New ‘SNL’ Cast Membersbr Receive Mixed Reactions.br NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ recently announced the additionbr of three new cast members to their popular late night show. .br Comedians Chloe Fineman,br Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang arebr slated to become feature playersbr in the upcoming 45th season. .br Yang, who has been a writer for the sketchbr show since September 2018, will be thebr show’s first Chinese-American regular.br His hiring has been praised as an important stepbr forward, as there has only been a total of six Asianbr or Asian-American hosts in the history of the show.br On the other hand, Gillis has been at the centerbr of controversy since the announcement of his hiring.br A 2018 clip currently circulating online featuresbr Gillis making racist comments against the Asianbr community as well as many other groups. .br He has since issuedbr an apology, saying hebr is a “comedian whobr pushes boundaries.” .br It is not yet known whetherbr the unearthed comments willbr affect NBC’s hiring of Gillis.