Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline have been added to the sketch comedy show's roster, while Punkie Johnson, Chloe Troast and Molly Kearney have all stepped away. Returning cast members Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker, meanwhile, were promoted to the main cast after two years each as featured players.

One of SNL's bad boys returns for a fourth time to take some big, absurdist swings. Chris Rock is joined by Adam Sandler and musical guest Gracie Abrams

Yet Rock also came back to host must faster than his fellow “bad boys” and/or Grown Ups cast members David Spade, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, or the still-waiting-for-his-invite Rob Schneider, reflecting just how quickly he hit his stride after leaving the show.

Live ” host Chris Rock returned to his old stomping grounds at Studio 8H and got a bloody warm welcome from Adam Sandler — his friend and fellow alum of the show — in a sketch this weekend. (You can watch Sandler’s surprise “SNL” return below) Rock played a doctor doing surgery on a patient when he discovers that a nurse named Linzley (played by Sarah Sherman) carelessly marked the surgery down as a gallbladder removal instead of an appendix removal.