Saturday Night Live has confirmed that its 50th anniversary special guest list will include Kim Kardashian, Sabrina Carpenter, Miley Cyrus and many more stars.
On Friday, February 7, NBC announced the first wave of guests for the star-studded celebration of SNL, airing live from the historic Studio 8H on Sunday, February 16.
Kardashian is returning to the sketch comedy show after hosting a memorable season 47 episode in October 2021, alongside fellow former guest hosts Adam Driver, Ayo Edebiri, Dave Chappelle, Pedro Pascal, Peyton Manning, Quinta Brunson, Robert De Niro and Woody Harrelson. The esteemed Five Timers Club of recurring SNL hosts will be represented by John Mulaney, Martin Short, Steve Martin and Tom Hanks.
Scarlett Johansson, another Five-Timer, will be accompanying husband and Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost to SNL 50, so viewers can probably expect more awkward jokes at their expense from Jost’s coanchor Michael Che.
Saturday Night Live has featured several celebrity hosts throughout its nearly 50-year run, but only a select few have joined the show’s coveted Five-Timers Club. Tom Hanks became the club’s first official member upon its creation in 1990, though several stars such as Steve Martin, Danny DeVito, Drew Barrymore, Justin Timberlake and Melissa McCarthy have […]
Some of Saturday Night Live‘s most memorable musical guests will be appearing as well, including Carpenter and Cyrus as well as Bad Bunny, Paul McCartney and Paul Simon.
Saturday Night Live kicks off its 50th anniversary weekend on Friday, February 14, at Radio City Music Hall with SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, streaming live on Peacock.
This special event celebrates the many notable musical moments in SNL history, featuring performances from Bad Bunny, Backstreet Boys, Chris Martin, Cyrus, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga and Post Malone, plus old-school favorites Bonnie Raitt, the B-52s and the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
More celebrity and musical guests for both SNL50: The Homecoming Concert and NBC’s 50th anniversary show will be announced in the coming days.
SNL creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels, 80, has thus far kept all other plans for the anniversary show a secret, much like he did with the 40th special in 2015.
There had been speculation for years that Michaels could retire following the sketch show’s 50th season and he even mentioned former SNL star Tina Fey as a possible successor in 2024.
Saturday Night Live’s stage has played host to icons from Harry Styles to Betty White, and many of its celebrity guests have gushed over reaching the impressive career milestone. “I can’t believe I am hosting Saturday Night Live. I’m not sure many of you know that I’m 88 and a half years old,” White, who […]
“It could easily be Tina Fey, but you know, there are a lot of people who are there now,” he told Entertainment Tonight, before adding: “She’s a very important person in my life.”
Michaels confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter in September 2024 that there was no “immediate plan” for him to stand down, adding: “I just know that this is kind of what I do and as long as I can keep doing it, I’ll keep doing it.”
Michaels created Saturday Night Live as a replacement for NBC’s weekend reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1975. The comedy series has since won an astounding 101 Emmy Awards throughout its run.
In 1980, Michaels and his entire cast exited Saturday Night Live, with Jean Doumanian taking over as executive producer for season six. Doumanian would last less than a full season due to negative reviews and ratings woes, before Dick Ebersol replaced her in 1981.
Ebersol shepherded SNL through the early 1980s, before walking away in 1985. NBC had been on the verge of canceling SNL at the time, before Michaels agreed to return for the show’s 11th season (and he remains in that job to this day).
To celebrate Saturday Night Live reaching its milestone 50th season, a slew of star-studded hosts and musical guests have been tapped to kick off the fall episodes. SNL confirmed the lineup of its October and November shows via social media on Wednesday, September 18. Fresh off her Sunday, September 15, Emmy Award win, Jean Smart […]
The high-pressure stakes of SNL‘s launch was dramatized in the 2024 film Saturday Night, which was presented in real-time during the 90 minutes leading up to the premiere episode on October 11, 1975. Gabriel LaBelle earned positive reviews for his portrayal of Michaels in director Jason Reitman‘s film.
SNL50: The Anniversary Special kicks off on Sunday, February 16, with a red carpet special airing live on E!, NBC and Peacock at 7 p.m. ET, before the live show begins at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.