UPDATED: Saturday Night Live is losing Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah next season
According to a report from TV Line, both Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah won’t be part of the Saturday Night Live cast when it returns to NBC for a 42nd season this fall. Apparently, they’re both leaving “to pursue other opportunities,” but this Uproxx interview with Killam makes it sound like it wasn’t exactly his decision (his contract wasn’t up yet, for one thing), though he does have a big movie to work on. Either way, an NBC representative confirmed the news to TV Line, so Pharoah and Killam are officially out now after six seasons. Pharoah’s exit will deprive the show of its President Obama during the 2016 election season, just like in real life.