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Bowen Yang, coming off a huge year or two of projects, will depart “SNL” mid-season after Saturday's episode hosted by his “Wicked” buddy Ariana Grande.

At several turns of this week’s show, particularly in a closing sketch about a retiring Delta Sky Club employee that served as Yang’s emotional goodbye, it was clear that Grande understood the assignm...