Fresh off her Emmys win, Jean Smart is taking her comedy to a brand new viewers — she’ll kick off “Saturday Night Live’s” landmark fiftieth season.
NBC on Thursday introduced the lineup of hosts for the season, which premieres Sept. 28. Joining Smart on the primary present will likely be Jelly Roll because the musical act. He was additionally on the Emmys, singing through the ceremony’s in memoriam section.
It will likely be Smart’s first time internet hosting “SNL” and Jelly Roll’s first time acting on the present. Smart shared the news on Instagram, writing that internet hosting was a “bucket list” merchandise for her.
The remainder of the hosts and musical visitors — save breakout sensation Chappell Roan, who will make her musical visitor debut in November — are returning to the sequence. Comedian Nate Bargatze, who hosted final October to nice success, due to a sketch the place he performed George Washington, will host once more Oct. 5, with Coldplay because the musical visitor. Coldplay has beforehand carried out on the present seven occasions, and can ring within the eighth proper after the band’s latest album, “Moon Music,” releases.
Ariana Grande — who stars within the upcoming “Wicked” movie adaption — will host for the second time Oct. 12. She has beforehand been the musical visitor twice, however Fleetwood Mac icon Stevie Nicks will carry out for Grande’s episode. Nicks was a musical visitor as soon as prior, in 1983.
“Beetlejuice” star Michael Keaton will host on Oct. 19, the final present earlier than Halloween, in his fourth time on the present, and Billie Eilish will likely be that evening’s musical visitor, additionally marking her fourth time on “SNL.”
“SNL” alum John Mulaney will return to the present as host for the sixth time on Nov. 2, with Roan because the music visitor. Mulaney, who labored as a author on the present earlier than making it large as a slapstick comedian, is behind a few of “SNL’s” most well-known bits, like Bill Hader as Stefon, a “Weekend Update” common.
The fiftieth season has been extremely anticipated through the present’s summer time hiatus, with followers calling for Maya Rudolph to reprise her position as Kamala Harris and clamoring for Tim Walz-lookalike Steve Martin to make an look because the vice presidential candidate, a task he has since declined.
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