Bad Bunny, who had just been announced as the 2026 Super Bowl performer, marked his second time hosting "SNL" on Oct. 4, following his hosting debut in 2023. Doja Cat also performed her hit tracks, "Gorgeous" and "AAAHH MEN!"

"SNL's" Sarah Sherman portrayed a Long Island woman fearing NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a "Weekend Update" sketch after actively campaigning for him in real life.

Tonight represents a full-circle moment in television history as Amy Poehler returns to host Saturday Night Live on the very evening the show celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Brittany Snow had a "pie-in-the-sky" dream that Aubrey Plaza would be in "The Hunting Wives" Season 2 before she appeared in an "SNL" skit about the show. While talking with Entertainment Tonight, Snow explained that she saw the skit and loved it - particularly Chloe Fineman's impression of her.

Ken Aymong, a veteran "SNL" producer who retired in 2021, has returned to help with the NBC mainstay during its 51st season

Ego Nwodim has landed her first project since exiting Saturday Night Live . The comedian, who announced her departure from SNL last month ahead of the show's 51st season, will perform a comedy show at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater in New York City.

Iconic talk show host Sally Jessy Rapheael took to Instagram following the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live, noting that she should have been called in for a certain cameo during Role Model's performance.

Sky in the U.K., which as part of Comcast is a corporate sibling to NBC, is working on its version of the late-night sketch comedy series. Sky’s unscripted boss Phil Edgar Jones has said he wants the British pay-TV outfit’s take on SNL to bring “chaos” and “noise” to the screen.