Updated with the latest: Saturday Night Live has announced the first host and musical guest duo of its December lineup. Gladiator II star Paul Mescal will take on the monologue and more Dec. 7 with musical guest Shaboozey.
With Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night arriving in October, the show’s beginnings became memorialized in another way. New cast members have been added ahead of SNL Season 50, and some have been updated to regulars.
Read on for everything we know about SNL Season 50.
When does SNL Season 50 start?
Season 50 premieres Sept. 28.
Who hosted the first episode of SNL Season 50?
Fresh off of her Emmy win for Hacks, Jean Smart will host the first episode of the landmark season on Sept. 28. The musical guest for this episode — Jelly Roll — also performed at the Emmys during the In Memoriam segment.
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Who else will host SNL Season 50 episodes?
Nate Bargatze, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton and John Mulaney are also set as hosts for the early consecutive episodes of the sketch comedy show.
After the election, Bill Burr will host the Nov. 9 show with Mk.gee as musical guest. Then Charli XCX will pull double duty as host and musical guest Nov. 16.
Following the release of his big box office competitor Gladiator II, Paul Mescal will host Dec. 7 with musical guest Shaboozey.
Who are the musical guests for SNL Season 50?
The first five episodes have revealed their host and musical guest 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 perform when John Mulaney hosts on Nov. 2. The show will take a Halloween hiatus before its return ahead of the 2024 presidential election. For a visual representation of the pairings and SNL schedule for Season 50, see below:
- Saturday, Sept. 28: Jean Smart (Host) & Jelly Roll (Musical Guest)
- Saturday, Oct. 5: Nate Bargatze (Host) & Coldplay (Musical Guest)
- Saturday, Oct. 12: Ariana Grande (Host) & Stevie Nicks (Musical Guest)
- Saturday, Oct. 19: Michael Keaton (Host) & Billie Eilish (Musical Guest)
- Saturday, Nov. 2: John Mulany (Host) & Chappell Roan (Musical Guest)
Musical guests for Season 49 included Sabrina Carpenter, Dua Lipa, Kacey Musgraves, Travis Scott, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande and others. Hosts included Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Wiig, Ramy Youssef, Josh Brolin, Sydney Sweeney, Shane Gillis, Ayo Edebiri and others. Still more celebrities who made cameo appearances last season include Caitlin Clark, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm.
Who will be in the cast of SNL Season 50?
Newcomers Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline have joined the cast ahead of the landmark season. Padilla has been a main member of The Groundlings since 2021, and she appeared 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 SNL boss Lorne Michaels. Wickline has a large following on TikTok as a cast member on the live show Stapleview. She also appeared in the 2024 Mubi movie My First Film.
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Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker have been promoted to the main cast after they first joined the sketch comedy show in 2022.
Those who won’t return for Season 50 include Chloe Troast, Punkie Johnson and Molly Kearney.
What else can viewers expect for Season 50 of Saturday Night Live?
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, politics will be a common thread in skits as the show comments on the current affairs of the United States. As Deadline exclusively reported, Maya Rudolph has returned to play Vice President Kamala Harris, who stepped up as the Democratic candidate for President of the United States after Biden withdrew from the race.
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Steve Martin was associated with portraying Tim Walz on the show, but the Only Murders in the Building actor won’t be appearing as the Vice Presidential Candidate. Instead, Jim Gaffigan portrayed Tim Walz in the first episode, and then he switched parties to portray VP candidate JD Vance in the second episode of Season 50.
Dana Carvey has portrayed President Joe Biden thus far, and Andy Samberg has portrayed Kamala Harris’ husband Dough Emhoff.
The opportunities are endless for former cast members to return and various skits and sketches to be revisited.
