— Two featured players were also elevated to full cast. One is expected — last season’s breakout star, Ashley Padilla—and one less so: Jane Wickline, who I like but who I thought was the least likely to return. But Lorne Michaels loves keeping a weirdo around, and I love that for Wickline.

Pranked him to death with a chainsaw.

SNL Season 52 premieres September 26 with Jalen Brunson as host, followed by Dakota Johnson, Shane Gillis and Inde Navarrette, plus major cast changes.

Season 52 of ‘Saturday Night Live’ premieres in late September 2026

Could Taylor Swift be trying to tell us she's going to be on "Saturday Night Live" soon?

SNL UK "Weekend Update" anchors Ania Magliano and Paddy Young went after Trump's new hairdo, with Young dropping an interesting line.

In the clip above Harry (Jack Shep) and Meghan (Ayoade Bamgboye) visit King Charles (Larry Dean) and Queen Camilla (Emma Sidi) at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where Charles wastes no time in chastising Harry for returning home ("Don't tell me you've spent all your Netflix money already").

“Don’t tell me you spent all your Netflix money already,” ‘SNL UK’s King Charles questioned Harry and Meghan during the comedy show’s season 2 opening sketch