Colin Jost returning to SNL Season 51, Scarlett…
Colin Jost is coming back to Studio 8H.
Scarlett Johansson confirmed that her husband is returning to “Saturday Night Live” for Season 51 following the dramatic solid shakeup.
“He’s going back to work,” the actress, 40, told Entertainment Weekly Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival while selling her directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great.”
Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson at “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” in February. Getty Images
But Johansson couldn’t verify if she’ll be concerned in another iconic “Weekend Update” joke swap phase with Jost, 43, and Michael Che.
“I think that’s basically the MO over at 30 Rock is that everything is like moments before,” the “Black Widow” star explained. “It’s usually like Friday night before the Saturday show.”
Colin Jost, Michael Che and Scarlett Johansson during “Weekend Update” on “SNL.” Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images
Colin Jost and Michael Che joined by Scarlett Johansson on “Weekend Update.” Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images
Johansson, who has hosted “SNL” seven instances, the most of any girl, met her husband on the show in 2017. They obtained married in 2020 and welcomed their son Cosmo the next yr.
Jost has been working on “SNL” since 2005. He was a employees author before transferring behind the “Weekend Update” desk in 2014 to co-anchor with Che, 42.
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost attend the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Getty Images
Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson attend the “Fly Me To The Moon” premiere in New York. Variety via Getty Images
Che’s return for Season 51 has yet to be formally confirmed.
During a 2024 interview on “The Howard Stern Show,” Jost and Che had been requested about leaving “SNL.”
“I wanna leave because I just feel like I miss stand-up,” Che said.
Colin Jost and Michael Che talking at the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Jost chimed in: “I feel like, first of all, you’re very good at it and it is rewarding for you, even though you’re often like, ‘I want to do other stuff.’”
Che confessed, “It’s hard to imagine being gone. My brain is on the clock of ‘Saturday Night Live.’”
“People get burned out in ways you don’t see,” Jost went on. “People get burned out in a different way, when you have that level of heat for a while. It’s hard to keep doing it.”
Colin Jost and anchor Michael Che during Weekend Update on Saturday, May, 10 2025 Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images
Ahead of the show’s return next month, the exit of 4 solid members — Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, Michael Longfellow and Heidi Gardner — was announced.
Walker, who was promoted to the main solid in 2024, was the first to verify his exit. Wakim, who was an “SNL” newcomer and only appeared in a single season, shortly adopted go well with.
Emil Wakim, Devon Walker and Michael Longfellow. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
The Post later confirmed Longfellow and Gardner’s departures. They had been on the show for three seasons and eight seasons, respectively.
An insider completely told The Post that Gardner’s contract was not renewed for Season 51.
“It’s time for a new cast,” the source said.
Heidi Gardner at the 2025 Big Slick Weekend in Kansas City. Getty Images
When Walker announced his exit, he said the NBC sequence was sometimes “toxic as hell.” The comic later clarified that he and the producers “decided together that it was time to go our separate ways.”
Meanwhile, 5 comedians — Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska — have been added to the Season 51 solid.
The “SNL” Season 50 solid. Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC via Getty Images
Marshall, 30, has been on “SNL” before. He joined the writing employees in 2021 and has since recurrently appeared on-camera for segments with his comedy group, Please Don’t Destroy.
“SNL” Season 51 premieres Oct. 4 on NBC.
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