‘SNL’: Please Don’t Destroy Sketches Ending as John Higgins Leaves Show

Ben Marshall, Martin Herlihy, and John Higgins in a Please Dont Destroy sketch on SNL Kait DuganNBC Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text The Please Dont Destroy era at Saturday Night Live is coming to an end. Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy have starred in a series of Please Dont Destroy filmed sketches since they joined the SNL writing staff in 2021. NBC announced Tuesday that Marshall is joining the shows cast as a featured player for the coming 51st season; with that came news that Higgins is leaving the show to pursue other opportunities, while Herlihy will remain a writer. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that with the trio no longer all employed at SNL, no more Please Dont Destroy sketches are planned. Related Stories TV Please Don't Destroy's Ben Marshall Among Five 'SNL' Cast Additions TV 'SNL' Stars Bowen Yang, Marcello Hernández, Chloe Fineman and More React to Cast Exodus Marshall, Higgins and Herlihy plan to continue working on other projects together outside of SNL, including have deals to co-write a pair of features at two different studios, sources tell THR. They previously wrote and starred in the 2023 film The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, which premiered on Peacock. The trio formed Please Dont Destroy in 2017 as students at New York University. They joined SNL four years ago and had 34 of their shorts aired during the past four seasons of the show. *Reporting by Hollywoodreporter.*