Five months after chopping its season brief due to the writers strike, “Saturday Night Live” is returning to TV.
The long-running sketch comedy present will premiere Season 49 on Oct 14, NBC introduced Wednesday. Former solid member Pete Davidson will host, making good on a plan to have him host final May. The comic can be joined by first-time musical visitor Ice Spice.
The following week, Bad Bunny will pull double responsibility as host and musical visitor. While the Grammy winner has carried out on the present earlier than, it will be his internet hosting debut.
The whole solid from Season 48 will return, together with one new addition: Chloe Troast, as a featured participant.
Davidson had been set to host May 6, alongside musical visitor Lil Uzi Vert, however his episode was the primary to be minimize after the writers strike began simply days earlier than. The writers strike was declared over Sept. 26 after Writers Guild of America board members accepted a contract settlement with studios. While Hollywood actors are nonetheless on strike for many tv and theatrical work, the “SNL” solid can resume performing as selection exhibits function below a distinct contract.
Other late-night exhibits like “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” have additionally returned.
“I’m excited to do some more ‘SNL,’” solid member James Austin Johnson, recognized for impressions of Donald Trump and Joe Biden, instructed The Associated Press earlier this week. “It moves quick.”
Associated Press journalists Alicia Rancilio and Mark Kennedy contributed to this report.
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