{"success":true,"data":{"id":"f8f6ad14-486f-4df4-9cd3-af32a4284907","title":"Saturday Night Live sees first cast member exit following historic season 51","summary":"US Edition Change Support Now × \"Clear search box\") Custom Search Sort by Relevance Date NewsNews World CupWorld Cup SportsSports CultureCulture LifestyleLifestyle MoneyMoney TravelTravel PremiumPremium More More Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the si...","content":"US Edition Change\n\nSupport Now\n\n[×](javascript:void(0) \"Clear search box\")\n\nCustom Search\n\nSort by\n\nRelevance\n\nDate\n\n*   News[News](https://www.independent.co.uk/us)\n\n*   World Cup[World Cup](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup)\n\n*   Sports[Sports](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport)\n\n*   Culture[Culture](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment)\n\n*   Lifestyle[Lifestyle](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style)\n\n*   Money[Money](https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money)\n\n*   Travel[Travel](https://www.independent.co.uk/us/travel)\n\n*   Premium[Premium](https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium)\n\nMore\n\nMore\n\n### Thank you for registering\n\nPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in\n\n# Saturday Night Live sees first cast member exit following historic season 51\n\n## The star leaves the sketch show after seven years as a cast member\n\n[Kevin E G Perry](https://www.independent.co.uk/author/kevin-e-g-perry)in Los Angeles Thursday 16 July 2026 15:11 EDT\n\n*   Copy link  \n*   Bookmark  \n*   [Comments](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/snl-chloe-fineman-leaving-cast-shakeup-b3016449.html#comments-area)Go to comments  \n\n## Bookmark popover\n\nRemoved from bookmarks\n\nClose popover\n\nPowered By\n\n10 Sec\n\n2K\n\n0\n\nLeavitt says Americans will be 'relieved' at Trump's false election claims\n\nNext video in\n\nNext\n\nKEEP WATCHING\n\nSaturday Night Live shows spoof on Kanye West and Skechers saga\n\n### Your support helps us to tell the story\n\nFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. 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We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.\n\n**Your support makes all the difference.**\n\n[Chloe Fineman](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/snl-chloe-fineman-camp-counselor-pantsing-b2953474.html) is set to leave [_Saturday Night Live_](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tina-fey-snl-sarah-palin-skit-b2960786.html)after seven years as a cast member of the long-running sketch show.\n\nThe 37-year-old actor and comedian is reportedly now in negotiations to join an upcoming Netflix adaptation of Harlan Coben’s _Myron Bolitar._\n\nIn a statement posted to [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/chloeiscrazy/p/Da3Sg5HEQk6/?hl=en), Fineman wrote: “After 7 wonderful seasons at SNL I have decided it’s time for my next chapter. It’s cliche to say this but working at SNL has been the greatest privilege of my life. I still can’t really believe I got to be a part of it. I fell in love with the place the second I walked through the door.\n\n“Lorne (if you’re reading this on your burner account) I want you to know that I am forever in your debt. Every day I was lucky enough to be surrounded by the best people in the business, and I was constantly amazed watching them work. Sewing a jojo Siwa costume in 10 hours. Writing a cold open at 2pm on a Saturday. Finishing the VFX of a video minutes before dress (I don’t know if ‘finishing VFX’ is the right technical term but you get the idea).\n\n“I’m definitely not the first to make this observation but it really is funny looking back at it all now, because at the show you get so invested in everything you work on. You sob uncontrollably when your sketch isn’t picked. You storm into a producers office telling them they just made the biggest mistake of their lives. You call everyone you know to complain. And then you look back a few years later and it was a sketch called ‘lipstick for thicc dogs.’ But that’s just the show.”","source_name":"The Independent","source_url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/snl-chloe-fineman-leaving-cast-shakeup-b3016449.html","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/snl-chloe-fineman-leaving-cast-shakeup-b3016449.html","author":"Kevin E G Perry","author_name":"Kevin E G Perry","published_at":"2026-07-16T19:11:35.000Z","publication_date":"2026-07-16T19:11:35.000Z","image_url":"https://static.the-independent.com/2026/07/16/20/2270653125..","category":"world","topic":"world","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":3,"word_count":597,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot"}}