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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:37 PM UTCPublished: Sep 12, 2019 9:20 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:37 PM UTCPublished: Sep 12, 2019 9:20 PM UTC [Summer is ending](https://time.com/5661634/memes-summer-2019/), the leaves are changing, and a new season of [_Saturday Night Live_](https://time.com/5418566/who-is-hosting-snl/)is coming. Although [longtime _SNL_ favorite Leslie Jones](https://time.com/5662982/leslie-jones-leaves-saturday-night-live/) will be missing from our screens when season 45 of the the late-night variety show kicks off on Sept. 28, viewers will have three new cast members to look forward to getting to know. NBC announced on Thursday that Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang will all be featured players throughout the 2019-20 season. They will be joining returning cast members Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwoodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, and Melissa Villaseñor. Here’s what you need to know about _Saturday Night Live_‘s three new cast members. ## Chloe Fineman In addition to hilariously impersonating public figures including [Elizabeth Holmes](https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPtEAoHigS/), [Timothée Chalamet](https://www.instagram.com/p/BucKCTqnsEa/) and [Lindsay Lohan](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs56R4inLdm/) for her [nearly 65,000 Instagram followers](https://www.instagram.com/chloeiscrazy/), [Chloe Fineman](https://vimeo.com/299537429) is a veteran of [The Groundlings](https://www.groundlings.com/people/chloe-fineman), a Los Angeles-based improv and sketch comedy troupe which counts Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig among its alumni, and she was named a New Face at the 2018 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. She has also appeared on popular television shows like _Jane the Virgin_, _Search Party_ and _Grown-ish_. ## Shane Gillis  Shane Gillis performs onstage at the 2019 Clusterfest in San Francisco, California on June 21, 2019. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Clusterfest—Getty Images Shane Gillis is a stand-up comic who has made a name for himself doing NSFW bits on topics like [“Why White People Love Country Music.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0pfZygi2t8) He was recognized as a New Face at the 2019 Just for Laughs Festival, has performed at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest and co-hosts the podcast [“Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast.”](https://mattandshanessecret.libsyn.com) Shortly after he was announced as a new cast member, a 2018 [video surfaced](https://time.com/5677048/snl-shane-gillis-controversy/) in which Gillis uses a racial slur and makes offensive comments about Chinese accents and food, prompting a backlash to his inclusion on the show. ## Bowen Yang  Bowen Yang performs onstage during 'The Joy Fck Club' in the Room 415 Comedy Club during Clusterfest at Civic Center Plaza and The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California on June 2, 2018. FilmMagic—Getty Images [Bowen Yang](https://twitter.com/bowenyang) joined _Saturday Night Live_ as a staff writer last season and will now be the show’s first Asian cast member. Yang co-hosts the “Las Culturistas” podcast with fellow comedian Matt Rogers, has appeared on the HBO series _High Maintenance_ and original special _2 Dope Queens_ _,_ and made a cameo in the 2019 Netflix rom-com _Isn’t It Romantic?_ Not to mention that he also entertains his 58,000 Twitter followers with flawless impressions of iconic characters like [Miranda Priestly](https://time.com/5376232/devil-wears-prada-impression/) and [Erin Brockovich](https://twitter.com/bowenyang/status/994065470570590210?lang=en). > [](https://twitter.com/bowenyang/status/1032485152507809793) > [](https://twitter.com/bowenyang/status/994065470570590210) SNL Season 45 Adds Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis, Bowen Yang ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5676074/snl-season-45-cast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5676074/snl-season-45-cast/"},"headline":"Here's What You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live's Three New Cast Members","datePublished":"2019-09-12T21:20:52.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T21:37:45.000Z","description":"Get ready for season 45 with Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang","url":"https://time.com/5676074/snl-season-45-cast/","keywords":["Television","Newsfeed","Saturday Night Live","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5676074/snl-season-45-cast/","name":"Here's What You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live's Three New Cast Members"}}]}] ```