"Saturday Night Live" adds a new member for the 44th season

"Saturday Night Live" will be back this season with its largely intact ensemble and just a new member: Ego Nwodim, a veteran of the UCB Theater in Los Angeles who has appeared on shows like "2 Broke Girls" and "Law & Order" The mini-series True Crime "will join" SNL "as a featured performer, NBC announced Friday.

The rest of his repertoire distribution should also come back, less Luke Null, star performer who was added to the series last year but was released during the summer. The show also recruited new writers Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang.

Alec Baldwin said on the Origins With James podcast Andrew Miller that he would continue making appearances to pose as President Trump, although he suggested doing so with less frequency: Baldwin said on the podcast. "But for me, I think I'm going to be part of it, but not a lot, not a lot." He added, "I also think – and it's essential – there is a lot of fatigue here."

"Saturday Night Live", which won the Emmy Award for the skit series on Monday, begins its 44th season on September 29th. The episode will be hosted by Adam Driver and will feature Kanye West as a musical guest.