‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 50 News And Updates: Everything To Know

Updated with the most recent: Saturday Night Live has printed its finishing host and musical visitor pairings.

Abbott Elementary superstar and writer Quinta Brunson will go back for her 2nd time internet hosting on May 3, with musical visitor Benson Boone, whose album American Heart comes out in June. The White Lotus superstar Walton Goggins will host May 10, with musical visitor Arcade Fire in accompaniment. And closing, however not at all least, Scarlett Johansson, who’s married to Weekend Update host Colin Jost, will take Season 50 house along musical visitor Bad Bunny.

With Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night arriving in October 2024, the display’s beginnings become memorialized in in a different way. New forged participants had been added forward of SNL Season 50, and a few had been up to date to regulars.

Read on for the entirety we learn about SNL Season 50.

When did SNL Season 50 get started?

Season 50 premiered Sept. 28, 2024.

Who hosted the primary episode of SNL Season 50?

Fresh off of her Emmy win for Hacks, Jean Smart will host the primary episode of the landmark season on Sept. 28. The musical visitor for this episode — Jelly Roll — additionally carried out on the Emmys right through the In Memoriam phase.

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Who will host the finale episodes of SNL Season 50?

Quinta Brunson will host with musical visitor Benson Boone on May 3, and Walton Goggins will host May 10 with musical visitor Arcade Fire. The ultimate episode of the landmark season of the caricature comedy will probably be hosted by means of Scarlett Johansson for her 7th gig, and Bad Bunny will shut out the musical visitor appearances.

Who else has hosted SNL Season 50 episodes?

April watched A Minecraft Movie superstar Jack Black host with musical visitor duo Brandi Carlile and Elton John, who just lately launched an album in combination. Jon Hamm, whose Apple TV+ display Your Friends and Neighbors arrived in April, additionally hosted that month with musical visitor Lizzo.

March episodes have been hosted by means of comic Shane Gillis after which musician Lady Gaga who pulled double accountability, to coincide with the discharge of Gaga’s new album, Mayhem. Tate McRae accompaned Shane Gillis as musical visitor March 1 at the heels of the arriving of her new album So Close to What. Anora superstar and Best Actress Oscar winner Mikey Madison additionally hosted in March with musical visitor Morgan Wallen.

Nate Bargatze, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton and John Mulaney additionally hosted early consecutive episodes of the caricature comedy display.

After the election, Bill Burr hosted the Nov. 9 display with Mk.gee as musical visitor. Then Charli XCX pulled double accountability as host and musical visitor Nov. 16.

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Following the discharge of his giant field place of work competitor Gladiator II, Paul Mescal hosted Dec. 7 with musical visitor Shaboozey. Dec. 14’s display used to be hosted by means of Chris Rock with Gracie Abrams showing for the primary time as musical visitor. Martin Short hosted the Dec. 21 display with musical visitor Hozier, and this fulfilled the caricature comedy’s 50th season thru 2024.

Dave Chappelle hosted the primary episode again within the new 12 months, and A Complete Unknown superstar Timothée Chalamet additionally pulled double accountability as host and musical visitor following Chappelle, whose musical visitor used to be GloRilla.

Who are the musical visitors for SNL Season 50?

The first 5 episodes have printed their host and musical visitor pairings. After the premiere, Coldplay will accompany Nate Bargatze on Oct. 5, Stevie Nicks will accompany Ariana Grande Oct. 12, Billie Eilish will accompany Michael Keaton on Oct 19 and Chappell Roan will carry out when John Mulaney hosts on Nov. 2. The display will take a Halloween hiatus prior to its go back forward of the 2024 presidential election. For a visible illustration of the pairings and SNL agenda for Season 50, see under:

Musical visitors for Season 49 incorporated Sabrina Carpenter, Dua Lipa, Kacey Musgraves, Travis Scott, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande and others. Hosts incorporated Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Wiig, Ramy Youssef, Josh Brolin, Sydney Sweeney, Shane Gillis, Ayo Edebiri and others. Still extra celebrities who made cameo appearances closing season come with Caitlin Clark, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm.

Who will probably be within the forged of SNL Season 50?

Newcomers Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline have joined the solid forward of the landmark season. Padilla has been a chief member of The Groundlings since 2021, and he or she gave the impression in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and NBC’s Night Court. Wakim debuted on late-night TV in 2022 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which is executive-produced by means of SNL boss Lorne Michaels. Wickline has a big following on TikTook as a forged member at the reside display Stapleview. She additionally gave the impression within the 2024 Mubi film My First Film.

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Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker had been promoted to the primary forged once they first joined the caricature comedy display in 2022.

Those who received’t go back for Season 50 come with Chloe Troast, Punkie Johnson and Molly Kearney.

What else can audience be expecting for Season 50 of Saturday Night Live?

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, politics will probably be a commonplace thread in skits because the display feedback at the present affairs of the United States. As Deadline solely reported, Maya Rudolph has returned to play Vice President Kamala Harris, who stepped up because the Democratic candidate for President of the United States after Biden withdrew from the race.

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Steve Martin used to be related to portraying Tim Walz at the display, however the Only Murders within the Building actor received’t be showing because the Vice Presidential Candidate. Instead, Jim Gaffigan portrayed Tim Walz within the first episode, after which he switched events to painting VP candidate JD Vance in the second one episode of Season 50.

Dana Carvey has portrayed President Joe Biden to this point, and Andy Samberg has portrayed Kamala Harris’ husband Dough Emhoff.

The alternatives are unending for former forged participants to go back and more than a few skits and sketches to be revisited.