Saturday Night Live Season 51 has already featured some impressive hosts, including Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler, Sabrina Carpenter, and Miles Teller. The popular sketch show by creator Lorne Michaels has been airing on NBC since 1975, and celebrated its 50th anniversary with a three-hour special event earlier in the year. Over the course of its run, SNL has received a whopping 84 Emmy wins, the most out of any other television show in history, and has been hailed by many as one of the greatest TV shows of all time. The series is headlined by a supremely talented ensemble of comic performers, a host (often there to promote a new project), a musical guest, and numerous cameos.
Saturday Night Live has helped skyrocket the careers of some of the biggest names in film and television, including Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Maya Rudolph, Jason Sudeikis, Tracy Morgan, Will Ferrell, and Pete Davidson, and that’s just to name a few. The sketch show has even branched out of television and has turned some of its fan-favorite sketches into feature films, such as Wayne’s World, The Blues Brothers, Coneheads, MacGruber, and Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain.
Will There Be a New Episode of ‘SNL’ Tonight?
Yes, there will be a new episode of SNL tonight. Since its inception, Saturday Night Live has always aired live on NBC from New York’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Season 51, Episode 5, will air on Saturday, November 8 at 11:30 pm EST, both on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The new episode will also be available to stream on Peacock afterward, along with every other season of the show.
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Who Is Hosting This Week’s ‘SNL’ Episode?
Nikki Glaser smiling in a promo for SNLImage via Rosalind O’Connor/NBC
Hosting this week’s episode of SNL is stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser. This will mark the stand-up comedian’s first time hosting the ever-popular sketch series.
Nikki Glaser has been working in the industry for over 20 years, but officially became a household name thanks to her performance on last year’s The Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix. Of course, that wasn’t Glaser’s first comedy roast, having also participated in the Comedy Central Roasts of Rob Lowe, Bruce Willis, and Alec Baldwin. Glaser has also hosted several reality dating shows, such as Blind Date, FBoy Island, and Lovers and Liars. She also hosted her own talk show in 2016 with the Comedy Central series, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser.
Glaser is also known for her collaborations with fellow female stand-up comic Amy Schumer, having appeared in the sketch series Inside Amy Schumer and having minor roles in Schumer’s comedy films Trainwreck and I Feel Pretty.
This past January, Glaser made waves when she became the first solo female host of the Golden Globes, a role she will be returning to for next year’s awards. It was also recently reported that Glaser will be teaming up with producer Judd Apatow for an R-rated comedy film that she will produce, write, and star in for Universal Pictures.
As a stand-up comic, Glaser has done four stand-up specials, including Nikki Glaser’s Perfect in 2016, Bangin’ in 2019, Good Clean Filth in 2022, and Someday You’ll Die in 2024.
Who Is the Musical Guest on This Week’s ‘SNL’?
‘Back to friends’ singer, SombrImage via SMB Music LLC / Warner Records.
Serving as the musical guest for tonight’s show is rising music star Sombr, making his debut on Studio 8H.
Sombr had his rise to fame earlier this year when his singles “Back to Friends” and “Undressed” went viral on TikTok, with both reaching the top 20 of the Billboard Global 200 and the Hot 100.
After releasing his EP, In Another Life, in 2023, Sombr released his first studio album, I Barely Know Her, earlier this year.
The musical guests this season include Doja Cat, Role Model, Sabrina Carpenter, and Brandi Carlile.
Who Is in the Current Cast of ‘SNL’?
As with any long-running television program, the cast of Saturday Night Live has radically changed through the years. Credited as “repertory players” for Season 51 are Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernández, James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, and Weekend Update anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost. Returning as featured players are Ashley Padilla and Jane Wickline. New featured players include Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska. Then there’s Ben Marshall, who’s not new to SNL, having been a part of the comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy, but will now be joining the series as a featured player.
Who Is Hosting the Next Episode of ‘SNL’?
Next week’s episode will see Glen Powell make his much-anticipated Studio 8H debut as the host, which will be timed to the release of Edgar Wright‘s The Running Man, where he plays the leading role. He will be joined by musical guest Olivia Dean.
