The end credits of Saturday Night Live‘s Season 45 premiere revealed changes in the NBC series’ writing staff. Joining SNL as new writers are Dan Bulla, Dan Licata and Jasmine Pierce.
Gone from last season are Michael Koman, Alan Linic, Eli Coyote Mandel, Katie Rich and Julio Torres who has HBO series Los Espookys. Additionally Bowen Yang, who was a writer on the show last season, is now a cast member.
There is no change at the helm, with Michael Che, Colin Jost and Kent Sublette returning as head writers. The premiere end credits also listed Neal Brennan and Dave McCary who have been guest writers on SNL and were tapped for the premiere.
Here are the program’s Season 45 writing credits:
Head Writers
• Michael Che
• Colin Jost
• Kent Sublette
Supervising Writers
• Fran Gillespie
• Sudi Green
• Streeter Seidell
• Anna Drezen
Senior Writer
• Bryan Tucker
Writers
• James Anderson
• Dan Bulla
• Steven Castillo...
Gone from last season are Michael Koman, Alan Linic, Eli Coyote Mandel, Katie Rich and Julio Torres who has HBO series Los Espookys. Additionally Bowen Yang, who was a writer on the show last season, is now a cast member.
There is no change at the helm, with Michael Che, Colin Jost and Kent Sublette returning as head writers. The premiere end credits also listed Neal Brennan and Dave McCary who have been guest writers on SNL and were tapped for the premiere.
Here are the program’s Season 45 writing credits:
Head Writers
• Michael Che
• Colin Jost
• Kent Sublette
Supervising Writers
• Fran Gillespie
• Sudi Green
• Streeter Seidell
• Anna Drezen
Senior Writer
• Bryan Tucker
Writers
• James Anderson
• Dan Bulla
• Steven Castillo...
- 9/29/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Saturday Night Live, which earlier this month nabbed Emmys for best variety sketch series and guest actress in a comedy (Tiffany Haddish), will kick off its 44th season on Sept. 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West.
The NBC sketch series has added four new writers (Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang) and a feature player in Ego Nwodim, who hails from Los Angeles' Ucb Theatre, where she performed her one-woman show Great Black Women … and Then There's Me.
"Weekend Update" hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost, as well as Kent Sublette,...
The NBC sketch series has added four new writers (Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang) and a feature player in Ego Nwodim, who hails from Los Angeles' Ucb Theatre, where she performed her one-woman show Great Black Women … and Then There's Me.
"Weekend Update" hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost, as well as Kent Sublette,...
- 9/27/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
We’re a little more than a week out from the 44th season premiere of Saturday Night Live, and the show has just released some info on a few new additions to its cast and crew. Per Deadline, the series is adding four new writers— Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang—to its roster, but the only on-camera…...
- 9/22/2018
- by William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
“Saturday Night Live” has added Los Angeles-based comedian Ego Nwodim as a featured player for its 44th season, NBC announced Friday. “SNL” also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang to its roster of writers. Nwodim will make her “SNL” debut when the famed sketch comedy series premieres its 44th season, September 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West.
Nwodim is a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles, was named a New Face at the Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival in 2016, and participated in the CBS Diversity Showcase that same year. She has previously appeared onscreen in “Adam Ruins Everything,” “2 Broke Girls,” and “Singularity.”
The new writers all have improv backgrounds; Linic and Gates trained at Chicago’s “Second City,” Mandel at Chicago’s iO Theater, and Yang at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade. Yang is the co-host...
Nwodim is a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles, was named a New Face at the Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival in 2016, and participated in the CBS Diversity Showcase that same year. She has previously appeared onscreen in “Adam Ruins Everything,” “2 Broke Girls,” and “Singularity.”
The new writers all have improv backgrounds; Linic and Gates trained at Chicago’s “Second City,” Mandel at Chicago’s iO Theater, and Yang at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade. Yang is the co-host...
- 9/21/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Ego Nwodim is the new cast addition on NBC’s Saturday Night Live for the venerable late-night sketch show’s upcoming 44th season, which premieres September 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West.
Additionally, SNL has added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.
All have improv backgrounds.
Nwodim, who graduated from USC with a degree in biology, has been a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles, where she performed her one-woman show Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me. She has a slew of guest-starring acting credits, including CBS comedies 2 Broke Girls and Living Biblically and NBC limited drama series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.
Linic and Gates hail from Chicago’s Second City, Mandel from Chicago’s iO Theater, and Yang — co-host of the pop culture podcast Las Culturistas — trained at Upright Citizens Brigade.
There...
Additionally, SNL has added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.
All have improv backgrounds.
Nwodim, who graduated from USC with a degree in biology, has been a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles, where she performed her one-woman show Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me. She has a slew of guest-starring acting credits, including CBS comedies 2 Broke Girls and Living Biblically and NBC limited drama series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.
Linic and Gates hail from Chicago’s Second City, Mandel from Chicago’s iO Theater, and Yang — co-host of the pop culture podcast Las Culturistas — trained at Upright Citizens Brigade.
There...
- 9/21/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedienne Ego Nwodim will join “Saturday Night Live” as its newest featured player, as the NBC late-night mainstay starts its 44th season. “SNL” is set to launch its next cycle on September 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West.
Nwodim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in biology and has been a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles, where she performed her one-woman show, “Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me.” She has had small roles in projects like 2017’s “Singularity” and the streaming-video series “Galactic War Room.”
“SNL” also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.
Nwodim’s addition to the cast is the latest in a series of tweaks that have made Mikey Day, Melissa Villaseñor, and Alex Moffat full members of the cast, after having served as featured players in recent seasons.
Nwodim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in biology and has been a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles, where she performed her one-woman show, “Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me.” She has had small roles in projects like 2017’s “Singularity” and the streaming-video series “Galactic War Room.”
“SNL” also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.
Nwodim’s addition to the cast is the latest in a series of tweaks that have made Mikey Day, Melissa Villaseñor, and Alex Moffat full members of the cast, after having served as featured players in recent seasons.
- 9/21/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
“Saturday Night Live” has added its first new castmember for its 44th season in Ego Nwodim.
Nwodim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in biology and has been a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles where she performed her one-woman show, “Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me.” “SNL” also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.
The venerable NBC sketch comedy show returns Sept. 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West. On Friday morning, “SNL” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels teased Alec Baldwin’s return as president Donald Trump on James Andrew Miller’s “Origins” podcast, stating: “Oh, I think he’ll be back.”
Also Read: Adam Driver to Host 'SNL' Season 44 Premiere, Kanye West to Be Musical Guest
Mikey Day, Melissa Villaseñor and Alex Moffat will be promoted to repertory players this season,...
Nwodim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in biology and has been a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles where she performed her one-woman show, “Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me.” “SNL” also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.
The venerable NBC sketch comedy show returns Sept. 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West. On Friday morning, “SNL” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels teased Alec Baldwin’s return as president Donald Trump on James Andrew Miller’s “Origins” podcast, stating: “Oh, I think he’ll be back.”
Also Read: Adam Driver to Host 'SNL' Season 44 Premiere, Kanye West to Be Musical Guest
Mikey Day, Melissa Villaseñor and Alex Moffat will be promoted to repertory players this season,...
- 9/21/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
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