Reside from New York, it’s Saturday Night time Reside Season 51!
The long-lived sketch comedy sequence is again subsequent month, recent off an enormous anniversary 12 months, and SNL is ushering in some recent blood as 5 new featured gamers be a part of the fold.
Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska will take the stage at Studio 8H alongside returning favorites Kenan Thompson, Chloe Fineman, Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Ashley Padilla, Jane Wickline, Colin Jost, and Michael Che. (Sadly, Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, and Michael Longfellow all exited forward of the brand new season.)
Of these, we’ve already seen three sequence regulars again in motion. Day, Johnson, and Yang all took the stage on the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards to take part in an SNL-style chilly open alongside host Nate Bargatze, calling again to probably the most beloved sketches in current reminiscence.
As for what followers can anticipate in 51, Day teased to TV Insider, “I would get in bother for spoiling this, however I’ve heard from dependable sources that Colin Jost goes to do ‘Weekend Replace’ shirtless this season.”
The funnyman, who has been with the present since Season 39 and parlayed that success into his personal stint on the high of the ticket on Is It Cake?, additionally has a minimum of one huge wishlist for the internet hosting lineup: Jennifer Lawrence. “She hasn’t hosted since I’ve been on the present, [but] she has a brand new film popping out this 12 months, so, I’m hoping this may very well be the season! C’mon, Jennifer!” he stated.
NBC’s first introduced trio of set hosts doesn’t but embody her within the fold for Season 51, however Lawrence is definitely a risk. The actress will quickly be selling the discharge of her new film with Robert Pattinson, Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love, and she or he’s no stranger to 30 Rock, both. She beforehand hosted twice earlier than: in Seasons 38 and 40.
Saturday Night time Reside, Season 51 Premiere, October 4, 11:30/10:30c, NBC