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
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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?
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Honestly, like half the Ted Lasso cast could show up to host and it’d be great, but Hannah Waddingham is my first thought as someone who would be game for pretty much everything and open up a lot of possibilities for interesting sketches.
I get the feeling she’ll show up either as a host on her own or in a cameo when Sudeikis hosts. She does seem like the type who they like to bring in when they’re hot, like Rege-John Page.
Her West End background would lend itself well to SNL. Plus we know how much SNL likes to insert as much music as possible into each episode and she’s got a killer voice. Plus the opportunity for a SHAME skit seems irresistible. I’m sold!
#1: The undead corpse of Norm MacDonald. Presumably for their Halloween episode.#2: Steve Martin, repeatedly, at least until he beats Alec Baldwin’s record.#3:
I would watch the chimpanzee on a segway.
#3 gets them a built-in musical guest too. Catchy song!
I notice Alec Baldwin’s hosted only once in the last 10 years even though it used to be a near-yearly occurrence.
He’s basically been a cast member for the last few years though.
Yes, he had meant to retire. I think the last hosting gig was just because he was on so much it was easier to just host one week.
He kept doing the Trump impression until he left office, so I don’t see why he didn’t host again. Also, where’d you hear he meant to retire?
Me, obviously. Literally no one would expect it!
So kind of like Miskel Spillman who won “Anyone Can Host SNL”?
You ruined the surprise.
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Randy Rainbow.
There are a couple of people, like Jolie, who just feel like they exploded so fast that the window where they’d be big enough to be offered the gig but still small enough to be excited about the opportunity must have been pretty short.* Like I’d love to see Denzel Washington or Meryl Streep host, but it’s hard to convincingly explain why they should if doesn’t seem like fun to them.
*Guys like Hanks and De Niro occasionally do it just because they seem to enjoy it, but they obviously don’t need the exposure or industry cred.
Tina fey and Amy poehler hosted in 2015 (as dual hosts). Make an attempt at being journalists and fact check your stuff.
I’m here for Lil Nas X totally. Besides his natural Gen-Z humor, I would like to see him making some folks get outraged for being him.
Natural Gen-Z humor? Sounds like an oxymoron to me.
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey co-hosted more than a decade after the Olsen Twins. I think Florence Pugh will host this season.
Better hosts in my opinion would be:1. Davante Adams (Green Bay packers)2. Deborah Norville3. Sam Kinison’s family
Olivia Colman, Michaela Coel are my wishes.
I was just about to type Norm. Fuck, now I’m sad again.
Who gives a shit? SNL is worse than ever, it’s like watching a middle school talent show every week. Every joke is the most obvious, undeveloped little thing you can imagine. Nothing has the slightest amount of bite. And I say that as somebody who watched religiously until about 3 years ago.
Hot take.
But what do you really think about the show? Quit mincing words, open up and give me your honest opinion – don’t hold back.
I think it has improved in the last three years. It’s definitionally uneven, but makes me laugh at least once every 15 minutes and want to die only twice or three times and episode
Yes, I’d say this past season was better than the few before it as well.
I won’t be back until they fire Mikey Day.
It is annoying to see this mess win awards year after year simply because there’s no competition. And A Black Lady Sketch gets an award for editing… That’s a fraction of a cookie for you, Academy. Split it between yourselves. I only started watching it semi-regularly since seeing the write-ups here. The write-ups are more entertaining.
I have strong feelings about two of these entries, one of which Lil Nas X, who is a rare breed: a lovable troll, which should make for some really inspired shenanigans.The other is Maya and Anna, who would hopefully also contribute some of their own sketches, maybe. They are a great duo who should be just as great monologue’ing (or I guess dialogue’ing, to be more accurate) as in sketches, and in various costumes.
You guessed it…
Sylvester Stallone…ooops! I blew it!
If by ‘host’ , you mean ‘ritually dismbowled followed by being burned alive as a PPV event ‘, then James Corden should ‘host’
Danitra Vance? Tony Rosato?
Jason Sudeikis is a shoo-in. It’s most definitely going to happen, as surely as we’re going to see a new installment of What’s Up With That? when it does. Besides, the real Lindsey Buckingham has an open calendar if Bill Hader isn’t available.Brett Goldstein would be a treat. If all you’ve seen of him is his performance as the perpetually grumpy Roy Kent, you’re depriving yourself. He is one genuinely funny dude.Old Town Road got WAY TOO MUCH airplay, to the point that I went past hating it to finally embracing it. Lil’ Nas X has definitely grown on me. He doesn’t have a shy bone in his body. He’s a rising talent and is more than capable of putting on one of those SNL performances that we’ll be talking about 20 years from now.Here’s one I’d like to add—Anthony Carrigan. His NoHo Hank character in Barry is so good that he could easily carry his own show based on it.
Hate to get all topical, but the name Nancy Kerrigan certainly springs to mind.
Bob OdenkirkMatt BerryGilian Anderson
Yes to all three! Has Bob ever hosted?
oh snap, that’s a great line up
My top choice: Nicole Maines.
It’s hard to believe that Jason Sudeikis has never been brought back to host yet. Yeah, he’s a shoo-in now to finally host. I love the Jean Smart pick, she’d be great and I could see that as a possibility. I have no opinions either way on the other people mentioned here. Some other ideas for potential first-time hosts:Jodie Comer – popular as Villainelle in Killing Eve, she was just in Free Guy, and most importantly has a pretty big upcoming fall movie to promote, The Last Duel with Damon/Driver/Affleck. I think she’d do well on SNL.Zendaya – I’m indifferent to the idea of her hosting, but she’s a young star and has Dune to promote.Beanie Feldstein – seems funny, she’s currently in the spotlight playing Monica Lewinsky in American Crime Story, and she has an A24 indie drama coming out in the fall.Tom Holland – has the next Spider-man movie coming in December, popular young MCU actor seems like a no-brainer.Keanu Reeves – he’s been a star for 30 years but still never hosted SNL. Has the new Matrix coming out in a couple months, I’d love to see this.
With Hawkeye coming to D+ in November, Hailee Steinfeld would be a decent choice (somewhat surprised she hasn’t been on the show already).He’s probably not high-profile enough to be asked, but I also think Ron Funches would kill an SNL hosting gig.
1. Bring back Anya Taylor-Joy. She qualifies for the “revelation” category.
2. Kumail Nanjiani should come back to promote The Eternals. Somehow I don’t think Angelina Jolie will do it.
3. Agree with Jean Smart.
4. Hannah Einbinder would be a fun legacy choice.
5. Conan O’Brien’s got some time on his hands, and Stephen Colbert can crash his monologue.
6. Craig Ferguson, just because.
7. Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez.
8. Jen Psaki. Watching her field questions from Peter Doocy shows she can keep from breaking up during a skit better than Jimmy Fallon ever could.
9. Mookie Betts, if the Dodgers win the World Series. As far as athletes hosting SNL go, I think he could be in the top third.
10, Sure, John Mulaney again. We know he’s got a lot of new material…
Olivia Munn.
How about Henry Cavill for a Witcher tie-in? He seems low-key funny as hell and I bet would be game for anything. GET IT BECAUSE HE’S A GAMER
I keep waiting for Joshua Jackson to host and do Mighty Ducks stuff with Kenan.
Daniel Craig
Phoebe Robinson (with Phoebe Bridgers as musical guest and a video short directed by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge)
Alan Tudyk
Michaela Coel
“Phoebe Robinson (with Phoebe Bridgers as musical guest and a video short directed by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge)“Only if there’s a Bridgerton parody.I take the simultaneous popularity of all these things as evidence of a breakdown in one of the Matrix’s creativity subroutines.
Anyone know where to find Jean Smart’s Celebrity Name Game appearance to stream?
Sarah Paulson, with Adele as the musical guest, just so we can confuse the hell out of them.
those are all solid choices (except not really on Jolie), but you forgot to fill the “piece of wood athlete who people pretend is doing great when he is not John Cena” spot. You need at least one hunky male that at least three sketches are Mikey Day saying “I am a beta compared to you!!!” or Aidy fainting.
Shohei Ohtani is like the best thing going on in the sports world right now. And he’s handsome and charismatic enough to be a star.
Get one of them Stranger Things kids to host, that’s really a hot property these days.
Why has Bob Odenkirk never hosted? He wrote the van by the river sketch for Chris Farley. He’s a legend
He had a lot of tension with Lorne. I’d love to see him host though.
Rachel Bloom.
Desus and Mero.
You know what, anyone from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend would be great. They can sing, they can dance, they can tell jokes.
Or, bring Adele back. She was really funny.Emily Blunt can murder Tom Cruise 100+ times, sing A Spoonful of Sugar, and shotgun an alien with a nail in her foot so she’d be great at this too.
Maybe that has been mentioned already (I can’t load all the comments for some reason) but Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-hosted a christmas episode a few years back.
It’s a shame Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte haven’t hosted yet, so it’s a great news if at least one of them will get his due !Do we know if Kate McKinnon is staying ? Is she isn’t, she’ll probably host sooner than later.Everywhere I’m throwing Dave Grohl’s name in this kind of list, and I’ll second the person who mentioned Taika Waititi in an earlier comment too.Regarding returning hosts, I wouldn’t mind if John Mulaney, Emma Stone or Paul Rudd joines the 5-timers club
I’d love to see Tim Robinson host, but he has said he has bad anxiety about live performance, which he really struggled with in his season in the cast. I would also like seeing Richard Madden host. He seems like he’d shine in some goofy comedy.
Nobody! Oh my god. I think I’m done here.
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Serious answer is Matt Berry. Joke answer is Donald Trump again.
All the people the show has banned in the past. Grow some balls SNL.