List of Saturday Night Live episodes (season 31–present)

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on the NBC Television Network on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics. Saturday Night Live features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players," and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players." Each week, the show features a host, often a well-known celebrity, who delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast. A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets (usually two, occasionally more). Every so often a host or musical guest fills both roles. With the exception of season 7 and several other rare cases, the show begins with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

Saturday Night Live is one of the longest-running network programs in American television history, with more than 900 episodes broadcast over five decades. A number of the show's sketches have been developed into feature films, including The Blues Brothers, Wayne's World, A Night at the Roxbury, Superstar, Coneheads, The Ladies Man and MacGruber.

Seasons 1 through 5 are available on DVD in Region 1. Various Saturday Night Live sketches are available in several new media formats, including streaming on Hulu and Netflix. A number of sketches are available to view via the show's official YouTube channel, along with best-of compilations for sale through digital video retailers. As of October 1, 2020, the full catalogue of Saturday Night Live episodes is available on the streaming service Peacock, updated actively as new episodes release.

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Series overview[]

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	24	October 11, 1975 (1975-10-11)	July 31, 1976 (1976-07-31)
	2	22	September 18, 1976 (1976-09-18)	May 21, 1977 (1977-05-21)
	3	20	September 24, 1977 (1977-09-24)	May 20, 1978 (1978-05-20)
	4	20	October 7, 1978 (1978-10-07)	May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26)
	5	20	October 13, 1979 (1979-10-13)	May 24, 1980 (1980-05-24)
	6	13	November 15, 1980 (1980-11-15)	April 11, 1981 (1981-04-11)
	7	20	October 3, 1981 (1981-10-03)	May 22, 1982 (1982-05-22)
	8	20	September 25, 1982 (1982-09-25)	May 14, 1983 (1983-05-14)
	9	19	October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08)	May 12, 1984 (1984-05-12)
	10	17	October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)	April 13, 1985 (1985-04-13)
	11	18	November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09)	May 24, 1986 (1986-05-24)
	12	20	October 11, 1986 (1986-10-11)	May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23)
	13	13	October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17)	February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27)
	14	20	October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08)	May 20, 1989 (1989-05-20)
	15	20	September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)	May 19, 1990 (1990-05-19)
	16	20	September 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)	May 18, 1991 (1991-05-18)
	17	20	September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)	May 16, 1992 (1992-05-16)
	18	20	September 26, 1992 (1992-09-26)	May 15, 1993 (1993-05-15)
	19	20	September 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)	May 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)
	20	20	September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24)	May 13, 1995 (1995-05-13)
	21	20	September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)	May 18, 1996 (1996-05-18)
	22	20	September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28)	May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)
	23	20	September 27, 1997 (1997-09-27)	May 9, 1998 (1998-05-09)
	24	19	September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)	May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)
	25	20	October 2, 1999 (1999-10-02)	May 20, 2000 (2000-05-20)
	26	20	October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)	May 19, 2001 (2001-05-19)
	27	20	September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)	May 18, 2002 (2002-05-18)
	28	20	October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)	May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)
	29	20	October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)	May 15, 2004 (2004-05-15)
	30	20	October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02)	May 21, 2005 (2005-05-21)
	31	19	October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)	May 20, 2006 (2006-05-20)
	32	20	September 30, 2006 (2006-09-30)	May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)
	33	12	September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)	May 17, 2008 (2008-05-17)
	34	22	September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)	May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16)
	35	22	September 26, 2009 (2009-09-26)	May 15, 2010 (2010-05-15)
	36	22	September 25, 2010 (2010-09-25)	May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21)
	37	22	September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)	May 19, 2012 (2012-05-19)
	38	21	September 15, 2012 (2012-09-15)	May 18, 2013 (2013-05-18)
	39	21	September 28, 2013 (2013-09-28)	May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17)
	40	21	September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)	May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)
	41	21	October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)
	42	21	October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)	May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20)
	43	21	September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)	May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)
	44	21	September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)	May 18, 2019 (2019-05-18)
	45	18	September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28)	May 9, 2020 (2020-05-09)
	46	20	October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03)	May 22, 2021 (2021-05-22)
	47	TBA	October 2, 2021 (2021-10-02)	TBA

Episodes[]

Season 31 (2005–06)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
586	1	Steve Carell	Kanye West	October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)
587	2	Jon Heder	Ashlee Simpson	October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08)
588	3	Catherine Zeta-Jones	Franz Ferdinand	October 22, 2005 (2005-10-22)
589	4	Lance Armstrong	Sheryl Crow	October 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
590	5	Jason Lee	Foo Fighters	November 12, 2005 (2005-11-12)
591	6	Eva Longoria	Korn	November 19, 2005 (2005-11-19)
592	7	Dane Cook	James Blunt	December 3, 2005 (2005-12-03)
593	8	Alec Baldwin	Shakira	December 10, 2005 (2005-12-10)
594	9	Jack Black	Neil Young	December 17, 2005 (2005-12-17)
595	10	Scarlett Johansson	Death Cab for Cutie	January 14, 2006 (2006-01-14)
596	11	Peter Sarsgaard	The Strokes	January 21, 2006 (2006-01-21)
597	12	Steve Martin	Prince	February 4, 2006 (2006-02-04)
598	13	Natalie Portman	Fall Out Boy	March 4, 2006 (2006-03-04)
599	14	Matt Dillon	Arctic Monkeys	March 11, 2006 (2006-03-11)
600	15	Antonio Banderas	Mary J. Blige	April 8, 2006 (2006-04-08)
604	16	Lindsay Lohan	Pearl Jam	April 15, 2006 (2006-04-15)
602	17	Tom Hanks	Red Hot Chili Peppers	May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06)
603	18	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Paul Simon	May 13, 2006 (2006-05-13)
604	19	Kevin Spacey	Nelly Furtado	May 20, 2006 (2006-05-20)

Season 32 (2006–07)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
605	1	Dane Cook	The Killers	September 30, 2006 (2006-09-30)
606	2	Jaime Pressly	Corinne Bailey Rae	October 7, 2006 (2006-10-07)
607	3	John C. Reilly	My Chemical Romance	October 21, 2006 (2006-10-21)
608	4	Hugh Laurie	Beck	October 28, 2006 (2006-10-28)
609	5	Alec Baldwin	Christina Aguilera	November 11, 2006 (2006-11-11)
610	6	Ludacris	Ludacris	November 18, 2006 (2006-11-18)
611	7	Matthew Fox	Tenacious D	December 2, 2006 (2006-12-02)
612	8	Annette Bening	Gwen Stefani Akon	December 9, 2006 (2006-12-09)
613	9	Justin Timberlake	Justin Timberlake	December 16, 2006 (2006-12-16)
614	10	Jake Gyllenhaal	The Shins	January 13, 2007 (2007-01-13)
615	11	Jeremy Piven	AFI	January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20)
616	12	Drew Barrymore	Lily Allen	February 3, 2007 (2007-02-03)
617	13	Forest Whitaker	Keith Urban	February 10, 2007 (2007-02-10)
618	14	Rainn Wilson	Arcade Fire	February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24)
619	15	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Snow Patrol	March 17, 2007 (2007-03-17)
620	16	Peyton Manning	Carrie Underwood	March 24, 2007 (2007-03-24)
621	17	Shia LaBeouf	Avril Lavigne	April 14, 2007 (2007-04-14)
622	18	Scarlett Johansson	Björk	April 21, 2007 (2007-04-21)
623	19	Molly Shannon	Linkin Park	May 12, 2007 (2007-05-12)
624	20	Zach Braff	Maroon 5	May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)

Season 33 (2007–08)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date
625	1	LeBron James	Kanye West	September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)
626	2	Seth Rogen	Spoon	October 6, 2007 (2007-10-06)
627	3	Jon Bon Jovi	Foo Fighters	October 13, 2007 (2007-10-13)
628	4	Brian Williams	Feist	November 3, 2007 (2007-11-03)
629	5	Tina Fey	Carrie Underwood	February 23, 2008 (2008-02-23)
630	6	Elliot Page (credited as Ellen Page)^[a]	Wilco	March 1, 2008 (2008-03-01)
631	7	Amy Adams	Vampire Weekend	March 8, 2008 (2008-03-08)
632	8	Jonah Hill	Mariah Carey	March 15, 2008 (2008-03-15)
633	9	Christopher Walken	Panic! at the Disco	April 5, 2008 (2008-04-05)
634	10	Ashton Kutcher	Gnarls Barkley	April 12, 2008 (2008-04-12)
635	11	Shia LaBeouf	My Morning Jacket	May 10, 2008 (2008-05-10)
636	12	Steve Carell	Usher	May 17, 2008 (2008-05-17)

Season 34 (2008–09)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
637	1	Michael Phelps	Lil Wayne	September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)	7.4/18^[2]
638	2	James Franco	Kings of Leon	September 20, 2008 (2008-09-20)	8.5/18
639	3	Anna Faris	Duffy	September 27, 2008 (2008-09-27)	6.0/15^[3]
640	4	Anne Hathaway	The Killers	October 4, 2008 (2008-10-04)	7.4/18^[4]
641	5	Josh Brolin	Adele	October 18, 2008 (2008-10-18)	10.7/24^[5]
642	6	Jon Hamm	Coldplay	October 25, 2008 (2008-10-25)	7.1/18^[6]
643	7	Ben Affleck	David Cook	November 1, 2008 (2008-11-01)	9.0/20^[7]
644	8	Paul Rudd	Beyoncé	November 15, 2008 (2008-11-15)	6.8/21
645	9	Tim McGraw	Ludacris & T-Pain	November 22, 2008 (2008-11-22)	5.9/16
646	10	John Malkovich	T.I.	December 6, 2008 (2008-12-06)	7.3/20
647	11	Hugh Laurie	Kanye West	December 13, 2008 (2008-12-13)	7.4/22
648	12	Neil Patrick Harris	Taylor Swift	January 10, 2009 (2009-01-10)	9.5/24
649	13	Rosario Dawson	Fleet Foxes	January 17, 2009 (2009-01-17)	6.6/16
650	14	Steve Martin	Jason Mraz	January 31, 2009 (2009-01-31)	6.4/15
651	15	Bradley Cooper	TV on the Radio	February 7, 2009 (2009-02-07)	5.8/12
652	16	Alec Baldwin	Jonas Brothers	February 14, 2009 (2009-02-14)	7.1/19
653	17	Dwayne Johnson	Ray LaMontagne	March 7, 2009 (2009-03-07)	6.8/17
654	18	Tracy Morgan	Kelly Clarkson	March 14, 2009 (2009-03-14)	7.6/21
655	19	Seth Rogen	Phoenix	April 4, 2009 (2009-04-04)	5.5/12
656	20	Zac Efron	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	April 11, 2009 (2009-04-11)	5.1^[8]
657	21	Justin Timberlake	Ciara	May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09)	6.0
658	22	Will Ferrell	Green Day	May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16)	5.7

Season 35 (2009–10)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
659	1	Megan Fox	U2	September 26, 2009 (2009-09-26)	4.6/11^[9]
660	2	Ryan Reynolds	Lady Gaga	October 3, 2009 (2009-10-03)	4.7/12^[10]
661	3	Drew Barrymore	Regina Spektor	October 10, 2009 (2009-10-10)	4.6/11^[11]
662	4	Gerard Butler	Shakira	October 17, 2009 (2009-10-17)	4.8/11^[12]
663	5	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	November 7, 2009 (2009-11-07)	5.0/12^[13]
664	6	January Jones	The Black Eyed Peas	November 14, 2009 (2009-11-14)	4.7/12^[14]
665	7	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Dave Matthews Band	November 21, 2009 (2009-11-21)	4.3/11^[15]
666	8	Blake Lively	Rihanna	December 5, 2009 (2009-12-05)	4.4/12^[16]
667	9	Taylor Lautner	Bon Jovi	December 12, 2009 (2009-12-12)	5.1/12^[17]
668	10	James Franco	Muse	December 19, 2009 (2009-12-19)	4.4/11^[18]
669	11	Charles Barkley	Alicia Keys	January 9, 2010 (2010-01-09)	4.4/19^[19]
670	12	Sigourney Weaver	The Ting Tings	January 16, 2010 (2010-01-16)	5.4/14^[20]
671	13	Jon Hamm	Michael Bublé	January 30, 2010 (2010-01-30)	5.0/12^[21]
672	14	Ashton Kutcher	Them Crooked Vultures	February 6, 2010 (2010-02-06)	5.3/13^[22]
673	15	Jennifer Lopez	Jennifer Lopez	February 27, 2010 (2010-02-27)	6.3/15^[23]
674	16	Zach Galifianakis	Vampire Weekend	March 6, 2010 (2010-03-06)	5.0/12^[24]
675	17	Jude Law	Pearl Jam	March 13, 2010 (2010-03-13)	4.5/11^[25]
676	18	Tina Fey	Justin Bieber	April 10, 2010 (2010-04-10)	5.7/14^[26]
677	19	Ryan Phillippe	Ke$ha	April 17, 2010 (2010-04-17)	5.2/13^[27]
678	20	Gabourey Sidibe	MGMT	April 24, 2010 (2010-04-24)	4.7/12^[28]
679	21	Betty White	Jay-Z	May 8, 2010 (2010-05-08)	8.8/21^[29]
680	22	Alec Baldwin	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	May 15, 2010 (2010-05-15)	5.8/14^[30]

Season 36 (2010–11)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
681	1	Amy Poehler	Katy Perry	September 25, 2010	5.3/13
682	2	Bryan Cranston	Kanye West	October 2, 2010	4.8/12
683	3	Jane Lynch	Bruno Mars	October 9, 2010	4.8/12
684	4	Emma Stone	Kings of Leon	October 23, 2010	4.5/11
685	5	Jon Hamm	Rihanna	October 30, 2010	4.6/11
686	6	Scarlett Johansson	Arcade Fire	November 13, 2010	4.7/12
687	7	Anne Hathaway	Florence + the Machine	November 20, 2010	4.7/12
688	8	Robert De Niro	Diddy-Dirty Money	December 4, 2010	5.0/12
689	9	Paul Rudd	Paul McCartney	December 11, 2010	5.3/13
690	10	Jeff Bridges	Eminem & Lil Wayne	December 18, 2010	4.9/12
691	11	Jim Carrey	The Black Keys	January 8, 2011	7.8/18
692	12	Gwyneth Paltrow	Cee Lo Green	January 15, 2011	5.1/12
693	13	Jesse Eisenberg	Nicki Minaj	January 29, 2011	5.1/12
694	14	Dana Carvey	Linkin Park	February 5, 2011	5.6/13
695	15	Russell Brand	Chris Brown	February 12, 2011	5.0/12
696	16	Miley Cyrus	The Strokes	March 5, 2011	5.4/13
697	17	Zach Galifianakis	Jessie J	March 12, 2011	4.8/12
698	18	Elton John	Elton John	April 2, 2011	5.0/12
699	19	Helen Mirren	Foo Fighters	April 9, 2011	4.7/12
700	20	Tina Fey	Ellie Goulding	May 7, 2011	5.3/15
701	21	Ed Helms	Paul Simon	May 14, 2011	4.9/12
702	22	Justin Timberlake	Lady Gaga	May 21, 2011	7.0/17

Season 37 (2011–12)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
703	1	Alec Baldwin	Radiohead	September 24, 2011	5.0/13
704	2	Melissa McCarthy	Lady Antebellum	October 1, 2011	5.2/13
705	3	Ben Stiller	Foster the People	October 8, 2011	4.8/12
706	4	Anna Faris	Drake	October 15, 2011	4.8/12
707	5	Charlie Day	Maroon 5	November 5, 2011	4.9/11
708	6	Emma Stone	Coldplay	November 12, 2011	4.5/11
709	7	Jason Segel	Florence + The Machine	November 19, 2011	4.6/11
710	8	Steve Buscemi	The Black Keys	December 3, 2011	4.8/11
711	9	Katy Perry	Robyn	December 10, 2011	4.8/11
712	10	Jimmy Fallon	Michael Bublé	December 17, 2011	5.3/13
713	11	Charles Barkley	Kelly Clarkson	January 7, 2012	7.4/18
714	12	Daniel Radcliffe	Lana Del Rey	January 14, 2012	5.2/12
715	13	Channing Tatum	Bon Iver	February 4, 2012	4.7/11
716	14	Zooey Deschanel	Karmin	February 11, 2012	5.0/12
717	15	Maya Rudolph	Sleigh Bells	February 18, 2012	4.9/12
718	16	Lindsay Lohan	Jack White	March 3, 2012	5.5/14
719	17	Jonah Hill	The Shins	March 10, 2012	4.3/11
720	18	Sofía Vergara	One Direction	April 7, 2012	5.0/16^[31]
721	19	Josh Brolin	Gotye	April 14, 2012	4.6/11^[32]
722	20	Eli Manning	Rihanna	May 5, 2012	5.2/13^[33]
723	21	Will Ferrell	Usher	May 12, 2012	5.1/13
724	22	Mick Jagger	Mick Jagger (with Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Jeff Beck)	May 19, 2012	5.2/13

Season 38 (2012–13)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
725	1	Seth MacFarlane	Frank Ocean	September 15, 2012 (2012-09-15)	4.8/12^[34]
726	2	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Mumford & Sons	September 22, 2012 (2012-09-22)	5.0/12^[35]
727	3	Daniel Craig	Muse	October 6, 2012 (2012-10-06)	4.5/11^[36]
728	4	Christina Applegate	Passion Pit	October 13, 2012 (2012-10-13)	4.6/11^[37]
729	5	Bruno Mars	Bruno Mars	October 20, 2012 (2012-10-20)	5.4/14^[38]
730	6	Louis C.K.	fun.	November 3, 2012 (2012-11-03)	5.0/12^[39]
731	7	Anne Hathaway	Rihanna	November 10, 2012 (2012-11-10)	5.0/12^[40]
732	8	Jeremy Renner	Maroon 5	November 17, 2012 (2012-11-17)	5.1/12^[41]
733	9	Jamie Foxx	Ne-Yo	December 8, 2012 (2012-12-08)	4.6/11^[42]
734	10	Martin Short	Paul McCartney	December 15, 2012 (2012-12-15)	5.1/12^[43]
735	11	Jennifer Lawrence	The Lumineers	January 19, 2013 (2013-01-19)	4.9/12^[44]
736	12	Adam Levine	Kendrick Lamar	January 26, 2013 (2013-01-26)	5.0/12^[45]
737	13	Justin Bieber	Justin Bieber	February 9, 2013 (2013-02-09)	4.9/12^[46]
738	14	Christoph Waltz	Alabama Shakes	February 16, 2013 (2013-02-16)	4.6/12^[47]
739	15	Kevin Hart	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis	March 2, 2013 (2013-03-02)	4.8/12^[48]
740	16	Justin Timberlake	Justin Timberlake	March 9, 2013 (2013-03-09)	5.9/15^[49]
741	17	Melissa McCarthy	Phoenix	April 6, 2013 (2013-04-06)	4.8/12^[50]
742	18	Vince Vaughn	Miguel	April 13, 2013 (2013-04-13)	4.6/12^[51]
743	19	Zach Galifianakis	Of Monsters and Men	May 4, 2013 (2013-05-04)	4.4/11^[52]
744	20	Kristen Wiig	Vampire Weekend	May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11)	4.6/12^[53]
745	21	Ben Affleck	Kanye West	May 18, 2013 (2013-05-18)	4.7/12^[54]

Season 39 (2013–14)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
746	1	Tina Fey	Arcade Fire	September 28, 2013 (September 28, 2013)	4.7/12^[55]
747	2	Miley Cyrus	Miley Cyrus	October 5, 2013 (2013-10-05)	4.5/13^[56]
748	3	Bruce Willis	Katy Perry	October 12, 2013 (2013-10-12)	4.3/11^[57]
749	4	Edward Norton	Janelle Monáe	October 26, 2013 (2013-10-26)	3.9/10^[58]
750	5	Kerry Washington	Eminem	November 2, 2013 (2013-11-02)	4.9/12^[59]
751	6	Lady Gaga	Lady Gaga	November 16, 2013 (2013-11-16)	4.9/12^[60]
752	7	Josh Hutcherson	HAIM	November 23, 2013 (2013-11-23)	4.1/10^[61]
753	8	Paul Rudd	One Direction	December 7, 2013 (2013-12-07)	4.9/12^[62]
754	9	John Goodman	Kings of Leon	December 14, 2013 (2013-12-14)	4.5/11^[63]
755	10	Jimmy Fallon	Justin Timberlake	December 21, 2013 (2013-12-21)	6.3/16^[64]
756	11	Drake	Drake	January 18, 2014 (2014-01-18)	4.7/12^[65]
757	12	Jonah Hill	Bastille	January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25)	4.8/12^[66]
758	13	Melissa McCarthy	Imagine Dragons	February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01)	5.4/13^[67]
759	14	Jim Parsons	Beck	March 1, 2014 (2014-03-01)	4.6/12^[68]
760	15	Lena Dunham	The National	March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08)	4.1/11^[69]
761	16	Louis C.K.	Sam Smith	March 29, 2014 (2014-03-29)	4.0/10^[70]
762	17	Anna Kendrick	Pharrell Williams	April 5, 2014 (2014-04-05)	4.0/10^[71]
763	18	Seth Rogen	Ed Sheeran	April 12, 2014 (2014-04-12)	3.9/10^[72]
764	19	Andrew Garfield	Coldplay	May 3, 2014 (2014-05-03)	3.9/10^[73]
765	20	Charlize Theron	The Black Keys	May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10)	3.8/10^[74]
766	21	Andy Samberg	St. Vincent	May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17)	4.0/10^[75]

Season 40 (2014–15)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
767	1	Chris Pratt	Ariana Grande	September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)	4.0/10^[76]
768	2	Sarah Silverman	Maroon 5	October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)	3.9/10^[77]
769	3	Bill Hader	Hozier	October 11, 2014 (2014-10-11)	3.8/10^[78]
770	4	Jim Carrey	Iggy Azalea	October 25, 2014 (2014-10-25)	4.1/10^[79]
771	5	Chris Rock	Prince	November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01)	4.9/10^[80]
772	6	Woody Harrelson	Kendrick Lamar	November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15)	4.1/10^[81]
773	7	Cameron Diaz	Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars	November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22)	4.1/10^[82]
774	8	James Franco	Nicki Minaj	December 6, 2014 (2014-12-06)	4.4/10^[83]
775	9	Martin Freeman	Charli XCX	December 13, 2014 (2014-12-13)	3.9/10^[84]
776	10	Amy Adams	One Direction	December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20)	4.0/10^[85]
777	11	Kevin Hart	Sia	January 17, 2015 (2015-01-17)	4.1/10^[86]
778	12	Blake Shelton	Blake Shelton	January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24)	4.7/10^[87]
779	13	J. K. Simmons	D'Angelo	January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)	4.3/10^[88]
780	14	Dakota Johnson	Alabama Shakes	February 28, 2015 (2015-02-28)	3.8/9^[89]
781	15	Chris Hemsworth	Zac Brown Band	March 7, 2015 (2015-03-07)	4.0/10^[90]
782	16	Dwayne Johnson	George Ezra	March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)	3.7/9^[91]
783	17	Michael Keaton	Carly Rae Jepsen	April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)	3.7/9^[92]
784	18	Taraji P. Henson	Mumford & Sons	April 11, 2015 (2015-04-11)	3.8/10^[93]
785	19	Scarlett Johansson	Wiz Khalifa	May 2, 2015 (2015-05-02)	3.4/9^[94]
786	20	Reese Witherspoon	Florence + the Machine	May 9, 2015 (2015-05-09)	3.7/10^[95]
787	21	Louis C.K.	Rihanna	May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)	3.8/10^[96]

Season 41 (2015–16)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
788	1	Miley Cyrus	Miley Cyrus	October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	4.5/11^[97]
789	2	Amy Schumer	The Weeknd	October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)	3.9/10^[98]
790	3	Tracy Morgan	Demi Lovato	October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17)	4.2/11^[99]
791	4	Donald Trump	Sia	November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07)	6.6/16^[100]
792	5	Elizabeth Banks	Disclosure	November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)	4.0/10^[101]
793	6	Matthew McConaughey	Adele	November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21)	4.6/12^[102]
794	7	Ryan Gosling	Leon Bridges	December 5, 2015 (2015-12-05)	4.1/10^[103]
795	8	Chris Hemsworth	Chance the Rapper	December 12, 2015 (2015-12-12)	3.8/10^[104]
796	9	Tina Fey & Amy Poehler	Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	December 19, 2015 (2015-12-19)	5.1/13^[105]
797	10	Adam Driver	Chris Stapleton	January 16, 2016 (2016-01-16)	3.0/15 in 18-49 (approximately 5.7 overall)^[106]^[107]
798	11	Ronda Rousey	Selena Gomez	January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23)	5.0/12^[108]
799	12	Larry David	The 1975	February 6, 2016 (2016-02-06)	5.1/12^[109]
800	13	Melissa McCarthy	Kanye West	February 13, 2016 (2016-02-13)	4.4/11^[110]
801	14	Jonah Hill	Future	March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05)	4.0/10^[111]
802	15	Ariana Grande	Ariana Grande	March 12, 2016 (2016-03-12)	4.0/10^[112]
803	16	Peter Dinklage	Gwen Stefani	April 2, 2016 (2016-04-02)	4.0/10^[113]
804	17	Russell Crowe	Margo Price	April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)	4.0/10^[114]
805	18	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Nick Jonas	April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16)	3.9/10^[115]
806	19	Brie Larson	Alicia Keys	May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07)	4.1/10^[116]
807	20	Drake	Drake	May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14)	3.9/10^[117]
808	21	Fred Armisen	Courtney Barnett	May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)	3.7/10^[118]

Season 42 (2016–17)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
809	1	Margot Robbie	The Weeknd	October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)	5.8/15^[119]
810	2	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Twenty One Pilots	October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)	5.2/13^[120]
811	3	Emily Blunt	Bruno Mars	October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)	5.0/12^[121]
812	4	Tom Hanks	Lady Gaga	October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22)	6.1/15^[122]
813	5	Benedict Cumberbatch	Solange	November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05)	5.8/14^[123]
814	6	Dave Chappelle	A Tribe Called Quest	November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12)	6.2/16^[124]
815	7	Kristen Wiig	The xx	November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)	4.7/12^[125]
816	8	Emma Stone	Shawn Mendes	December 3, 2016 (2016-12-03)	4.4/11^[126]
817	9	John Cena	Maren Morris	December 10, 2016 (2016-12-10)	4.8/12^[127]
818	10	Casey Affleck	Chance the Rapper	December 17, 2016 (2016-12-17)	4.9/12^[128]
819	11	Felicity Jones	Sturgill Simpson	January 14, 2017 (2017-01-14)	4.3/11^[129]
820	12	Aziz Ansari	Big Sean	January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21)	5.1/13^[130]
821	13	Kristen Stewart	Alessia Cara	February 4, 2017 (2017-02-04)	5.0/13^[131]
822	14	Alec Baldwin	Ed Sheeran	February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11)	7.2/18^[132]
823	15	Octavia Spencer	Father John Misty	March 4, 2017 (2017-03-04)	5.2/14^[133]
824	16	Scarlett Johansson	Lorde	March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11)	4.8/13^[134]
825	17	Louis C.K.	The Chainsmokers	April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08)	4.5/12^[135]
826	18	Jimmy Fallon	Harry Styles	April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)	7.88 M avg. US viewers^[136]
827	19	Chris Pine	LCD Soundsystem	May 6, 2017 (2017-05-06)	6.919 M avg. US viewers^[137]
828	20	Melissa McCarthy	HAIM	May 13, 2017 (2017-05-13)	10.337 M avg. US viewers^[138]
829	21	Dwayne Johnson	Katy Perry	May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20)	8.272 M avg. US viewers^[139]

Season 43 (2017–18)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
830	1	Ryan Gosling	Jay-Z	September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)	4.5^[140]
831	2	Gal Gadot	Sam Smith	October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)	4.4^[140]
832	3	Kumail Nanjiani	P!nk	October 14, 2017 (2017-10-14)	4.6/11^[141]
833	4	Larry David	Miley Cyrus	November 4, 2017 (2017-11-04)	4.7/11^[142]
834	5	Tiffany Haddish	Taylor Swift	November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11)	4.3/10^[143]
835	6	Chance the Rapper	Eminem	November 18, 2017 (2017-11-18)	4.3/10^[144]
836	7	Saoirse Ronan	U2	December 2, 2017 (2017-12-02)	4.3/10^[145]
837	8	James Franco	SZA	December 9, 2017 (2017-12-09)	4.5/10^[146]
838	9	Kevin Hart	Foo Fighters	December 16, 2017 (2017-12-16)	4.6/11^[147]
839	10	Sam Rockwell	Halsey	January 13, 2018 (2018-01-13)	4.6/10^[148]
840	11	Jessica Chastain	Troye Sivan	January 20, 2018 (2018-01-20)	4.3/10^[149]
841	12	Will Ferrell	Chris Stapleton	January 27, 2018 (2018-01-27)	4.9/11^[150]
842	13	Natalie Portman	Dua Lipa	February 3, 2018 (2018-02-03)	4.6/12^[151]
843	14	Charles Barkley	Migos	March 3, 2018 (2018-03-03)	4.2/10^[152]
844	15	Sterling K. Brown	James Bay	March 10, 2018 (2018-03-10)	4.1/10^[153]
845	16	Bill Hader	Arcade Fire	March 17, 2018 (2018-03-17)	4.5/10^[154]
846	17	Chadwick Boseman	Cardi B	April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)	4.6/11^[155]
847	18	John Mulaney	Jack White	April 14, 2018 (2018-04-14)	3.9/9^[156]
848	19	Donald Glover	Childish Gambino	May 5, 2018 (2018-05-05)	4.1/10^[157]
849	20	Amy Schumer	Kacey Musgraves	May 12, 2018 (2018-05-12)	4.3/10^[158]
850	21	Tina Fey	Nicki Minaj	May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)	4.5/11^[159]

Season 44 (2018–19)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
851	1	Adam Driver	Kanye West	September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)	4.8/11^[160]
852	2	Awkwafina	Travis Scott	October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06)	4.2/10^[161]
853	3	Seth Meyers	Paul Simon	October 13, 2018 (2018-10-13)	4.4/10^[162]
854	4	Jonah Hill	Maggie Rogers	November 3, 2018 (2018-11-03)	4.4/10^[163]
855	5	Liev Schreiber	Lil Wayne	November 10, 2018 (2018-11-10)	4.0/10^[164]
856	6	Steve Carell	Ella Mai	November 17, 2018 (2018-11-17)	4.4/11^[165]
857	7	Claire Foy	Anderson .Paak	December 1, 2018 (2018-12-01)	4.1/10^[166]
858	8	Jason Momoa	Mumford & Sons	December 8, 2018 (2018-12-08)	4.3/10^[167]
859	9	Matt Damon	Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus	December 15, 2018 (2018-12-15)	4.8/12^[168]
860	10	Rachel Brosnahan	Greta Van Fleet	January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19)	4.5/11^[169]
861	11	James McAvoy	Meek Mill	January 26, 2019 (2019-01-26)	4.1/10^[170]
862	12	Halsey	Halsey	February 9, 2019 (2019-02-09)	4.7/11^[171]
863	13	Don Cheadle	Gary Clark Jr.	February 16, 2019 (2019-02-16)	4.3/11^[172]
864	14	John Mulaney	Thomas Rhett	March 2, 2019 (2019-03-02)	4.7/11^[173]
865	15	Idris Elba	Khalid	March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09)	4.5/11^[174]
866	16	Sandra Oh	Tame Impala	March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30)	4.1/10^[175]
867	17	Kit Harington	Sara Bareilles	April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06)	4.4/11^[176]
868	18	Emma Stone	BTS	April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13)	3.9/10^[177]
869	19	Adam Sandler	Shawn Mendes	May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04)	4.8/12^[178]
870	20	Emma Thompson	Jonas Brothers	May 11, 2019 (2019-05-11)	4.2/10^[179]
871	21	Paul Rudd	DJ Khaled	May 18, 2019 (2019-05-18)	4.0/10^[180]

Season 45 (2019–20)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
872	1	Woody Harrelson	Billie Eilish	September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28)	4.1/10
873	2	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Taylor Swift	October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)	4.0/11
874	3	David Harbour	Camila Cabello	October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)	3.8/11
875	4	Chance the Rapper	Chance the Rapper	October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26)	3.8/11
876	5	Kristen Stewart	Coldplay	November 2, 2019 (2019-11-02)	4.1/11
877	6	Harry Styles	Harry Styles	November 16, 2019 (2019-11-16)	3.9/10
878	7	Will Ferrell	King Princess	November 23, 2019 (2019-11-23)	4.3/14
879	8	Jennifer Lopez	DaBaby	December 7, 2019 (2019-12-07)	4.2/11
880	9	Scarlett Johansson	Niall Horan	December 14, 2019 (2019-12-14)	4.0/11
881	10	Eddie Murphy	Lizzo	December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)	6.7/16^[181]
882	11	Adam Driver	Halsey	January 25, 2020 (2020-01-25)	3.8/11
883	12	J. J. Watt	Luke Combs	February 1, 2020 (2020-02-01)	4.1/11
884	13	RuPaul	Justin Bieber	February 8, 2020 (2020-02-08)	4.3/12
885	14	John Mulaney	David Byrne	February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29)	4.0/12
886	15	Daniel Craig	The Weeknd	March 7, 2020 (2020-03-07)	4.1/11

Saturday Night Live at Home[]

On March 16, 2020 it was announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the episodes that were to air March 28, April 4, and April 11 were cancelled,^[182] with reruns shown in place of the first two. John Krasinski and Dua Lipa had previously been announced as host and musical guest for the cancelled March 28 episode. It would have been Krasinski's first time hosting the show and Lipa's second time appearing as musical guest. Both Krasinski and Lipa's appearances were eventually rescheduled in the following season. During the 46th season, Lipa appeared as musical guest in episode 9, and Krasinski hosted the show in episode 10.

During an episode of The Strokes' radio series with guest Colin Jost, it was revealed that the band was scheduled to perform on the April 11 episode, in promotion of their new album The New Abnormal. It would have been The Strokes' fourth appearance as musical guest and first time appearing on the show since 2011.^[183] The band eventually had their fourth musical guest appearance during the October 31, 2020 episode of the 46th season. During her monologue while hosting the October 17, 2020 episode, Issa Rae suggested that her hosting of the show had been preempted by the COVID shutdown, saying that she was supposed to have hosted the show "back in March".^[184]

The show resumed production on April 11 in a new format, with cast members remotely appearing from their homes via video conferencing. The new format for the show became known as "Saturday Night Live at Home".^[185]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
887	16	Tom Hanks	Chris Martin	April 11, 2020 (2020-04-11)	4.6^[186]
888	17	none credited^[b]	Miley Cyrus	April 25, 2020 (2020-04-25)	4.0^[186]
889	18	Kristen Wiig	Boyz II Men featuring Babyface	May 9, 2020 (2020-05-09)	3.7^[188]

Season 46 (2020–21)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
890	1	Chris Rock	Megan Thee Stallion	October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03)	5.6^[189]
891	2	Bill Burr	Jack White^[c]	October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)^[d]	4.7^[193]
892	3	Issa Rae	Justin Bieber	October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17)	4.5^[194]
893	4	Adele	H.E.R.	October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24)	5.0^[195]
894	5	John Mulaney	The Strokes	October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)	4.7^[196]
895	6	Dave Chappelle^[e]	Foo Fighters	November 7, 2020 (2020-11-07)^[f]	9.1 million^[197]
896	7	Jason Bateman	Morgan Wallen	December 5, 2020 (2020-12-05)	6.1 million^[198]
897	8	Timothée Chalamet	Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band	December 12, 2020 (2020-12-12)	6.7 million^[199]
898	9	Kristen Wiig	Dua Lipa	December 19, 2020 (2020-12-19)	6.3 million^[200]
899	10	John Krasinski	Machine Gun Kelly	January 30, 2021 (2021-01-30)	4.4^[201]
900	11	Dan Levy	Phoebe Bridgers	February 6, 2021 (2021-02-06)	4.2^[202]
901	12	Regina King	Nathaniel Rateliff	February 13, 2021 (2021-02-13)	4.1^[203]
902	13	Regé-Jean Page	Bad Bunny	February 20, 2021 (2021-02-20)	4.2^[204]
903	14	Nick Jonas	Nick Jonas	February 27, 2021 (2021-02-27)	4.1^[205]
904	15	Maya Rudolph	Jack Harlow	March 27, 2021 (2021-03-27)	3.6^[206]
905	16	Daniel Kaluuya	St. Vincent	April 3, 2021 (2021-04-03)	3.6^[207]
906	17	Carey Mulligan	Kid Cudi	April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10)	3.6^[208]
907	18	Elon Musk	Miley Cyrus	May 8, 2021 (2021-05-08)	4.7^[209]
908	19	Keegan-Michael Key	Olivia Rodrigo	May 15, 2021 (2021-05-15)	3.5^[210]
909	20	Anya Taylor-Joy	Lil Nas X	May 22, 2021 (2021-05-22)	3.5^[211]

Season 47 (2021–22)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest	Original air date	Live+Same Day Ratings/ Share
910	1	Owen Wilson	Kacey Musgraves	October 2, 2021 (2021-10-02)	3.5^[212]
911	2	Kim Kardashian West	Halsey	October 9, 2021 (2021-10-09)	3.8
912	3	Rami Malek	Young Thug	October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16)	3.4
913	4	Jason Sudeikis	Brandi Carlile	October 23, 2021 (2021-10-23)	3.7
914	5	Kieran Culkin	Ed Sheeran^[g]	November 6, 2021 (2021-11-06)	N/A
915	6	Jonathan Majors	Taylor Swift	November 13, 2021 (2021-11-13)	N/A
916	7	Simu Liu	Saweetie	November 20, 2021 (2021-11-20)	N/A
917	8	Billie Eilish	Billie Eilish	December 11, 2021 (2021-12-11)	N/A
918	9	Paul Rudd	none	December 18, 2021 (2021-12-18)	N/A
919	10	Ariana DeBose	Bleachers^[h]	January 15, 2022 (2022-01-15)	N/A
920	11	Will Forte	Måneskin	January 22, 2022 (2022-01-22)	N/A
921	12	Willem Dafoe	Katy Perry	January 29, 2022 (2022-01-29)	TBD
922	13	John Mulaney	LCD Soundsystem	February 26, 2022 (2022-02-26)	TBD
923	14	Oscar Isaac^[215]	Charli XCX^[215]	March 5, 2022 (2022-03-05)	TBD
924	15	Zoë Kravitz^[215]	Rosalía^[215]	March 12, 2022 (2022-03-12)	TBD

Specials[]

Title	Original air date	Ratings/ Share
"Mardi Gras Special"	February 20, 1977 (1977-02-20)	N/A
One of the few episodes to air from a location outside of NBC's studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, the Mardi Gras Special was broadcast live from New Orleans on Mardi Gras 1977. It was hosted by Randy Newman, who also performed songs, and featured a number of special guests, including Buck Henry, Eric Idle, Cindy Williams, and Henry Winkler.^[216]
"SNL Film Festival"	March 2, 1985 (1985-03-02)	N/A
A clip show hosted by Billy Crystal which featured SNL's best pretaped sketches and short films from 1981 to 1985, including short films by Albert Brooks, Gary Weis, Tom Schiller, and Christopher Guest.^[217]
"Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary Special"	September 24, 1989 (1989-09-24)	N/A
An anniversary show celebrating SNL's 15th season. Chevy Chase returned to reprise his "opening fall" bit in the cold open and Tom Hanks performed the opening monologue. Prince and Paul Simon performed. The show featured a number of special guests, including SNL stars Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman, Dan Aykroyd, Jon Lovitz, Jane Curtin, Christopher Guest, Martin Short, and Buck Henry, as well as others including Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Mary Tyler Moore, O. J. Simpson, and Bruce Willis.^[218]
"2nd Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special"	May, 1993 (May, 1993)	TBD
A Mother's Day special featuring the SNL ensemble with their real-life mothers as well as a compilation of sketches from the 1992-93 season.^[219]
"Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special"	September 26, 1999 (1999-09-26)	N/A
A look back at the first 25 years.
"Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live"	February 20, 2005 (2005-02-20)	N/A
A documentary that takes a look back at SNL's rise to popularity from 1975 to 1979.
"SNL Goes Commercial"	November 5, 2005 (2005-11-05)	N/A
A look back at the funniest and most memorable commercial parodies from the past years of SNL, originally broadcast in the early '90s, hosted by Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson; later revisited in 2005, hosted by Will Ferrell, featuring a wrap-around of Ferrell heading to a commercial audition; re-edited and shown with newer commercial parodies on March 8, 2009, under the title SNL: Just Commercials.
"Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s"	November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)	N/A
A look back at SNL's rocky history in the 1980s: Jean Doumanian's notorious tenure as producer for the 1980-1981 season, the temporary cancelling, retooling, and reviving of SNL with the help of Dick Ebersol, Eddie Murphy, and Joe Piscopo, the return of Lorne Michaels in 1985 (and the second time NBC would threaten the show with cancellation), and the second golden age of SNL with the hiring of Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Kevin Nealon, Victoria Jackson, and (later) Mike Myers.
"Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse"	April 29, 2006 (2006-04-29)	N/A
The Ambiguously Gay Duo host a retrospective of Robert Smigel's most memorable animated segments known as TV Funhouse while going behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live and tricking Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis into riding in the duo's penis-shaped car; special appearance by former cast member Jimmy Fallon.
"Saturday Night Live: Best of 06-07"	May 5, 2007 (2007-05-05)	N/A
Retrospective of the 32nd season's most memorable sketches, Digital Shorts, and Weekend Update jokes from episodes hosted by Alec Baldwin, Rainn Wilson, Peyton Manning, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dane Cook, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Laurie, Jaime Pressly, Matthew Fox, and Justin Timberlake.
"Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation^[220]"	May 6, 2007 (2007-05-06)	N/A
A look at SNL's rise, fall, and rebirth in the 1990s, featuring the hiring of Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, and David Spade as cast members (and critics attacking the show for resorting to lowbrow humor as a result of hiring Sandler, Farley, and Spade), Sinéad O'Connor's infamous performance in the 1992 episode hosted by Tim Robbins, season 20 as yet another critical and ratings low point for the show, and the third golden age of SNL with the hiring of Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, Ana Gasteyer, Cheri Oteri, Molly Shannon, Jimmy Fallon, and Horatio Sanz.
"Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2008"	November 3, 2008 (2008-11-03)	N/A
A look at SNL's past and present political sketches; special guests John McCain and Sarah Palin.
"Saturday Night Live Sports Extra 2009"	January 4, 2009 (2009-01-04)	N/A
A clip show episode highlighting SNL's many sports-themed sketches and the many sports stars who have appeared on the show, such as Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, Nancy Kerrigan, Walter Payton, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan, and Charles Barkley.
"Saturday Night Live Just Game Show Parodies"	March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)	N/A
A look at SNL's past and present game show parodies.
"Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts^[221]"	May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)	N/A
A compilation of SNL's Digital Shorts and various pre-taped segments and short films over the years, hosted by Andy Samberg.
"Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas"	December 17, 2009 (2009-12-17)	N/A
A compilation of SNL's December holiday-themed sketches, with some new sketches, hosted by Kristen Wiig as her character Gilly; the latest incarnation of SNL Christmas specials, dating back to the early '90s under the title Saturday Night Live Christmas Past.
"Saturday Night Live Sports All-Stars"	January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)	N/A
A compilation of SNL sport-themed sketches. Several similar specials, under the name Saturday Night Live Sports Extra, aired sporadically from the early '90s to 2009, traditionally around the time of that year's Super Bowl.
"Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again"	April 15, 2010 (2010-04-15)	N/A
Documentary looking back on Saturday Night Live's transformation and memorable moments from 2000 to 2009.
"The Women of Saturday Night Live"	November 1, 2010 (2010-11-01)	2.0/5
Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kristen Wiig, Nora Dunn, Laraine Newman, Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, and Cheri Oteri come together to present new material and relive the best moments of SNL featuring the female cast members.
"Saturday Night Live Backstage"	February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)	3.8/6
Originally a special celebrating the 35th anniversary of the show was planned but it was scrapped and replaced with this special, which shows viewers how an SNL episode is created within the span of a week.
"Saturday Night Live Christmas"	November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28)	7.36^[222]
A collection of memorable holiday-themed sketches from past and present eras.
"Saturday Night Live Halloween"	October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31)	5.32^[223]
A collection of Halloween-based sketches and scary movie parodies.
"Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving"	November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27)	4.87^[224]
A compilation of SNL Thanksgiving-themed sketches.
"Saturday Night Live Christmas"	December 4, 2013 (2013-12-04)	7.42^[225]
A collection of Christmas and December holiday-based sketches.
"Saturday Night Live: The Best of This Season"	January 4, 2014 (2014-01-04)	5.6/14^[226]
A compilation of the best sketches of seasons 38 and 39.
"Saturday Night Live Presents: A SNL Sports Spectacular"	January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)	4.79^[227]
A collection of sketches from episodes hosted by professional athletes and other sports stars, hosted by Seth Meyers.
"SNL Shorts"	April 24, 2014 (2014-04-24)	N/A
A compilation of SNL Digital Shorts.
"Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving"	November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26)	N/A
A compilation of SNL Thanksgiving-themed sketches.
"SNL's NFL Saturday"	January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)	3.80^[228]
Past sketches involving the NFL are shown.
"An SNL Valentine"	February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14)	N/A
A special dedicated to Valentine's Day.
"SNL 40th Red Carpet Live"	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)	N/A
A special hosted by Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly, and Al Roker. They interviewed past hosts, current and previous cast members, and musical legends who had previously performed on the show.
"Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special"	February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)	23.1^[231]
A 3+1⁄2 hour prime-time special celebrating SNL's fortieth year on the air.^[229]^[230]
"SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince"	April 23, 2016 (2016-04-23)	4.5/11^[232]
Jimmy Fallon hosts this special retrospective of Prince's rare, but memorable performances on the show, including his first performance on the infamous season 6 episode hosted by Charlene Tilton (the one in which Charles Rocket's accidental utterance of the word "fuck" called for NBC to fire then-showrunner Jean Doumanian and most of her cast), his performance on the SNL 15th anniversary special, his first performance after 21 years in 2006 on the season 31 episode hosted by Steve Martin, his final performance on the season 40 episode hosted by Chris Rock, a never-before-seen clip of his performance at the cast party following the SNL 40th anniversary special, and clips of the short-lived recurring sketch The Prince Show with Fred Armisen as Prince and Maya Rudolph as Beyonce.
"Weekend Update at the RNC^[233]"	July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)	N/A
Colin Jost and Michael Che host a special edition of Weekend Update from the 2016 Republican National Convention live on MSNBC. Kate McKinnon appears as Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
"Weekend Update at the DNC^[234]"	July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27)	N/A
Colin Jost and Michael Che host a special edition of Weekend Update from the 2016 Democratic National Convention live on MSNBC.
"The 2016 SNL Election Special^[235]"	November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)	2.1/7^[236]
Recent political sketches involving the 2016 US presidential election, hosted by Tom Brokaw.
"SNL Thanksgiving Special^[237]"	November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23)	1.6/5^[238]
Thanksgiving-themed comedy from the Saturday Night Live crew is presented.
"SNL Christmas^[239]"	December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)	1.6/5^[240]
Holiday-themed comedy from Saturday Night Live is presented.
"The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special"	October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)	3.4/8^[241]
21-minute animated special where David S. Pumpkins teaches a pair of siblings the true meaning of Halloween, starring Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, Mikey Day, Bobby Moynihan, and Streeter Seidell; narrated by Peter Dinklage.
"SNL Presents: Halloween^[242]"	October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)	3.1/9^[241]
A collection of Halloween- and horror-themed sketches.
"A Saturday Night Live's Mother's Day"	May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10)	N/A
A special showing of all Mother's Day-themed sketches from previous seasons, including a mother's day Lawrence Welk Show sketch from season 35 with host Betty White.
"The 2020 SNL Election Special"	November 2, 2020 (2020-11-02)	N/A
A special showing of all fan-favorite SNL political sketches.

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^ Credited as Ellen Page; The episode aired before Page came out as transgender.^[1]
^ While some sources independent to the show have listed Brad Pitt as the host for this episode, the show did not officially announce a host during the opening sequence. On its website, the show lists "The cast of SNL" in the title that is normally reserved for the host.^[187]
^ Morgan Wallen's scheduled appearance as the musical guest was cancelled the week of the episode after videos surfaced showing him violating the show's COVID-19 protocols on mask wearing and social distancing.^[190] White was announced as a replacement the day before the broadcast.^[191] Wallen was later rescheduled for the December 5 episode.
^ The episode was broadcast as planned in spite of an employee at 30 Rockefeller Plaza having tested positive for COVID-19 on air day.^[192]
^ Chappelle is hosting the first episode immediately following the presidential election. He also hosted the first episode immediately following the 2016 presidential election.
^ The episode was delayed due to a Clemson vs. Notre Dame college football game that went into double overtime.
^ Sheeran performed despite having tested positive for COVID-19 thirteen days prior to show date. His performance was confirmed four days prior to show date after having been cleared of having the virus.^[213]
^ Bleachers substitutes for Roddy Ricch whose scheduled musical performance was cancelled due to a COVID-19 exposure.^[214]

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[EllenPage-2] Credited as Ellen Page; The episode aired before Page came out as transgender.^[1]

[189] While some sources independent to the show have listed Brad Pitt as the host for this episode, the show did not officially announce a host during the opening sequence. On its website, the show lists "The cast of SNL" in the title that is normally reserved for the host.^[187]

[194] Morgan Wallen's scheduled appearance as the musical guest was cancelled the week of the episode after videos surfaced showing him violating the show's COVID-19 protocols on mask wearing and social distancing.^[190] White was announced as a replacement the day before the broadcast.^[191] Wallen was later rescheduled for the December 5 episode.

[196] The episode was broadcast as planned in spite of an employee at 30 Rockefeller Plaza having tested positive for COVID-19 on air day.^[192]

[201] Chappelle is hosting the first episode immediately following the presidential election. He also hosted the first episode immediately following the 2016 presidential election.

[202] The episode was delayed due to a Clemson vs. Notre Dame college football game that went into double overtime.

[220] Sheeran performed despite having tested positive for COVID-19 thirteen days prior to show date. His performance was confirmed four days prior to show date after having been cleared of having the virus.^[213]

[222] Bleachers substitutes for Roddy Ricch whose scheduled musical performance was cancelled due to a COVID-19 exposure.^[214]

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