Saturday Night Live adds Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter as featured players for season 52
The long-running sketch comedy series announced two new featured cast members, Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter, as it prepares for its 52nd season, following recent departures of longtime performers.
Saturday Night Live confirmed that Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter will join the show as featured players for its 52nd season. Their addition comes after the exits of Chloe Fineman and Martin Herlihy, who left after seven and five seasons respectively. Herlihy had recently shifted to a writing role after initially performing with the sketch trio Please Don’t Destroy.
Belo-Osagie, a Queens, New York-based performer, previously created the event series Afrobeats Futura and a solo show titled Saidah Gets Closure, and wrote and directed the short film Tinge. She is represented by Gersh, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
Reiter, who first gained attention as a member of the TikTok-based sketch group Stapleview, has credits that include Netflix’s mockumentary Minimum Wage, HBO’s The Chair Company with Tim Robinson, and an online parody of The Hunger Games. She is represented by Gersh, Mosaic, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
The network plans to film a new opening title sequence featuring the two newcomers as early as tomorrow. Season 52 will premiere on September 26, with NBA player Jalen Brunson hosting and musical guest KATSEYE. Upcoming episodes will feature hosts Dakota Johnson, Shane Gillis and Inde Navarette, with musical acts Turnstile, Rosalía and Gracie Abrams respectively. The series is created and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels and produced in association with Broadway Video.