“Saturday Night Live” is about to begin its 50th season. Jean Smart will host. The 73-year-old “Hacks” and “Designing Women” star who just won her sixth Emmy has never hosted the sketch comedy institution in her more than 40-year career. Jelly Roll will be the musical guest.
This image released by NBC shows Jean Smart during promos for “Saturday Night Live” on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at Studio 8H in New York. FILE - Comedian Chevy Chase , second from left, joins the cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” with Laraine Newman, from right, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and Jane Curtin, left, on Feb. 16, 1978 in New York.
Rudolph has popped up to play Harris before — and won an Emmy for it — but has yet to play the role of presidential candidate. Lorne Michaels is still at the helm, just as he was for the first episode on Oct. 11, 1975, when George Carlin hosted and the nation got its first dose of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players: Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Dan Akroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Garrett Morris.
There were two musical guests — Billy Preston and Janis Ian — playing two songs apiece, the norm in the early days.Maya Rudolph gets career Emmy No. 6, Angela Basset wins her first at Creative Arts EmmysThe country singer and rapper Jelly Roll has the music role to himself Saturday, and like Smart he’s a first-timer.
Those shows will lead up to a three-hour primetime special on Feb. 16 that will serve as the official 50th season celebration. It’s sure to feature a wide range of the many stars the show has spawned, including Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robert Downey Jr., Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell.
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