Who should host Saturday Night Live this season?

Lil Nas X. Jason Sudeikis. Angelina Jolie. Here's who we'd like to see host during Saturday Night Live’s upcoming season

By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Erik Adams, Cameron Scheetz, Tatiana Tenreyro, Danette Chavez, Matt Schimkowitz, Saloni Gajjar | September 21, 2021 | 5:00am

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Who should host Saturday Night Live this season?

Clockwise from left: Lil Nas X (Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM); Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle (Photo: Rich Fury/Getty Images); Brett Goldstein (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Saturday Night Live’s season premiere is just around the corner: The sketch series returns with new episodes October 2. Today’s AVQ&A is all about who we’d like to see on the show during season 47:

Who should host SNL this season?

Jean Smart

If this season of has taught me anything, it’s that Jean Smart is long overdue for a stint hosting Saturday Night Live. Watching her fictional alter ego, stand-up legend Deborah Vance, work the stage like a champ left me eager to see Smart herself tackle some live comedy—albeit of the sketch variety. She just won the Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the HBO Max program, as well, so the timing couldn’t be better. She’s a delightful talk-show guest and pro at improvising in front of an audience (witness her Celebrity Name Game appearances), so commandeering Rockefeller Center on an upcoming Saturday night feels like an inevitable victory lap. [Alex McLevy]

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