“Saturday Night Live” has set its first batch of hosts for Season 50, including Ariana Grande, John Mulaney, Michael Keaton and more.
Hosting for the first time, Jean Smart opens the season on September 28 with musical host Jelly Roll, followed by an October 5 episode hosted by Nate Bargatze featuring Coldplay songs.
Grande will host “SNL” for the second time on Oct. 12 with musical guest Stevie Nicks. Keaton will visit Studio 8H on Oct. 19 with Billie Eilish, and Mulaney will host on Nov. 2 with “SNL’s” Chappell Roan.
Smart is fresh off her third Emmy win for the comedy Max “Hacks,” while Grammy-nominated Jelly Roll, who performed at the Emmys, will be in anticipation of her new album, “Beautifully Broken,” out the 11th of October.
Comedian Bargatze, who continues his “Be Funny Tour” through the fall, returns to the “SNL” stage after hosting in 2023. Coldplay will join him in the band’s eighth appearance as musical guest. The outfit led by Chris Martin will release their 10th album, “Moon Music”, on October 4.
Grande will host “Saturday Night Live” before “Wicked,” which hits theaters Nov. 22, as Fleetwood Mac icon Nicks returns after her first “SNL” performance in 1983.
Keaton was last seen in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” opposite Jenna Ortega and Winona Ryder, and his next film “Goodrich” will debut in theaters on October 18. He’ll be joined by Eilish in her fourth stint as “SNL” musical guest, this one. time in support of his 2024 album “Hit Me Hard and Soft”.
Mulaney, who was a writer on “Saturday Night Live” from 2008 to 2013, will host for the sixth time. The Emmy winner and stand-up comedian stars in the new Broadway play “All In: Comedy About Love,” opening Dec. 11. Roan, who broke out this year with songs like “Good Luck, Babe!” and “Hot to Go!”, will bring their energetic pop hits to Studio 8H for the first time.
“Saturday Night Live” will celebrate its 50th season with a live primetime special on February 16. The series airs on NBC at 11:30 pm ET and airs on Peacock. NBC is owned by NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News.
“SNL” is produced in association with Broadway Video. Lorne Michaels is the creator and executive producer.