Is ‘SNL’ New Tonight and Who’s Hosting?
The ever-iconic Saturday Evening Reside is nevertheless going sturdy at 49 seasons. Designed by Lorne Michaels, the late-evening sketch comedy show has been airing on NBC considering that 1975, with the inaugural episode hosted by stand-up legend George Carlin. The series has received a whopping 84 Emmy wins, the most out of any other tv show in history, and has been hailed by lots of as a single of the greatest Television shows of all time. The series is headlined by a supremely talented ensemble of comic performers, a host (generally there to market a new project), a musical guest, and a lot of cameos.
Saturday Evening Reside has helped skyrocket the careers of some of the greatest names in film and tv, which includes John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Billy Crystal, Martin Quick, Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Chris Rock, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, David Spade, Adam Sandler, Norm Macdonald, Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon, and Pete Davidson and that is just to name a handful of. The sketch show has even branched out of tv and has turned some of its fan-favored sketches into function films, such as Wayne’s Globe, The Blues Brothers, Coneheads, MacGruber, and most lately Please Do not Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain.
Although the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes led to a delayed start off, Season 49 has brought in some electric hosts, hilarious and immediately quotable sketches, and some very good music as nicely. To uncover out far more about this week’s episode of Saturday Evening Reside, which includes who will be hosting and who the musical guest will be, here’s what we know about the subsequent episode.
Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on May well four.
Saturday Evening Reside
A popular guest host stars in parodies and sketches designed by the cast of this witty show.
- Release Date
- October 11, 1975
- Major Genre
- Comedy
- Seasons
- 49
- Studio
- NBC
- Producer
- Lorne Michaels
Will There Be a New Episode of ‘SNL’ Tonight?
Yes, there will be a new episode of SNL tonight. Given that its inception, Saturday Evening Reside has normally aired reside from New York on NBC, and that is almost certainly not ever going to transform. Season 49, Episode 18 of the series will air on Saturday, May well four, at 11:30 pm EST/eight:30 pm PST, each on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The new episode will also be out there to stream on Peacock afterward, along with each other season of the show.
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Who Is Hosting ‘SNL’ This Week?
Dua Lipa is set to make her hosting debut on Saturday Evening Reside this week. This will mark her third look on the show right after obtaining appeared as a musical guest in 2018 and 2020.
Dua Lipa is a 3-time Grammy winner and Pop superstar who has developed 3 studio albums Dua Lipa in 2017, Future Nostalgia in 2020, and the newly released Radical Optimism. She has also released different singles, which includes “Cold Heart (Pnau remix)” alongside Elton John and “Dance the Evening” for Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie. She has also lately broken into acting with roles in Barbie and Matthew Vaughn‘s Argylle.
So far, the list of Season 49 hosts has incorporated, former cast member Pete Davidson, R&B superstar Negative Bunny, stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze, Wonka‘s Timothée Chalamet, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom‘s Jason Momoa, Poor Items‘Emma Stone, Ferrari‘s Adam Driver, former cast member and Barbie star, Kate McKinnon, Saltburn‘s Jacob Elordi, Madame Internet‘s Dakota Johnson, The Bear‘s Ayo Edebiri, stand-up comedian Shane Gillis, Any one but You‘s Sydney Sweeney, Dune: Aspect Two‘s Josh Brolin, Poor Items‘ Ramy Youssef, former cast member and Palm Royale star Kristen Wiig, and The Fall Guy‘s Ryan Gosling.
Who Was ‘SNL’s Musical Guest on the Final Episode?
As previously stated, Dua Lipa will be pulling double-duty and will also be the musical guest this week alongside hosting. She’s far from the initial individual to serve as a double-duty host of SNL, Negative Bunny served as each the host and musical guest earlier this season. Other artists who have served double duty incorporate Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Donald Glover, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Harry Designs, Nick Jonas, Jack Harlow, Megan Thee Stallion, and Billie Eilish.
Musical guests for Season 49 have incorporated Ice Spice, Negative Bunny, Foo Fighters, Boygenius, Tate McRae, Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Reneé Rapp, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, 21 Savage, Kacey Musgraves, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Raye, and Chris Stapleton.
Who Is in the Present Cast of ‘SNL’?
As with any lengthy-operating tv plan, the cast of Saturday Evening Reside has radically changed via the years. Credited as “repertory players” for Season 49 are Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, and Weekend Update anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost. Credited as “featured players” are Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Chloe Troast, and Devon Walker. Employees writers Martin Herlihy, Ben Marshall, and John Higgins, recognized as the comedy trio Please Do not Destroy, also seem in digital videos that seem in almost each episode and generally function the host interacting with the 3 young comedians.
Who Is Hosting the Subsequent Episode of ‘SNL’?
Just after Dua Lipa’s episode, there will only be two episodes remaining of Saturday Evening Reside Season 49. Episode 19 will be hosted by former cast member and Loot star Maya Rudolph alongside musical guest Vampire Weekend. Rudolph served as a cast member from Season 25 to Season 33 and has returned to host the sketch series two occasions prior, which includes a stint in 2012 and a stint in 2021.
Episode 20 (aka the season finale) will be hosted by Presumed Innocent star Jake Gyllenhaal alongside musical guest Sabrina Carpenter. This will also mark Gyllenhaal’s third time hosting the series, following stints in 2007 and 2022.
