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Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2013–14

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The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced during the thirty-ninth season of SNL, which began on September 28, 2013.

Bruce Chandling

Kyle Mooney plays stand-up comedian Bruce Chandling, who frequently slips into bouts of melancholy about how his life has turned out, in the middle of his appearances on Weekend Update.

An installment was scheduled to air on October 22, 2016, where Bruce talks about Halloween and brings on a fellow Comedian (Tom Hanks); the segment was cut from the episode before airing, but was released online.

Two filmed pieces with Kevin Hart and Louis C.K. respectively were also cut for time in Season 40.

Cinema Classics

Reese De'What (Kenan Thompson) presents classic cinema and television.

A further Cinema Classics sketch was set for the October 12, 2024 episode during season 50, in which host Ariana Grande would portray Judy Garland. It was canned during set construction in the live program due to cascading effects of earlier technical problems, which lead to insufficient time remaining in the program to perform it; its slot was instead filled by another, unrelated, but shorter, sketch initially dropped at dress rehearsal.

Mornin' Miami!

Three surly and unusually-named news anchors of a Miami-based morning news program (played by Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan, and the host) cheerfully record their promos for the week for their off-screen producer (voiced by Vanessa Bayer).

An installment of Mornin' Miami!

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