Saturday Night Live returned in October after his milestone 50thth season, which took place in 2024.
The NBC late-night sketch comedy show said goodbye to some familiar faces ahead of its 51st season in late summer, with the addition of five new cast members. Hosts and musical guests are set for the next three November shows.
Find out everything we know about Saturday Night Live Season 51 below:
When SNL Season 51 starts?
Season 51 premieres on Saturday, October 4th.
Who will host the first episode? SNL Season 51?
Recently announced Super Bowl Headliner There will be a bad bunny return to studio 8H for the second time, he will host the season 51 premiere episode.
Who else will be presenting during SNL Season 51? Who will be the musical guest?
Other hosts confirmed so far include Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler, as well as Sabrina Carpenter, who will be pulling double duty on her Oct. 18 show as her second musical guest and first host.
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Bad Bunny will be accompanied by Doja Cat as musical guest and Role Model will make her musical guest debut when Amy Poehler hosts on October 11, the original premiere date of the 1975 sketch comedy show.
What's happened SNL Season 51 schedule?
Find Saturday Night Live The scheduled dates and their pairings of hosts and musical guests are below:
- Saturday, October 4: Bad Bunny (host) and Doja Cat (musical guest)
- Saturday, October 11: Amy Poehler (host) and Role Model (musical guest)
- Saturday, October 18: Sabrina Carpenter (host and musical guest)
- Saturday, November 1: Miles Teller (host) and Brandi Carlile (musical guest)
- Saturday, November 8: Nikki Glaser (host) and Sombre (musical guest)
- Saturday, November 15: Glen Powell (host) and Olivia Dean (musical guest)
Who will be in the cast SNL Season 51? Who left and who is new?
Newcomers for Season 51 include Ben Marshall of the comedy troupe Please Don't Destroy, who is a former sketch show performer and has appeared in skits. The other two members of the trio – Martin Herlihy and John Higgins – will presumably remain as writers and will depart accordingly.
Four more newcomers along with Marshall are Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Cam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska.
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There's been quite a shakeup in the returning cast, with a significant exodus of veterans leaving the cast ahead of the new season.
Writer Celeste Yim, who spent five years on the show in the writers' room, said news of their departure at the end of August. Devon Walker was first cast to come out before Season 51, later saying it was mutual decision. Emil Vakin followed Walker in August. Michael Longfellow was the third cast member to leave before the start of the new season, Deadline reported. exclusively reported.
Heidi Gardner left too after eight years on the show. Ego Nwodim, who was originally slated to stay, has left after seven seasons, according to Deadline first reported.
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