the new cast of "saturday night live" for season7 included most of the repertory players from the final dick ebersol-produced episode of season6: robin duke, tim kazurinsky and tony rosato along with the sole surviving cast members from jean doumanian's era, eddie murphy and joe piscopo. adding two new cast members mary gross and christine ebersole. brian doyle-murray, who had been a writer for season 6, joined dick ebersol's new cast as a featured player (he was also a featured player during season 5).