'SNL' Loses a Crop of Cast Members

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    Saturday Night Live has lost two more new members and one veteran from its ever-shifting cast. According to a Deadline report, two featured players from last season, Noël Wells and John Milhiser, have been dismissed from the sketch series, and five-season cast member Nasim Pedrad has departed to co-star on the new Fox series Mulaney (which is executive-produced by SNL's longtime boss, Lorne Michaels).

    This latest batch of cast shake-ups arrives after newcomer Brooks Wheelan announced his firing on Monday via Twitter. "Had a blast and loved every second of it," he wrote. "I'm totally honored to be able to make this next joke... FIRED FROM NEW YORK IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!" An SNL representative declined to comment on Wheelan's exit to New York Daily News, saying it wouldn't address "casting rumors or changes."

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