Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah Are Leaving SNL

Pharoah has not yet commented on his departure; however, with President Obama leaving office early next year, Pharoah's most well-known impression will no longer be as relevant, so his services are probably no longer needed.

Rudnitsky joined the show last season and made a positive impression with sketches like his Dirty Dancing parody, but apparently it was not enough to keep him in the cast.