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‘Saturday Night Live’ adds 3 new cast members for season 43

This July 9, 2017 photo provided by Zeb Wells shows new cast member, Heidi Gardner, in Los Angeles. "Saturday Night Live" is adding three new cast members for its new season. NBC said Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, that the trio will join the show when it returns Saturday for its 43rd season. The newcomers are Gardner of Kansas City, Missouri, Luke Null of Cincinnati and Chris Redd of St. Louis. (Zeb Wells via AP)
This July 9, 2017 photo provided by Zeb Wells shows new cast member, Heidi Gardner, in Los Angeles. "Saturday Night Live" is adding three new cast members for its new season. NBC said Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, that the trio will join the show when it returns Saturday for its 43rd season. The newcomers are Gardner of Kansas City, Missouri, Luke Null of Cincinnati and Chris Redd of St. Louis. (Zeb Wells via AP) This July 9, 2017 photo provided by Zeb Wells shows new cast member, Heidi Gardner, in Los Angeles. "Saturday Night Live" is adding three new cast members for its new season. NBC said Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, that the trio will join the show when it returns Saturday for its 43rd season. The newcomers are Gardner of Kansas City, Missouri, Luke Null of Cincinnati and Chris Redd of St. Louis. (Zeb Wells via AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Saturday Night Live” is adding three new cast members for its new season.

NBC said Tuesday that the trio will join the show when it returns Saturday for its 43rd season.

The newcomers are Heidi Gardner of Kansas City, Missouri, Luke Null of Cincinnati and Chris Redd of St. Louis.

Gardner is the voice of Cooch in Crackle’s “SuperMansion” and is in the 2018 Melissa McCarthy movie “Life of the Party.”

Luke Null is a Chicago-based musical comedian and performs at iO Chicago, an improvisation theater and training center.