NOooo! Bowen YANG leaving SNL

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Funnier than most - the iceberg that sank the Titanic and more!

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/article/bowen-yang-is-leaving-saturday-night-live-after-this-weeks-episode-185114008.html

Bowen Yang is reportedly leaving 'Saturday Night Live' after this week's episode
Yang is the first Chinese American cast member on the NBC sketch series.

Bowen Yang is leaving Saturday Night Live, Variety and other news outlets reported on Friday — and is doing so imminently. The comedian, who was hired as a writer for the NBC sketch series in 2018 before joining the cast the following year, is set to leave the show after Saturday’s episode, which will be hosted by his “Wicked” costar Ariana Grande and features musical guest Cher. ....

“Lorne was like, ‘You have more to do,’ and that means a lot, because I even confessed to him. I was like, ‘I feel the audience is maybe getting sick of me,’” Yang said at the time. “And he was like, ‘That's not true. There's more for you to do. I need you.’” ....

Yang had a historic run on the sketch series. In 2021, Yang became the first featured player on SNL to be nominated for an Emmy. Since then, he was upgraded to main cast member and nominated again in 2022. He is also the show’s first Chinese American cast member.

Outside of SNL, Yang made a name for himself as a podcaster, cohosting Las Culturistas with actor Matt Rogers. In 2025, the podcast hosted its own tongue-in-cheek awards show on Bravo, a tradition it plans to repeat in 2026. He also appeared in the movie musicals Wicked and Wicked: For Good, the latter of which was released in November. He and Rogers also appeared together this year in an episode of Prime Video comedy Overcompensating.

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