Key Highlights
- STREAM ‘SNL’ LIVE ON PEACOCK It was announced on Thursday that Yang will exit the NBC sketch show in the middle of his eighth season.
- Yang first joined “SNL” as a writer in 2018 for Season 44 before being promoted to join the main cast beginning with Season 47.
- His work on the show earned him nominations for the supporting comedy actor Emmy for four years in a row.
- Related Stories Variety and CNN’s ‘Actors on Actors’ Season 23 Breaks Franchise Record With Nearly 247 Million Social Video Views Bowen Yang Pens Goodbye Message to ‘SNL’ Ahead of Last Episode: ‘I’m Grateful for Every Minute of My Time There’ “I loved working at SNL, and most of all i loved the people,” Yang wrote in an Instagram post following the news.
- “I was there at a time when many things in the world started to seem futile, but working at 30 rock taught me the value in showing up anyway when people make it worthwhile.
