'Saturday Night Live': Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari Exit Ahead of Season 48

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is losing three more cast members. Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari will not return for the sketch series' 48th season.Moffat and Villaseñor both joined the show as featured players in 2016, and were promoted to the main cast two years later.

Athari joined the show last season as a featured player.The latest exits come after multiple cast members revealed their departure from the series.

Pete Davidson left the show in May after seven seasons. «I owe [executive producer] Lorne Michaels and everyone at my life. I'm so grateful and I wouldn’t be here without them.

I appreciate you guys always having my back and sticking up for me even when that wasn’t the popular opinion,» Davidson wrote on Instagram at the time. «Thank you for always believing in me and sticking by my side even when it seemed comical.