Kate McKinnon's SNL contract expires at the end of this season

Variety

Variety reports there have been "fluid" talks to keep McKinnon on Saturday Night Live in some capacity next season. McKinnon joined SNL near the end of the 2011-12 season on April 7, 2012. She recently signed on to play Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu limited series The Dropout, a role that would limit her ability to perform on SNL next season, according to Variety's Brian Steinberg. "While her representatives and SNL producers are working to find a way to keep her appearing on the program, it’s entirely possible McKinnon’s sketches over the next few weeks could be her last as a full-time member of the SNL cast," says Steinberg.