Melissa McCarthy is back to host #SNL this week.

Aside from a stray cameo or two, she didn’t appear at all when Heidi Gardner was there. Could just be a coincidence, or maybe they didn’t get along on the set of “Life of the Party”

Two weeks late to the 30th anniversary of the Mr. Show premiere, but right on time for the airing of this underrated sketch:

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Working off a stat from @thesnlnetwork.bsky.social A visual look at the past times a 2nd season featured player made 8 appearances in a single show:

Kenan Thompson on May 7, 2005
Taran Killam on January 14, 2012
Kyle Mooney on March 28, 2015

On this day 23 years ago Sarah Michelle Gellar hosted SNL for the final time. Three cast members were there for all of her appearances between 98-02:

Tonight on #SNL Ashley Padilla made 8 physical sketch appearances. The first current cast member to do so in a live show since Beck Bennett and Mikey Day during Scarlett Johansson’s Season 45 episode in 2019

What can I say about the #SNL news that hasn’t been discussed? Heidi and Ego were pillars to the cast these past couple years and it’s a shame to see them depart. Even though they lasted for some good years, it didn’t always feel that way due to the previous group taking forever to pass the torch -

#SNL Season 50 Breakdown [A Thread] (Part 2)

SNL50 Wrap-up Extravaganza! bloodsnlreviews.com/2025/05/21/s... #SNL

#SNL Season 50 Breakdown [A Thread]

A look at Kenan Thompson’s sketch appearances when #SNL was live on his birthday:

S33Ep11-May 10, 2008
S39Ep20-May 10, 2014

We’ll see how it goes tonight!

Before he hosts again tonight, a look back at Jack Black’s previous #SNL episodes (using SNL Archives)

An extensive look of every physical appearance made by #SNL cast members presented through screen grabs:

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