Saturday Night Live is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the upcoming season and will certainly offer space for top-class guest stars, retrospectives on sketches and more.
With Jason Reitmans Saturday night In October, the beginnings of the show will be remembered in a different way. New actors were introduced SNL Season 50, and some have been upgraded to regulars.
Read on to find out everything we know about SNL Season 50.
When SNL Start of the 50th season?
The premiere of the 50th season will take place on September 28th.
Who will be in the cast of SNL Season 50?
Newcomers Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline have joined the cast ahead of the groundbreaking season. Padilla has been a main member of The Groundlings since 2021 and appeared in HBO’s Curb your enthusiasm and NBC’s Night Court. Wakim debuted on late-night television in 2022 on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallonexecutive producer is SNL Chef Lorne Michaels. Wickline has a large following on TikTok as a performer of the live show Stack view. She also appeared in the Mubi film 2024 My first film.
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Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker were promoted to the main cast after first appearing on the sketch comedy show in 2022.
Those not returning in season 50 include Chloe Troast, Punkie Johnson and Molly Kearney.
Have presenters and musical guests been announced yet?
There is no information yet about musical actors or prominent presenters for the 50th season, but there should be news every day before the season premiere.
Musical guests on season 49 included Sabrina Carpenter, Dua Lipa, Kacey Musgraves, Travis Scott, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande and more. Presenters included Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Wiig, Ramy Youssef, Josh Brolin, Sydney Sweeney, Shane Gillis, Ayo Edebiri and more. Other celebrities who made cameo appearances in the final season included Caitlin Clark, Glen Powell and Jon Hamm.
What else can viewers expect from season 50? Saturday Night Live?
With the 2024 presidential election looming, politics will be a common thread in sketches in which the show comments on current affairs in the United States. As Deadline exclusively reported, Maya Rudolph will return to play Vice President Kamala Harris, who emerged as the Democratic nominee for U.S. president after Biden dropped out of the race.
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Steve Martin was linked to portray Tim Walz in the series, but the Only murders in the building The actor will not run as a vice presidential candidate.
There are endless possibilities for the return of former cast members and the revival of various skits and sketches.
