petition to save the series, which was canceled after having been renewed.

Congratulations, JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers! Genuinely happy for these two, one of the rare Bachelorette couples who made it.

Hoping Pauly Shore is doing well. 

Get well soon, Jessie J.

Love is dead. 

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television premieres on HBO Max on September 9.
  • Lost in the Jungle will premiere on National Geographic on September 12 and on Disney+ on September 13.
  • The Hospital debuts on BET on September 10.
  • Unlocked Family Secrets will premiere on OWN on September 27.
  • Rel Talk debuts on Tubi on September 5.
  • Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will premieres on Netflix on October 30.

R.I.P.

Ann McManus, British television writer

Takaya Hashi, Anime voice actor

Walfredo de los Reyes Sr., Percussionist who worked with Frank Sinatra, Wayne Newton, Tito Puente, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., Cachao, La Lupe, Rita Moreno, Juliet Prowse, Ben Vereen, Bernadette Peters, Dionne Warwick, and Debbie Reynolds, among others

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FRIDAY

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish: A teen girl and her boyfriend are tormented by an anonymous source in this new documentary, only to discover their harasser was more shocking than anyone could have guessed. Netflix

KPPOPPED: Iconic Western artists team up with K-Pop groups to reinterpret some of their biggest hits in this new competition series hosted by PSY and Meghan Thee Stallion. Series premiere. Apple TV+

Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts: Robin Roberts visits New Orleans on the anniversary of the terrible storm. 7 p.m., ABC

Hell of a Summer: This slasher film written, directed, and starring Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard and Billy Byrk, follows a group of summer camp counselors who are being stalked by a serial killer. Premiere. Hulu & Disney+

SATURDAY

Trading Places: True Story: One of my husband’s cousins got married at Philadelphia’s Union League, and at the reception, I was looking around and was like, “This sure looks like the office in Trading Places.” Because it was. Anyway, great movie, although slightly problematic through modern eyes.  7 p.m., IFC

Superman marathon: Christopher Reeve will always be my Superman, and Terence Stamp, my Zod. 4:19 p.m., HBO Signature

SUNDAY

American Ninja Warrior: Season finale. 6 p.m., NBC

Let the Devil In: This Eli Roth-produced documentary series follows a case of Satanic Panic that tore through a New Jersey town, destroying one family. Series premiere. 8 p.m., MGM+

The Flintstones marathon: Have a Yabba-Dabba Doo Time on the beloved cartoon’s 65th anniversary. 5 a.m., MeTV Toons

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