The lights are off at Studio 8H whereas Saturday Night Live is on winter hiatus.

Because the forged and crew enjoys a while off for the vacations, followers can compensate for season 51 because the legendary NBC sketch present airs repeats of earlier episodes earlier than returning within the new yr.

The community beforehand introduced that tonight's present will likely be a repeat of Sabrina Carpenter's Oct. 18 episode by which the "Manchild" songstress did double obligation as host and musical visitor. Then, the primary Saturday of January will likely be a rerun of the Nov. 1 episode hosted by Miles Teller with musical visitor Brandi Carlile. Jan. 10 can even be a repeat.

The primary new episode of 2026 takes place on Saturday, Jan. 17, with Stranger Issues star Finn Wolfhard — who additionally appeared in Jason Reitman's SNL biopic Saturday Night — making his internet hosting debut joined by A$AP Rocky doing musical duties.

SNL closed out 2025 with a bang on Dec. 20 in an episode fronted by Depraved: For Good star Ariana Grande and musical visitor Cher, who returned to carry out tune duties for the primary time since her SNL debut in 1987.

The episode additionally turned out to be the ultimate look of Bowen Yang in the course of his seventh season on the forged. The comic made a tear-filled goodbye, embraced by his shut buddy and Depraved costar Grande and Cher, whom he's usually known as his SNL dream visitor.

December additionally featured new episodes fronted by Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller star Josh O’Connor with musical visitor Lily Allen, and fan-favorite Melissa McCarthy internet hosting for her sixth time joined by musical visitor Dijon.

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Season 51 kicked off on Oct. 4 with host Unhealthy Bunny and musical visitor Doja Cat. It additionally noticed the addition of 5 new featured gamers — Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska — following the exits of forged members Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Ego Nwodim, Emil Wakim, and Devon Walker.

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Different episodes this season have been fronted by SNL alum Amy Poehler joined by musical visitor Position Mannequin, plus cameos from former SNL costars Tina Fey and Seth Meyers; comic Nikki Glaser with singer Sombr; and The Working Man star Glen Powell with songstress Olivia Dean.

After the sketch present returns with new episodes in January, it’s anticipated to go on one other break whereas NBC airs the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics from Friday, Feb. 6, to Sunday, Feb. 22.

Saturday Evening Stay airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.

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