Season 50 starred Johnson, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Marcello Hernandez, Andrew Dismukes, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker. Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline appeared as featured players.

For context, Punkie Johnson, Molly Kearney and Chloe Troast exited after Season 49, leaving the rest of the cast the same. While there were additions too, for the most part, the ensemble was consistent from season to season.

Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of Saturday Night Live (SNL), revealed in a recent interview that he would have invited Sinéad O’Connor to perform on the show’s 50th anniversary if she had be