<div class="" data-article-body="true"><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Bowen Yang is leaving <em>Saturday Night Live</em>, <a class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/snl-shocker-bowen-yang-exit-183000821.html" data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:Variety;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">Variety</a> and <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/bowen-yang-leaving-snl-184816648.html" data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:other;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">other</a> <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/bowen-yang-leave-saturday-night-183000441.html" data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:news outlets;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">news outlets</a> reported on Friday — and is doing so imminently. The comedian, who was hired as a writer for the NBC sketch series in 2018 before joining the cast the following year, is set to leave the show after Saturday’s episode, which will be <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/article/ariana-grande-to-host-saturday-night-live-christmas-show-with-cher-as-musical-guest-returning-after-nearly-40-years-225549573.html" data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:hosted by his “Wicked” costar Ariana Grande and features musical guest Cher;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">hosted by his “Wicked” costar Ariana Grande and features musical guest Cher</a>.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Representatives for Yang and <em>SNL </em>have not commented on the story.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Yang’s exit comes on the heels of <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/article/saturday-night-live-full-cast-list-who-are-the-new-faces-on-tonights-season-51-premiere-and-who-has-exited-171703497.html" data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:a major cast shakeup at SNL;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">a major cast shakeup at <em>SNL</em></a>. Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Ego Nwodim and Michael Longfellow all exited the show this year.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">In an interview with <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/bowen-yang-says-leave-saturday-140000456.html" data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:People;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">People</a> in April, Yang said that he did not plan to stay on <em>SNL </em>long-term.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">“<em>SNL</em>, it’s just this moving, living, breathing thing,” he said. “Especially after the 50th, I’m seeing what life after the show is like and how beautiful it is, and how so many people, no matter how long they were at the show, are just with their families and loving their lives and not letting the years take away any of that experience for them.”</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">In a September interview with <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/bowen-yang-says-feels-more-212438805.html" data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:People;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">People</a>, Yang recalled how he spoke with <em>SNL </em>creator Lorne Michaels about his future on the series.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">“Lorne was like, ‘You have more to do,’ and that means a lot, because I even confessed to him. I was like, ‘I feel the audience is maybe getting sick of me,’” Yang said at the time. “And he was like, ‘That's not true. There's more for you to do. I need you.’”</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Yang said that at the time it was important for him to “honor that.”</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">“That man has changed my life, and I owe a lot of my life to that show,” he said. “And I love working there, the people are the best. I really love each of them so much.”</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="Bowen Yang and Colin Jost" loading="lazy" width="960" height="640" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/JGfJCF.CodVCUE8DDtsvqQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net/images/user-uploaded/bowen-yang-leaving-SNL-2.jpg"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">Yang, left, as Moo Deng the hippo, with "Weekend Update" host Colin Jost. (Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images)</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Yang had a historic run on the sketch series. In 2021, Yang became the <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/bowen-yang-makes-history-first-234731550.html" data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:first featured player on SNL to be nominated for an Emmy;cpos:8;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">first featured player on <em>SNL </em>to be nominated for an Emmy</a>. Since then, he was upgraded to main cast member and nominated again in 2022. He is also the show’s first Chinese American cast member.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Outside of <em>SNL</em>, Yang made a name for himself as a podcaster, cohosting <em>Las Culturistas</em> with actor Matt Rogers. In 2025, the podcast hosted its own <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/las-culturistas-culture-awards-set-231500452.html" data-i13n="cpos:9;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:tongue-in-cheek awards show on Bravo;cpos:9;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">tongue-in-cheek awards show on Bravo</a>, a tradition it plans to repeat in 2026. He also appeared in the movie musicals <em>Wicked </em>and <em>Wicked: For Good</em>, the latter of which was released in November. He and Rogers also appeared together this year in <a rel class="link  yahoo-link" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/overcompensating-talk-bowen-yang-matt-212352733.html" data-i13n="cpos:10;pos:1" data-ylk="slk:an episode of Prime Video comedy Overcompensating;cpos:10;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;">an episode of Prime Video comedy <em>Overcompensating</em></a>.</p></div>

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