Hosting debut of some TikTok guy I guess. The Strokes return for their fifth MG appearance. Continue reading SNL Season 52 Episode 7: Druski/The Strokes

SNL presents a rare Halloween Night broadcast (there have only been four before, in 1982, 1987, 1992, and 2020 – two were on-theme with spooky hosts and musical guests: Donald Pleasance and Fear; Catherine O’Hara and 10,000 Maniacs). This year’s … Continue reading SNL Season 52 Episode 4: Inde Navarrette/Gracey Abrams

Hired-then-fired “boundary-pushing and sometimes missing” comedian Shane Gillis returns for his third hosting gig in as many years for some reason. Spanish singer/songwriter Rosalía makes her second appearance as musical guest. Continue reading SNL Season 52 Episode 3: Shane Gillis/Rosalía 

Erstwhile Madame Web Dakota Johnson returns for her third hosting gig to promote Verity. Baltimore-based rock act Turnstile makes their Musical Guest debut. Continue reading SNL Season 52 Episode 2 – Dakota Johnson/Turnstile

Famed sports-doer Jalen Brunson and famed “international girl” group Katseye kick off a Season 52 with improbably little cast turnover. Continue reading SNL Season 52 Episode 1 – Jalen Bruson/Katseye

Season 51 wraps up with a homecoming for Will Ferrell, joining the even more prestigious SIX-timers club. Sir Paul becomes the second-oldest musical guest in the show’s history, after only Eubie Blake who appeared at age 92 in 1979. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Finale: Will Ferrell/Paul McCartney

Like Odysseus, Matt Damon finds his way back to SNL after several years away (he has hosted previously in 2002 and 2018). Noah Kahan makes his second appearance as musical guest. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 19: Matt Damon/Noah Kahan

After some memorable Musical Guest spots in 2021 and 2023, Olivia Rodrigo returns pulling double duty in her hosting debut. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 18 – Olivia Rodrigo

Acclaimed actor Colman Domingo makes his hosting debut to promote Michael. The character Domingo hopefully gets put out of his misery for good if Jack White bopping him in the head with a frying pan failed to finish him off. … Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 17 – Colman Domingo/Anitta

Jack Black joins the Five-Timers Club 24 years after his hosting debut. Jack White serves as musical guest for the fourth time as a solo act, completing the fabled Jack Gray Bit that has long been prophesied on various reddit … Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 16: Jack Black/Jack White

After disrupting Ryan Gosling’s monologue last week, Harry Styles returns for his second double-duty outing as host and musical guest. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 15: Harry Styles

Ryan Gosling returns for his fifth fourth time hosting to promote the upcoming Project Hail Mary, a sci-fi film with a logo font that is NOT Papyrus. Virtual band Gorillaz makes their musical guest debut. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 14: Ryan Gosling/Gorillaz

Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie makes his hosting debut a couple months after SNL couldn’t stop making Heated Rivalry references on the Finn Wolfhard episode. For the musical guest it’s a fourth outing from Mumford… AND his sons? In this … Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 13: Connor Storrie/Mumford & Sons

Murderbot star and member of Stellan Skarsgård’s unstoppable army of gigantic sons Alexander Skarsgård makes his hosting debut on what is, incidentally, SNL’s 1,000th episode. Cardi B makes her second appearance as musical guest. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 12: Alexander Skarsgård/Cardi B

*One Battle After Another* powerhouse and newly minted Oscar nominee Teyana Taylor makes her hosting debut, after previously appearing during a musical guest spot with an unfortunate collaborator in the Season 44 premiere. Geese, which is apparently a band and … Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 11: Teyana Taylor/Geese

Jane Wickline’s greatest fears come true as the enormous Stranger Things kids, freed of their decade-long burden, launch their takeover starting with Studio 8H. Typographically innovative rapper A$AP Rocky makes his musical guest debut alongside first-time host Finn Wolfhard. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 10: Finn Wolfhard/A$AP Rocky

The WICK-edly talented Adele Dazeem Ariana Grande returns to host for the third time as part of the For Good victory lap. Living legend Cher returns as musical guest for the first time since 1987, after an extremely memorable appearance … Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 9: Ariana Grande/Cher

Josh O’Connor, star of this weekend’s big Netflix release Wake Up Dead Man (he’s great in it!) makes his hosting debut. Lily Allen returns for her second Musical Guest spot eighteen years after her first appearance. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 8: Josh O’Connor/Lily Allen

Legendary host and former Sean Spicer portrayer Melissa McCarthy returns for her sixth hosting gig, after she rapidly joined the 5-timers club between 2011 and 2017. Some sort of mustard is the musical guest. Continue reading SNL Season 51 Episode 7: Melissa McCarthy/Dijon