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NBC
on Thursday announced the lineup of hosts for the season, which
premieres Sept. 28. Joining Smart on the first show will be
Jelly Roll as the musical act. He was also at the Emmys, singing
during the ceremony's in memoriam segment.
It will be Smart's first time hosting “SNL” and Jelly Roll's
first time performing on the show. Smart shared the news on
Instagram, writing that hosting was a “bucket list” item for
her.
The rest of the hosts and musical guests — save breakout
sensation Chappell Roan, who will make her musical guest debut
in November — are returning to the series. Comedian Nate
Bargatze, who hosted last October to great success, thanks to a
sketch where he played George Washington, will host again Oct.
5, with Coldplay as the musical guest. Coldplay has previously
performed on the show seven times, and will ring in the eighth
right after the band's newest album, “Moon Music,” releases.
Ariana Grande — who stars in the upcoming “Wicked” film adaption
— will host for the second time Oct. 12. She has previously been
the musical guest twice, but Fleetwood Mac icon Stevie Nicks
will perform for Grande's episode. Nicks was a musical guest
once prior, in 1983.
“Beetlejuice” star Michael Keaton will host on Oct. 19, the last
show before Halloween, in his fourth time on the show, and
Billie Eilish will be that night's musical guest, also marking
her fourth time on “SNL.”
“SNL” alum John Mulaney will return to the show as host for the
sixth time on Nov. 2, with Roan as the music guest. Mulaney, who
worked as a writer on the show before making it big as a
stand-up comedian, is behind some of “SNL's” most well-known
bits, like Bill Hader as Stefon, a “Weekend Update” regular.
The 50th season has been highly anticipated during the show's
summer hiatus, with fans calling for Maya Rudolph to reprise her
role as Kamala Harris and clamoring for Tim Walz-lookalike Steve
Martin to make an appearance as the vice presidential candidate,
a role he has since declined.
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