After unceremoniously dropping comedians Jay Pharoah, Taran Killam, and Jon Rudnitsky from their lineup, NBC's Saturday Night Live has now added three young comics into the rotation for their upcoming 42nd season. While the trio of newcomers to the small-screen improv showcase clearly bring fresh talent to the stage, there's already been a lot of focus on one in particular: Melissa Villaseñor, the series' first Latina performer.

Other new additions are Mikey Day, a writer for SNL since 2013, and Alex Moffat, a member of Second City and host of the web series “El Show with Alex Moffat.” But while Villaseñor's inclusion will go a little further down the road of bringing much-needed diversity to the cast--white performers often impersonate Latina women out of necessity--the lack of a suitable replacement for Pharoah will make his well-known impersonations of President Barack Obama, Will Smith, Jay Z and the like all the more difficult.


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