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Saturday Night Liveis giving fans a chance to catch up on season 51 as it takes a brief hiatus.
The legendary NBC sketch show is airing reruns of earlier episodes before it closes out 2025 with three star-studded installments in a row in December.
The network previously announced that tonight's episode would be a repeat of the Oct. 4season premiere hosted by Bad Bunnywith musical guest Doja Cat and special appearances by Jon Hamm andKPop Demon Hunterssingers Rei Ami, Ejae, Audrey Nuna. It also marked the debut ofSNL's five new featured players, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska. But make sure to check local listings as college football may preempt things.
On Wednesday, Nov. 26, catchA Saturday Night Live Thanksgivingspecial highlighting memorable Turkey Day-themed sketches from years past, airing from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT on NBC, and streaming the next day on Peacock.
There will be another repeat episode on Saturday, Nov. 29, as the cast and crew enjoys the chance to celebrate with their loved ones.
SNLwill return with a new episode on Saturday, Dec. 6, with fan-favorite hostMelissa McCarthy, joined by singer-songwriter Dijon as musical guest. TheBridesmaidsstar has earned an Emmy nomination for each of her five previous episodes, winning for her most recent appearance in 2017. She also memorably popped up a handful of times to play former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
Following McCarthy is hostJosh O'Connor(The Crown) with musical guestLily Allenon Saturday, Dec. 13. O'Connor will be on to support his turn as ahot priest inWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,which will be hitting Netflix that weekend. Meanwhile, Allen will be performing songs from herDavid Harbour divorce album,West End Girl, so don't hold your breath for a cameo from theStranger Thingscast that week.
Then, the final episode of the year will be fronted by the powerhouse duo of hostAriana Grandeand musical guestCher. TheWicked: For Goodstar — currentlyrecovering from Covid— has hostedSNLtwice previously, including once doingdouble duty as musical guest, plus two additional stints as a solo musical performer. But for this episode, she'll be handing over music duties to the one and only Cher.
The Oscar winner last sang on the Studio 8H stage in herSNLdebut on Nov. 21, 1987, although she did perform "If I Could Turn Back Time" duringSNL50: The Homecoming Concertat Radio City Music Hall in February.
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Previous episodes this season have been fronted bySNLalum Amy Poehler, with cameos from her former costars Tina Fey and Seth Meyers; Sabrina Carpenter doubling as her own musical guest;Eternityactor Miles Teller; comedian Nikki Glaser; andThe Running Manstar Glen Powell.
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Season 51 also saw the departures of cast members Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and Emil Wakim.
"That show was my longest relationship ever,"Nwodim said on a recent episode ofSherri."I started to get the seven-year itch and I'm like, we don't have kids, I'm gonna see other people!"
She also reflected on her departure leaving the show without any Black female cast members. "I felt honored to be the seventh Black woman in that cast," she said. "I hope that there will be more Black women. Punkie Johnson came on the show after me. Who knows who else they'll find as they explore and seek out other talents, but I felt honored to represent for us."
Saturday Night Liveairs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.
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