Introduction
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975 under the original title Saturday Night Live host schedule. The show’s comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest.
Saturday Night Live host schedule has aired 909 episodes over 48 seasons since its debut, and began its forty-eighth season on October 1, 2022.
Hosts for Season 48
Here is the Saturday Night Live host schedule for Season 48 so far:
| Episode | Air Date | Host | Musical Guest |
| 1 | October 1, 2022 | Miles Teller | Kendrick Lamar |
| 2 | October 8, 2022 | Brendan Gleeson | Willow |
| 3 | October 15, 2022 | Megan Thee Stallion | Megan Thee Stallion |
| 4 | October 29, 2022 | Jack Harlow | Jack Harlow |
| 5 | November 5, 2022 | Amy Schumer | Steve Lacy |
Additional hosts for Season 48 will likely be announced in the coming weeks and months. Saturday Night Live traditionally has about 20-22 new episodes per season, running from early fall through late spring.
Notable upcoming hosts
Some notable hosts coming up for Season 48 based on recent Saturday Night Live host schedule trends include:
- Musicians with new albums to promote, such as Taylor Swift, Drake, or Adele
- Actors starring in fall/winter movies, like Brendan Fraser for The Whale
- Former SNL cast members like Kristen Wiig or Eddie Murphy
- Major athletes like Simone Biles or Tom Brady
- Politicians like Joe Biden or Kamala Harris around the 2024 election
Host highlights from Season 47
To give an idea of the caliber of hosts and musical guests, here are some highlights from the previous season, Season 47:
- October 9, 2021: Owen Wilson, Kacey Musgraves
- November 6, 2021: Kieran Culkin, Ed Sheeran
- December 11, 2021: Billie Eilish, Billie Eilish
- January 15, 2022: Ariana DeBose, Bleachers
- March 12, 2022: Zoë Kravitz, Rosalía
- April 9, 2022: Jake Gyllenhaal, Camila Cabello
- May 21, 2022: Natasha Lyonne, Japanese Breakfast
Record for most SNL hosting appearances
The record for most Saturday Night Live hosting appearances is held by actor Alec Baldwin, who has hosted the show 17 times as of October 2021.
Steve Martin has hosted 15 times, John Goodman has hosted 13 times, Buck Henry and Tom Hanks have each hosted 10 times.
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Conclusion
Saturday Night Live has been providing late night laughs for over 45 years by featuring unique hosts paired with musical guests each week. The Saturday Night Live host schedule for Season 48 is starting to shape up with hosts like Miles Teller, Brendan Gleeson and Megan Thee Stallion already announced. More exciting hosts and musical guests are likely to be revealed in the coming weeks! Be sure to tune into NBC on Saturday nights at 11:30pm ET to catch new episodes of this classic sketch comedy series.
References
Wickman, Forrest. “Alec Baldwin Has Hosted SNL 17 Times. Is That a Record?”, Slate, https://slate.com/culture/2013/02/alec-baldwin-snl-hosting-how-many-times-has-he-hosted-saturday-night-live.html
Saturday Night Live. “Hosts”, NBC, https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/hosts
Saturday Night Live. “Musical Guests”, NBC, https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/music
