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The season 51 cast of Saturday Night Live <\/i><\/a>might look a little different than last year, according to showrunner Lorne Michaels<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michaels, 80, told Puck <\/i><\/a>in a profile published on Sunday, August 24, that he hoped to shake up the casting lineup.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast season, when we were at the party of the first show, quarter of four in the morning, Dana [Carvey<\/strong>, who played Joe Biden<\/strong>], comes over to me and says, \u2018I don\u2019t think anyone knows you called me June 4th [to play Biden],\u2019\u201d Michaels said. \u201cI wanted people coming back and being part of [the 50th season].\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, “So when Kate [McKinnon]<\/strong> hosted, Kristen [Wiig]<\/strong> and Maya [Rudolph]<\/strong> came back for it<\/a>. That meant there couldn\u2019t be those kind of disruptions, or anything that was going to take the focus off [the 50th season]. And we had an election.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Season 51: Premiere Date and Everything You Need to Know So Far<\/a><\/p>\n

SNL <\/i>wrapped its landmark 50th season<\/a> in the spring shortly after the election cycle. The cast included Kenan Thompson, Colin Jost, Michael Che, James Austin Johnson, Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, Andrew Dismukes, Ego Nwodim, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Bowen Yang, Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow,<\/strong> as well as a handful of new players.<\/p>\n

While speaking with Puck, <\/i>Michaels admitted that there was pressure to reinvent the show this upcoming season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, for sure. It\u2019ll be announced in a week or so,\u201d Michaels teased, only confirming that Johnson\u2019s gig was safe. (Johnson, 36, impersonated President Donald Trump<\/strong> throughout season 50.)<\/p>\n

Former \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Stars: Where Are They Now?<\/a><\/p>\n

While Michaels did not mention any other SNL <\/i>cast member<\/a> by name, he did hint at his intentions to delegate certain responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It\u2019s] already been happening [in] the past year or so. More people are involved in the choices and in the decisions,\u201d Michaels said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people in that room with a lot of opinions. I make the final decision, obviously. But it\u2019s not as if people don\u2019t let me know how strongly they feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michaels had put together the large-scale and star-studded SNL50 <\/i>festivities amid the weekly episodes last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t get to see anybody [during the show], and not at the party either. I was down front, because I needed access to the stage,\u201d he recalled. \u201cMy family was there, and I was really excited that they were there. I\u2019d make eye contact with people all the time, and then occasionally I\u2019d get up and go to the control room. I didn\u2019t get to spend time with anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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