Abby Juarez September 22nd, 2024 - 11:27 PM
According to Deadline, the season 50 hosts for Saturday Night Live have been released. The hosts are as follows for the next five weeks: Jean Smart (Bringing Down the House, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey), Nate Bargatze (Nateland Presents: The Showcase, Joe Zimmerman: Cult Classic), Ariana Grande (Men In Black: International, Sam And Cat), Michael Keaton (The Founder, Spider-Man: Far From Home) and John Mulaney (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers). Smart will start off hosting the 50th anniversary of SNL.
View this post on Instagram
After winning her Emmy on September 15, Smart will share the stage with the first-ever country musician Emmy attendee Jelly Roll (Gone Girl, Jurassic Thunder). He sang for the In Memoriam tribute for previous Television Academy Members who have passed away.
On October 5, Bargatze will host the show for the second time, as he previously hosted last year. Coldplay (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Amazing Spider Man) will join as the musical guest. With Fleetwood Mac member Stevie Nicks (Spin’s 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was A Thing, American Horror Story) as the musical guest, Grande will host on October 12. Keaton will entertain on October 19, and the live performer for the day will be Billie Eilish (When Billie Met Lisa, Swarm). Mulaney, a previous Saturday Night Live cast member, returns to host on November 2, and Chappell Roan (Moonshot, Chappell Roan: Pink Pony Club) will take the stage as an entertainment music act.
Grande and Nicks will return to SNL for the second time. Keaton and Eilish will appear for the fourth time. Mulaney will host for the sixth time. Coldplay will come back for the eighth time. For Smart and Roan, it will be their first time appearing on Saturday Night Live.
SNL is produced in partnership with Broadway video, and the executive producer and creator is Lorne Michaels (A Night At The Roxbury, I Am Chris Farley). The 50th anniversary on SNL and a live primetime special is scheduled to be released to the public on Sunday, February 16.
