What to Expect in Saturday Night Live Season 51: News And Updates Ahead Of Premiere Show

What to Expect in Saturday Night Live Season 51: News And Updates Ahead Of Premiere Show

Saturday Night Live returns in October following its landmark 50th season that ran in 2024. The NBC late-night sketch comedy show said goodbye to some familiar faces ahead of Season 51 in late summer, with five new cast members rotating into the mix. The hosts and musical guests have been set for the first three […]

New SNL Season To Debut After Telling 82% Of Jokes About Conservatives

Season 51 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live is set to premiere on October 4, but before that a new NewsBusters study looked back and found that 82 percent of Season 50’s Weekend Update jokes targeted conservatives and that 60 percent of its cold open political characters were conservatives or Republicans. NewsBusters analysts looked at 21 shows (20 regular episodes plus one additional 50th anniversary special) from September 28, 2024, through May 17,…

‘SNL’ announces Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler and Sabrina Carpenter as first hosts to open Season 51

“Saturday Night Live” has announced the hosts and musical guests for the first three episodes to kick-off Season 51 of the long-running late night series. Bad Bunny will serve as host for the season premiere on Oct. 4, joined by Doja Cat as musical guest; Amy Poehler will return to “SNL” on Oct. 11, with Role Model as the musical guest; and Sabrina Carpenter will pull double duty as both host and musical guest on Oct. 18. The season premiere epi…