two cast members are reported to have left Saturday Night Live after season 49 the running show on the NBC channel for sketch comedy was created by Lauren Michaels the show got its lineup in 1975 with guest hosts and musicians notably the sketches in the series are a blend of Live And pre recorded performed by the troop of the rotating cast in the field of Comedy so far no hosts or musical guests have been announced for the landmark season 50 although it is reported that former SNL cast member Maya Rudolph will return to resume the role of Presidential nominee kamla Harris through the end of the 2024 election Punky Johnson and Molly Kerney revealed on their official Instagram accounts that they were leaving Saturday Night Live Johnson had been with the show since 2020 Kerney joined in 2022 as this story is being written there is no word on which if any of the remaining season 49 cast members will be back for the upcoming season a roster that includes Keenan Thompson Michael Chay Colin Joost Mikey day Heidi Gardner ego nudm Khloe Fineman Bowen young Sarah Sherman and Andrew dismukes Johnson confirmed she was leaving in an Instagram video captioning it SNL I love you looking forward to what's next Punky out Kerney posted a slideshow of behind the-scenes photos from the show and shared his thanks for getting to join the show captioning it so much love to all my big-hearted buddies behind the scenes who make the magic happen every week what's next for Punky Johnson and Molly Kerney it is yet to be determined what the future holds for both departed cast members as they both let the world know that they will not be on the next season of Saturday Night Live with neither having any upcoming projects listed officially though kerney's Instagram indicates no such future projects for her as Johnson's does it would be surprising if both did not have projects coming very shortly for the entertainment industry they have already set a precedent by performing in projects off the Saturday Night Live stage Ker's already been seen in several other titles from Prime videos A League of Their Own and Disney plus s the Mighty Ducks game changers to Paramount plus s Goodburger to Johnson has had turns in space force ghosts firebuds and bottoms to name a few both before and following her time on Saturday Night Live this is likely to continue in much the same way into the future encouraged by their now higher profiles due in part to appearing on the popular comedy program this is the path many Saturday Night Live alumni have taken in the past talant like w Forte Maya Rudolph Tina Fay and Amy po have all typ cast off the show and continued to do quite well career-wise in comedy over the years with both of theirs not officially announced it is no surprise that both Saturday Night Live alumni are bound to announce upcoming projects in the next few months as well