document_title: List of Saturday Night Live episodes

question_text: who sang last night on saturday night live

text: List of Saturday Night Live episodes

text: Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC, a terrestrial television network, on October 11, 1975 under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics. Saturday Night Live features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players," and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players." Each week, the show features a host, often a well-known celebrity, who delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast. A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets (usually two, and occasionally more). Every so often a host or musical guest will fill both roles, such as was the case with Britney Spears in 2000 and 2002, Jennifer Lopez in 2001 and 2010, Justin Timberlake in 2003, 2006 and 2013, Taylor Swift in 2009, Bruno Mars in 2012, Lady Gaga in 2013, Justin Bieber in 2013, Miley Cyrus in 2013 and 2015, Drake in 2014 and 2016, Blake Shelton in 2015, Ariana Grande in 2016 and Donald Glover in 2018. With the exception of Season 7 and several other rare cases, the show has begun with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

text: Saturday Night Live is one of the longest running network programs in American television history, with over 800 episodes broadcast over the span of 42 seasons. A number of the show's sketches have been developed into feature films, including The Blues Brothers, Wayne's World, A Night at the Roxbury, Superstar, Coneheads, and MacGruber.

text: Seasons 1 through 5 are available on DVD in Region 1. Various Saturday Night Live sketches are available in several new media formats, including streaming on Hulu and Netflix. Selected sketches and segments are also available for purchase at the iTunes Store to download and playback on home computers and certain iPod and iPhone models.

text: Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 · Specials · References

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
24
October 11, 1975 (1975-10-11)
July 31, 1976 (1976-07-31)

2
22
September 18, 1976 (1976-09-18)
May 21, 1977 (1977-05-21)

3
20
September 24, 1977 (1977-09-24)
May 20, 1978 (1978-05-20)

4
20
October 7, 1978 (1978-10-07)
May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26)

5
20
October 13, 1979 (1979-10-13)
May 24, 1980 (1980-05-24)

6
13
November 15, 1980 (1980-11-15)
April 11, 1981 (1981-04-11)

7
20
October 3, 1981 (1981-10-03)
May 22, 1982 (1982-05-22)

8
20
September 25, 1982 (1982-09-25)
May 14, 1983 (1983-05-14)

9
19
October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08)
May 12, 1984 (1984-05-12)

10
17
October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)
April 13, 1985 (1985-04-13)

11
18
November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09)
May 24, 1986 (1986-05-24)

12
20
October 11, 1986 (1986-10-11)
May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23)

13
13
October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17)
February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27)

14
20
October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08)
May 20, 1989 (1989-05-20)

15
20
September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)
May 19, 1990 (1990-05-19)

16
20
September 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)
May 18, 1991 (1991-05-18)

17
20
September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)
May 16, 1992 (1992-05-16)

18
20
September 26, 1992 (1992-09-26)
May 15, 1993 (1993-05-15)

19
20
September 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)
May 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)

20
20
September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24)
May 13, 1995 (1995-05-13)

21
20
September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)
May 18, 1996 (1996-05-18)

22
20
September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28)
May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)

23
20
September 27, 1997 (1997-09-27)
May 9, 1998 (1998-05-09)

24
19
September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)
May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)

25
20
October 2, 1999 (1999-10-02)
May 20, 2000 (2000-05-20)

26
20
October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)
May 19, 2001 (2001-05-19)

27
20
September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)
May 18, 2002 (2002-05-18)

28
20
October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)
May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)

29
20
October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)
May 15, 2004 (2004-05-15)

30
20
October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02)
May 21, 2005 (2005-05-21)

31
19
October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)
May 20, 2006 (2006-05-20)

32
20
September 30, 2006 (2006-09-30)
May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)

33
12
September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)
May 17, 2008 (2008-05-17)

34
22
September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)
May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16)

35
22
September 26, 2009 (2009-09-26)
May 15, 2010 (2010-05-15)

36
22
September 25, 2010 (2010-09-25)
May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21)

37
22
September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)
May 19, 2012 (2012-05-19)

38
21
September 15, 2012 (2012-09-15)
May 18, 2013 (2013-05-18)

39
21
September 28, 2013 (2013-09-28)
May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17)

40
21
September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)
May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)

41
21
October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)
May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)

42
21
October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)
May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20)

43
TBA
September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)
May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 23 (1997–98)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

427
1
Sylvester Stallone
Jamiroquai
September 27, 1997 (1997-09-27)

428
2
Matthew Perry
Oasis
October 4, 1997 (1997-10-04)

429
3
Brendan Fraser
Björk
October 18, 1997 (1997-10-18)

430
4
Chris Farley
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
October 25, 1997 (1997-10-25)

431
5
Jon Lovitz
Jane's Addiction
November 8, 1997 (1997-11-08)

432
6
Claire Danes
Mariah Carey
November 15, 1997 (1997-11-15)

433
7
Rudolph Giuliani
Sarah McLachlan
November 22, 1997 (1997-11-22)

434
8
Nathan Lane
Metallica & Marianne Faithfull
December 6, 1997 (1997-12-06)

435
9
Helen Hunt
Hanson
December 13, 1997 (1997-12-13)

436
10
Samuel L. Jackson
Ben Folds Five
January 10, 1998 (1998-01-10)

437
11
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Portishead
January 17, 1998 (1998-01-17)

438
12
John Goodman
Paula Cole
February 7, 1998 (1998-02-07)

439
13
Roma Downey
Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
February 14, 1998 (1998-02-14)

440
14
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks
February 28, 1998 (1998-02-28)

441
15
Scott Wolf
Natalie Imbruglia
March 7, 1998 (1998-03-07)

442
16
Julianne Moore
Backstreet Boys
March 14, 1998 (1998-03-14)

443
17
Steve Buscemi
Third Eye Blind
April 4, 1998 (1998-04-04)

444
18
Greg Kinnear
All Saints
April 11, 1998 (1998-04-11)

445
19
Matthew Broderick
Natalie Merchant
May 2, 1998 (1998-05-02)

446
20
David Duchovny
Puff Daddy
Jimmy Page
May 9, 1998 (1998-05-09)

text: Season 24 (1998–99)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

447
1
Cameron Diaz
The Smashing Pumpkins
September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)

448
2
Kelsey Grammer
Sheryl Crow
October 3, 1998 (1998-10-03)

449
3
Lucy Lawless
Elliott Smith
October 17, 1998 (1998-10-17)

450
4
Ben Stiller
Alanis Morissette
October 24, 1998 (1998-10-24)

451
5
David Spade
Eagle-Eye Cherry
November 7, 1998 (1998-11-07)

452
6
Joan Allen
Jewel
November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)

453
7
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Beastie Boys
November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21)

454
8
Vince Vaughn
Lauryn Hill
December 5, 1998 (1998-12-05)

455
9
Alec Baldwin
Luciano Pavarotti
Vanessa Williams
Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale
December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12)

456
10
Bill Paxton
Beck
January 9, 1999 (1999-01-09)

457
11
James Van Der Beek
Everlast
January 16, 1999 (1999-01-16)

458
12
Gwyneth Paltrow
Barenaked Ladies
February 6, 1999 (1999-02-06)

459
13
Brendan Fraser
Busta Rhymes
The Roots
February 13, 1999 (1999-02-13)

460
14
Bill Murray
Lucinda Williams
February 20, 1999 (1999-02-20)

461
15
Ray Romano
The Corrs
March 13, 1999 (1999-03-13)

462
16
Drew Barrymore
Garbage
March 20, 1999 (1999-03-20)

463
17
John Goodman
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
April 10, 1999 (1999-04-10)

464
18
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Ricky Martin
May 8, 1999 (1999-05-08)

465
19
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Backstreet Boys
May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)

text: Season 25 (1999–00)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

466
1
Jerry Seinfeld
David Bowie
October 2, 1999 (1999-10-02)

467
2
Heather Graham
Marc Anthony
October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16)

468
3
Norm Macdonald
Dr. Dre featuring
Snoop Dogg & Eminem
October 23, 1999 (1999-10-23)

469
4
Dylan McDermott
Foo Fighters
November 6, 1999 (1999-11-06)

470
5
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines
November 13, 1999 (1999-11-13)

471
6
Jennifer Aniston
Sting
November 20, 1999 (1999-11-20)

472
7
Christina Ricci
Beck
December 4, 1999 (1999-12-04)

473
8
Danny DeVito
R.E.M.
December 11, 1999 (1999-12-11)

474
9
Jamie Foxx
Blink-182
January 8, 2000 (2000-01-08)

475
10
Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Macy Gray
January 15, 2000 (2000-01-15)

476
11
Alan Cumming
Jennifer Lopez
February 5, 2000 (2000-02-05)

477
12
Julianna Margulies
DMX
February 12, 2000 (2000-02-12)

478
13
Ben Affleck
Fiona Apple
February 19, 2000 (2000-02-19)

479
14
Joshua Jackson
'N Sync
March 11, 2000 (2000-03-11)

480
15
The Rock (Dwayne Johnson)
AC/DC
March 18, 2000 (2000-03-18)

481
16
Christopher Walken
Christina Aguilera
April 8, 2000 (2000-04-08)

482
17
Tobey Maguire
Sisqó
April 15, 2000 (2000-04-15)

483
18
John Goodman
Neil Young
May 6, 2000 (2000-05-06)

484
19
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
May 13, 2000 (2000-05-13)

485
20
Jackie Chan
Kid Rock
May 20, 2000 (2000-05-20)

text: Season 26 (2000–01)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

486
1
Rob Lowe
Eminem
October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)

487
2
Kate Hudson
Radiohead
October 14, 2000 (2000-10-14)

488
3
Dana Carvey
The Wallflowers
October 21, 2000 (2000-10-21)

489
4
Charlize Theron
Paul Simon
November 4, 2000 (2000-11-04)

490
5
Calista Flockhart
Ricky Martin
November 11, 2000 (2000-11-11)

491
6
Tom Green
David Gray
November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)

492
7
Val Kilmer
U2
December 9, 2000 (2000-12-09)

493
8
Lucy Liu
Jay-Z
December 16, 2000 (2000-12-16)

494
9
Charlie Sheen
Nelly Furtado
January 13, 2001 (2001-01-13)

495
10
Mena Suvari
Lenny Kravitz
January 20, 2001 (2001-01-20)

496
11
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
February 10, 2001 (2001-02-10)

497
12
Sean Hayes
Shaggy
February 17, 2001 (2001-02-17)

498
13
Katie Holmes
Dave Matthews Band
February 24, 2001 (2001-02-24)

499
14
Conan O'Brien
Don Henley
March 10, 2001 (2001-03-10)

500
15
Julia Stiles
Aerosmith
March 17, 2001 (2001-03-17)

501
16
Alec Baldwin
Coldplay
April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07)

502
17
Renée Zellweger
Eve
April 14, 2001 (2001-04-14)

503
18
Pierce Brosnan
Destiny's Child
May 5, 2001 (2001-05-05)

504
19
Lara Flynn Boyle
Bon Jovi
May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12)

505
20
Christopher Walken
Weezer
May 19, 2001 (2001-05-19)

text: Season 27 (2001–02)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

506
1
Reese Witherspoon
Alicia Keys
September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)

507
2
Seann William Scott
Sum 41
October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)

508
3
Drew Barrymore
Macy Gray
October 13, 2001 (2001-10-13)

509
4
John Goodman
Ja Rule
November 3, 2001 (2001-11-03)

510
5
Gwyneth Paltrow
Ryan Adams
November 10, 2001 (2001-11-10)

511
6
Billy Bob Thornton
Creed
November 17, 2001 (2001-11-17)

512
7
Derek Jeter
Shakira
Bubba Sparxxx
December 1, 2001 (2001-12-01)

513
8
Hugh Jackman
Mick Jagger
December 8, 2001 (2001-12-08)

514
9
Ellen DeGeneres
No Doubt
December 15, 2001 (2001-12-15)

515
10
Josh Hartnett
Pink
January 12, 2002 (2002-01-12)

516
11
Jack Black
The Strokes
January 19, 2002 (2002-01-19)

517
12
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
February 2, 2002 (2002-02-02)

518
13
Jonny Moseley
Outkast
March 2, 2002 (2002-03-02)

519
14
Jon Stewart
India.Arie
March 9, 2002 (2002-03-09)

520
15
Ian McKellen
Kylie Minogue
March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)

521
16
Cameron Diaz
Jimmy Eat World
April 6, 2002 (2002-04-06)

522
17
Dwayne Johnson
Andrew W.K.
April 13, 2002 (2002-04-13)

523
18
Alec Baldwin
P.O.D.
April 20, 2002 (2002-04-20)

524
19
Kirsten Dunst
Eminem
May 11, 2002 (2002-05-11)

525
20
Winona Ryder
Moby
May 18, 2002 (2002-05-18)

text: Season 28 (2002–03)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

526
1
Matt Damon
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)

527
2
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Faith Hill
October 12, 2002 (2002-10-12)

528
3
John McCain
The White Stripes
October 19, 2002 (2002-10-19)

529
4
Eric McCormack
Jay-Z
November 2, 2002 (2002-11-02)

530
5
Nia Vardalos
Eve
November 9, 2002 (2002-11-09)

531
6
Brittany Murphy
Nelly
November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16)

532
7
Robert De Niro
Norah Jones
December 7, 2002 (2002-12-07)

533
8
Al Gore
Phish
December 14, 2002 (2002-12-14)

534
9
Jeff Gordon
Avril Lavigne
January 11, 2003 (2003-01-11)

535
10
Ray Liotta
The Donnas
January 18, 2003 (2003-01-18)

536
11
Matthew McConaughey
Dixie Chicks
February 8, 2003 (2003-02-08)

537
12
Jennifer Garner
Beck
February 15, 2003 (2003-02-15)

538
13
Christopher Walken
Foo Fighters
February 22, 2003 (2003-02-22)

539
14
Queen Latifah
Ms. Dynamite
March 8, 2003 (2003-03-08)

540
15
Salma Hayek
Christina Aguilera
March 15, 2003 (2003-03-15)

541
16
Bernie Mac
Good Charlotte
April 5, 2003 (2003-04-05)

542
17
Ray Romano
Zwan
April 12, 2003 (2003-04-12)

543
18
Ashton Kutcher
50 Cent
May 3, 2003 (2003-05-03)

544
19
Adrien Brody
Sean Paul
Wayne Wonder
May 10, 2003 (2003-05-10)

545
20
Dan Aykroyd
Beyoncé
May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)

text: Season 29 (2003–04)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host(s)
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

546
1
Jack Black
John Mayer
October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)

547
2
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
October 11, 2003 (2003-10-11)

548
3
Halle Berry
Britney Spears
October 18, 2003 (2003-10-18)

549
4
Kelly Ripa
Outkast
November 1, 2003 (2003-11-01)

550
5
Andy Roddick
Dave Matthews & Friends
November 8, 2003 (2003-11-08)

551
6
Alec Baldwin
Missy Elliott
November 15, 2003 (2003-11-15)

552
7
Al Sharpton
Pink
December 6, 2003 (2003-12-06)

553
8
Elijah Wood
Jet
December 13, 2003 (2003-12-13)

554
9
Jennifer Aniston
The Black Eyed Peas
January 10, 2004 (2004-01-10)

555
10
Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey
G-Unit
January 17, 2004 (2004-01-17)

556
11
Megan Mullally
Clay Aiken
February 7, 2004 (2004-02-07)

557
12
Drew Barrymore
Kelis
February 14, 2004 (2004-02-14)

558
13
Christina Aguilera
Maroon 5
February 21, 2004 (2004-02-21)

559
14
Colin Firth
Norah Jones
March 6, 2004 (2004-03-06)

560
15
Ben Affleck
N*E*R*D
March 13, 2004 (2004-03-13)

561
16
Donald Trump
Toots & the Maytals featuring Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bootsy Collins, and The Roots
April 3, 2004 (2004-04-03)

562
17
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
April 10, 2004 (2004-04-10)

563
18
Lindsay Lohan
Usher
May 1, 2004 (2004-05-01)

564
19
Snoop Dogg
Avril Lavigne
May 8, 2004 (2004-05-08)

565
20
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
J-Kwon
May 15, 2004 (2004-05-15)

text: Season 30 (2004–05)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

566
1
Ben Affleck
Nelly
October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02)

567
2
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
October 9, 2004 (2004-10-09)

568
3
Jude Law
Ashlee Simpson
October 23, 2004 (2004-10-23)

569
4
Kate Winslet
Eminem
October 30, 2004 (2004-10-30)

570
5
Liam Neeson
Modest Mouse
November 13, 2004 (2004-11-13)

571
6
Luke Wilson
U2
November 20, 2004 (2004-11-20)

572
7
Colin Farrell
Scissor Sisters
December 11, 2004 (2004-12-11)

573
8
Robert De Niro
Destiny's Child
December 18, 2004 (2004-12-18)

574
9
Topher Grace
The Killers
January 15, 2005 (2005-01-15)

575
10
Paul Giamatti
Ludacris featuring Sum 41
January 22, 2005 (2005-01-22)

576
11
Paris Hilton
Keane
February 5, 2005 (2005-02-05)

577
12
Jason Bateman
Kelly Clarkson
February 12, 2005 (2005-02-12)

578
13
Hilary Swank
50 Cent
February 19, 2005 (2005-02-19)

579
14
David Spade
Jack Johnson
March 12, 2005 (2005-03-12)

580
15
Ashton Kutcher
Gwen Stefani
March 19, 2005 (2005-03-19)

581
16
Cameron Diaz
Green Day
April 9, 2005 (2005-04-09)

582
17
Tom Brady
Beck
April 16, 2005 (2005-04-16)

583
18
Johnny Knoxville
System of a Down
May 7, 2005 (2005-05-07)

584
19
Will Ferrell
Queens of the Stone Age
May 14, 2005 (2005-05-14)

585
20
Lindsay Lohan
Coldplay
May 21, 2005 (2005-05-21)

text: Season 31 (2005–06)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest
Original air date

586
1
Steve Carell
Kanye West
October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)

587
2
Jon Heder
Ashlee Simpson
October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08)

588
3
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Franz Ferdinand
October 22, 2005 (2005-10-22)

589
4
Lance Armstrong
Sheryl Crow
October 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)

590
5
Jason Lee
Foo Fighters
November 12, 2005 (2005-11-12)

591
6
Eva Longoria
Korn
November 19, 2005 (2005-11-19)

592
7
Dane Cook
James Blunt
December 3, 2005 (2005-12-03)

593
8
Alec Baldwin
Shakira
December 10, 2005 (2005-12-10)

594
9
Jack Black
Neil Young
December 17, 2005 (2005-12-17)

595
10
Scarlett Johansson
Death Cab for Cutie
January 14, 2006 (2006-01-14)

596
11
Peter Sarsgaard
The Strokes
January 21, 2006 (2006-01-21)

597
12
Steve Martin
Prince
February 4, 2006 (2006-02-04)

598
13
Natalie Portman
Fall Out Boy
March 4, 2006 (2006-03-04)

599
14
Matt Dillon
Arctic Monkeys
March 11, 2006 (2006-03-11)

600
15
Antonio Banderas
Mary J. Blige
April 8, 2006 (2006-04-08)

601
16
Lindsay Lohan
Pearl Jam
April 15, 2006 (2006-04-15)

602
17
Tom Hanks
Red Hot Chili Peppers
May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06)

603
18
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Paul Simon
May 13, 2006 (2006-05-13)

604
19
Kevin Spacey
Nelly Furtado
May 20, 2006 (2006-05-20)

text: Season 32 (2006–07)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date

605
1
Dane Cook
The Killers
September 30, 2006 (2006-09-30)

606
2
Jaime Pressly
Corinne Bailey Rae
October 7, 2006 (2006-10-07)

607
3
John C. Reilly
My Chemical Romance
October 21, 2006 (2006-10-21)

608
4
Hugh Laurie
Beck
October 28, 2006 (2006-10-28)

609
5
Alec Baldwin
Christina Aguilera
November 11, 2006 (2006-11-11)

610
6
Ludacris
Ludacris
November 18, 2006 (2006-11-18)

611
7
Matthew Fox
Tenacious D
December 2, 2006 (2006-12-02)

612
8
Annette Bening
Gwen Stefani and Akon
December 9, 2006 (2006-12-09)

613
9
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
December 16, 2006 (2006-12-16)

614
10
Jake Gyllenhaal
The Shins
January 13, 2007 (2007-01-13)

615
11
Jeremy Piven
AFI
January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20)

616
12
Drew Barrymore
Lily Allen
February 3, 2007 (2007-02-03)

617
13
Forest Whitaker
Keith Urban
February 10, 2007 (2007-02-10)

618
14
Rainn Wilson
Arcade Fire
February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24)

619
15
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Snow Patrol
March 17, 2007 (2007-03-17)

620
16
Peyton Manning
Carrie Underwood
March 24, 2007 (2007-03-24)

621
17
Shia LaBeouf
Avril Lavigne
April 14, 2007 (2007-04-14)

622
18
Scarlett Johansson
Björk
April 21, 2007 (2007-04-21)

623
19
Molly Shannon
Linkin Park
May 12, 2007 (2007-05-12)

624
20
Zach Braff
Maroon 5
May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)

text: Season 33 (2007–08)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest
Original air date

625
1
LeBron James
Kanye West
September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)

626
2
Seth Rogen
Spoon
October 6, 2007 (2007-10-06)

627
3
Jon Bon Jovi
Foo Fighters
October 13, 2007 (2007-10-13)

628
4
Brian Williams
Feist
November 3, 2007 (2007-11-03)

629
5
Tina Fey
Carrie Underwood
February 23, 2008 (2008-02-23)

630
6
Ellen Page
Wilco
March 1, 2008 (2008-03-01)

631
7
Amy Adams
Vampire Weekend
March 8, 2008 (2008-03-08)

632
8
Jonah Hill
Mariah Carey
March 15, 2008 (2008-03-15)

633
9
Christopher Walken
Panic! at the Disco
April 5, 2008 (2008-04-05)

634
10
Ashton Kutcher
Gnarls Barkley
April 12, 2008 (2008-04-12)

635
11
Shia LaBeouf
My Morning Jacket
May 10, 2008 (2008-05-10)

636
12
Steve Carell
Usher
May 17, 2008 (2008-05-17)

text: Season 34 (2008–09)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host(s)
Musical guest(s)
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

637
1
Michael Phelps
Lil Wayne
September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)
7.4/18[1]

638
2
James Franco
Kings of Leon
September 20, 2008 (2008-09-20)
N/A

639
3
Anna Faris
Duffy
September 27, 2008 (2008-09-27)
6.0/15[2]

640
4
Anne Hathaway
The Killers
October 4, 2008 (2008-10-04)
7.4/18[3]

641
5
Josh Brolin
Adele
October 18, 2008 (2008-10-18)
10.7/24[4]

642
6
Jon Hamm
Coldplay
October 25, 2008 (2008-10-25)
7.1/18[5]

643
7
Ben Affleck
David Cook
November 1, 2008 (2008-11-01)
9.0/20[6]

644
8
Paul Rudd
Beyoncé
November 15, 2008 (2008-11-15)
N/A

645
9
Tim McGraw
Ludacris & T-Pain
November 22, 2008 (2008-11-22)
N/A

646
10
John Malkovich
T.I.
December 6, 2008 (2008-12-06)
N/A

647
11
Hugh Laurie
Kanye West
December 13, 2008 (2008-12-13)
N/A

648
12
Neil Patrick Harris
Taylor Swift
January 10, 2009 (2009-01-10)
N/A

649
13
Rosario Dawson
Fleet Foxes
January 17, 2009 (2009-01-17)
N/A

650
14
Steve Martin
Jason Mraz
January 31, 2009 (2009-01-31)
N/A

651
15
Bradley Cooper
TV on the Radio
February 7, 2009 (2009-02-07)
N/A

652
16
Alec Baldwin
Jonas Brothers
February 14, 2009 (2009-02-14)
N/A

653
17
Dwayne Johnson
Ray LaMontagne
March 7, 2009 (2009-03-07)
N/A

654
18
Tracy Morgan
Kelly Clarkson
March 14, 2009 (2009-03-14)
N/A

655
19
Seth Rogen
Phoenix
April 4, 2009 (2009-04-04)
N/A

656
20
Zac Efron
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
April 11, 2009 (2009-04-11)
5.1[7]

657
21
Justin Timberlake
Ciara
May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09)
N/A

658
22
Will Ferrell
Green Day
May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16)
N/A

text: Season 35 (2009–10)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

659
1
Megan Fox
U2
September 26, 2009 (2009-09-26)
4.6/11[8]

660
2
Ryan Reynolds
Lady Gaga
October 3, 2009 (2009-10-03)
4.7/12[9]

661
3
Drew Barrymore
Regina Spektor
October 10, 2009 (2009-10-10)
4.6/11[10]

662
4
Gerard Butler
Shakira
October 17, 2009 (2009-10-17)
4.8/11[11]

663
5
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
November 7, 2009 (2009-11-07)
5.0/12[12]

664
6
January Jones
The Black Eyed Peas
November 14, 2009 (2009-11-14)
4.7/12[13]

665
7
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Dave Matthews Band
November 21, 2009 (2009-11-21)
4.3/11[14]

666
8
Blake Lively
Rihanna
December 5, 2009 (2009-12-05)
4.4/12[15]

667
9
Taylor Lautner
Bon Jovi
December 12, 2009 (2009-12-12)
5.1/12[16]

668
10
James Franco
Muse
December 19, 2009 (2009-12-19)
4.4/11[17]

669
11
Charles Barkley
Alicia Keys
January 9, 2010 (2010-01-09)
4.4/19[18]

670
12
Sigourney Weaver
The Ting Tings
January 16, 2010 (2010-01-16)
5.4/14[19]

671
13
Jon Hamm
Michael Bublé
January 30, 2010 (2010-01-30)
5.0/12[20]

672
14
Ashton Kutcher
Them Crooked Vultures
February 6, 2010 (2010-02-06)
5.3/13[21]

673
15
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
February 27, 2010 (2010-02-27)
6.3/15[22]

674
16
Zach Galifianakis
Vampire Weekend
March 6, 2010 (2010-03-06)
5.0/12[23]

675
17
Jude Law
Pearl Jam
March 13, 2010 (2010-03-13)
4.5/11[24]

676
18
Tina Fey
Justin Bieber
April 10, 2010 (2010-04-10)
5.7/14[25]

677
19
Ryan Phillippe
Ke$ha
April 17, 2010 (2010-04-17)
5.2/13[26]

678
20
Gabourey Sidibe
MGMT
April 24, 2010 (2010-04-24)
4.7/12[27]

679
21
Betty White
Jay-Z
May 8, 2010 (2010-05-08)
8.8/21[28]

680
22
Alec Baldwin
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
May 15, 2010 (2010-05-15)
5.8/14[29]

text: Season 36 (2010–11)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

681
1
Amy Poehler
Katy Perry
September 25, 2010
5.3/13

682
2
Bryan Cranston
Kanye West
October 2, 2010
4.8/12

683
3
Jane Lynch
Bruno Mars
October 9, 2010
4.8/12

684
4
Emma Stone
Kings of Leon
October 23, 2010
4.5/11

685
5
Jon Hamm
Rihanna
October 30, 2010
4.6/11

686
6
Scarlett Johansson
Arcade Fire
November 13, 2010
4.7/12

687
7
Anne Hathaway
Florence + the Machine
November 20, 2010
4.7/12

688
8
Robert De Niro
Diddy-Dirty Money
December 4, 2010
5.0/12

689
9
Paul Rudd
Paul McCartney
December 11, 2010
5.3/13

690
10
Jeff Bridges
Eminem and Lil Wayne
December 18, 2010
4.9/12

691
11
Jim Carrey
The Black Keys
January 8, 2011
7.8/18

692
12
Gwyneth Paltrow
Cee Lo Green
January 15, 2011
5.1/12

693
13
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicki Minaj
January 29, 2011
5.1/12

694
14
Dana Carvey
Linkin Park
February 5, 2011
5.6/13

695
15
Russell Brand
Chris Brown
February 12, 2011
5.0/12

696
16
Miley Cyrus
The Strokes
March 5, 2011
5.4/13

697
17
Zach Galifianakis
Jessie J
March 12, 2011
4.8/12

698
18
Elton John
Elton John
April 2, 2011
5.0/12

699
19
Helen Mirren
Foo Fighters
April 9, 2011
4.7/12

700
20
Tina Fey
Ellie Goulding
May 7, 2011
5.3/15

701
21
Ed Helms
Paul Simon
May 14, 2011
4.9/12

702
22
Justin Timberlake
Lady Gaga
May 21, 2011
7.0/17

text: Season 37 (2011–12)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

703
1
Alec Baldwin
Radiohead
September 24, 2011
5.0/13

704
2
Melissa McCarthy
Lady Antebellum
October 1, 2011
5.2/13

705
3
Ben Stiller
Foster the People
October 8, 2011
4.8/12

706
4
Anna Faris
Drake
October 15, 2011
4.8/12

707
5
Charlie Day
Maroon 5
November 5, 2011
4.9/11

708
6
Emma Stone
Coldplay
November 12, 2011
4.5/11

709
7
Jason Segel
Florence + The Machine
November 19, 2011
4.6/11

710
8
Steve Buscemi
The Black Keys
December 3, 2011
4.8/11

711
9
Katy Perry
Robyn
December 10, 2011
4.8/11

712
10
Jimmy Fallon
Michael Bublé
December 17, 2011
5.3/13

713
11
Charles Barkley
Kelly Clarkson
January 7, 2012
7.4/18

714
12
Daniel Radcliffe
Lana Del Rey
January 14, 2012
5.2/12

715
13
Channing Tatum
Bon Iver
February 4, 2012
4.7/11

716
14
Zooey Deschanel
Karmin
February 11, 2012
5.0/12

717
15
Maya Rudolph
Sleigh Bells
February 18, 2012
4.9/12

718
16
Lindsay Lohan
Jack White
March 3, 2012
5.5/14

719
17
Jonah Hill
The Shins
March 10, 2012
4.3/11

720
18
Sofía Vergara
One Direction
April 7, 2012
5.0/16[30]

721
19
Josh Brolin
Gotye
April 14, 2012
4.6/11[31]

722
20
Eli Manning
Rihanna
May 5, 2012
5.2/13[32]

723
21
Will Ferrell
Usher
May 12, 2012
5.1/13

724
22
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
(with Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Jeff Beck)
May 19, 2012
5.2/13

text: Season 38 (2012–13)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

725
1
Seth MacFarlane
Frank Ocean
September 15, 2012 (2012-09-15)
4.8/12[33]

726
2
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Mumford & Sons
September 22, 2012 (2012-09-22)
5.0/12[34]

727
3
Daniel Craig
Muse
October 6, 2012 (2012-10-06)
4.5/11[35]

728
4
Christina Applegate
Passion Pit
October 13, 2012 (2012-10-13)
4.6/11[36]

729
5
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars
October 20, 2012 (2012-10-20)
5.4/14[37]

730
6
Louis C.K.
fun.
November 3, 2012 (2012-11-03)
5.0/12[38]

731
7
Anne Hathaway
Rihanna
November 10, 2012 (2012-11-10)
5.0/12[39]

732
8
Jeremy Renner
Maroon 5
November 17, 2012 (2012-11-17)
5.1/12[40]

733
9
Jamie Foxx
Ne-Yo
December 8, 2012 (2012-12-08)
4.6/11[41]

734
10
Martin Short
Paul McCartney
December 15, 2012 (2012-12-15)
5.1/12[42]

735
11
Jennifer Lawrence
The Lumineers
January 19, 2013 (2013-01-19)
4.9/12[43]

736
12
Adam Levine
Kendrick Lamar
January 26, 2013 (2013-01-26)
5.0/12[44]

737
13
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
February 9, 2013 (2013-02-09)
4.9/12[45]

738
14
Christoph Waltz
Alabama Shakes
February 16, 2013 (2013-02-16)
4.6/12[46]

739
15
Kevin Hart
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
March 2, 2013 (2013-03-02)
4.8/12[47]

740
16
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
March 9, 2013 (2013-03-09)
5.9/15[48]

741
17
Melissa McCarthy
Phoenix
April 6, 2013 (2013-04-06)
4.8/12[49]

742
18
Vince Vaughn
Miguel
April 13, 2013 (2013-04-13)
4.6/12[50]

743
19
Zach Galifianakis
Of Monsters and Men
May 4, 2013 (2013-05-04)
4.4/11[51]

744
20
Kristen Wiig
Vampire Weekend
May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11)
4.6/12[52]

745
21
Ben Affleck
Kanye West
May 18, 2013 (2013-05-18)
4.7/12[53]

text: Season 39 (2013–14)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

746
1
Tina Fey
Arcade Fire
September 28, 2013 (September 28, 2013)
4.7/12[54]

747
2
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
October 5, 2013 (2013-10-05)
4.5/13[55]

748
3
Bruce Willis
Katy Perry
October 12, 2013 (2013-10-12)
4.3/11[56]

749
4
Edward Norton
Janelle Monáe
October 26, 2013 (2013-10-26)
3.9/10[57]

750
5
Kerry Washington
Eminem
November 2, 2013 (2013-11-02)
4.9/12[58]

751
6
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga
November 16, 2013 (2013-11-16)
4.9/12[59]

752
7
Josh Hutcherson
HAIM
November 23, 2013 (2013-11-23)
4.1/10[60]

753
8
Paul Rudd
One Direction
December 7, 2013 (2013-12-07)
4.9/12[61]

754
9
John Goodman
Kings of Leon
December 14, 2013 (2013-12-14)
4.5/11[62]

755
10
Jimmy Fallon
Justin Timberlake
December 21, 2013 (2013-12-21)
6.3/16[63]

756
11
Drake
Drake
January 18, 2014 (2014-01-18)
4.7/12[64]

757
12
Jonah Hill
Bastille
January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25)
4.8/12[65]

758
13
Melissa McCarthy
Imagine Dragons
February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01)
5.4/13[66]

759
14
Jim Parsons
Beck
March 1, 2014 (2014-03-01)
4.6/12[67]

760
15
Lena Dunham
The National
March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08)
4.1/11[68]

761
16
Louis C.K.
Sam Smith
March 29, 2014 (2014-03-29)
4.0/10[69]

762
17
Anna Kendrick
Pharrell Williams
April 5, 2014 (2014-04-05)
4.0/10[70]

763
18
Seth Rogen
Ed Sheeran
April 12, 2014 (2014-04-12)
3.9/10[71]

764
19
Andrew Garfield
Coldplay
May 3, 2014 (2014-05-03)
3.9/10[72]

765
20
Charlize Theron
The Black Keys
May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10)
3.8/10[73]

766
21
Andy Samberg
St. Vincent
May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17)
4.0/10[74]

text: Season 40 (2014–15)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host
Musical guest(s)
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

767
1
Chris Pratt
Ariana Grande
September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)
4.0/10[75]

768
2
Sarah Silverman
Maroon 5
October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)
3.9/10[76]

769
3
Bill Hader
Hozier
October 11, 2014 (2014-10-11)
3.8/10[77]

770
4
Jim Carrey
Iggy Azalea
October 25, 2014 (2014-10-25)
4.1/10[78]

771
5
Chris Rock
Prince
November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01)
4.9/10[79]

772
6
Woody Harrelson
Kendrick Lamar
November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15)
4.1/10[80]

773
7
Cameron Diaz
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars
November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22)
4.1/10[81]

774
8
James Franco
Nicki Minaj
December 6, 2014 (2014-12-06)
4.4/10[82]

775
9
Martin Freeman
Charli XCX
December 13, 2014 (2014-12-13)
3.9/10[83]

776
10
Amy Adams
One Direction
December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20)
4.0/10[84]

777
11
Kevin Hart
Sia
January 17, 2015 (2015-01-17)
4.1/10[85]

778
12
Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton
January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24)
4.7/10[86]

779
13
J. K. Simmons
D'Angelo
January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)
4.3/10[87]

780
14
Dakota Johnson
Alabama Shakes
February 28, 2015 (2015-02-28)
3.8/9[88]

781
15
Chris Hemsworth
Zac Brown Band
March 7, 2015 (2015-03-07)
4.0/10[89]

782
16
Dwayne Johnson
George Ezra
March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)
3.7/9[90]

783
17
Michael Keaton
Carly Rae Jepsen
April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)
3.7/9[91]

784
18
Taraji P. Henson
Mumford & Sons
April 11, 2015 (2015-04-11)
3.8/10[92]

785
19
Scarlett Johansson
Wiz Khalifa
May 2, 2015 (2015-05-02)
3.4/9[93]

786
20
Reese Witherspoon
Florence + the Machine
May 9, 2015 (2015-05-09)
3.7/10[94]

787
21
Louis C.K.
Rihanna
May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)
3.8/10[95]

text: Season 41 (2015–16)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host(s)
Musical guest(s)
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

788
1
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)
4.5/11[96]

789
2
Amy Schumer
The Weeknd
October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)
3.9/10[97]

790
3
Tracy Morgan
Demi Lovato
October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17)
4.2/11[98]

791
4
Donald Trump
Sia
November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07)
6.6/16[99]

792
5
Elizabeth Banks
Disclosure
November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)
4.0/10[100]

793
6
Matthew McConaughey
Adele
November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21)
4.6/12[101]

794
7
Ryan Gosling
Leon Bridges
December 5, 2015 (2015-12-05)
4.1/10[102]

795
8
Chris Hemsworth
Chance the Rapper
December 12, 2015 (2015-12-12)
3.8/10[103]

796
9
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
December 19, 2015 (2015-12-19)
5.1/13[104]

797
10
Adam Driver
Chris Stapleton
January 16, 2016 (2016-01-16)
3.0/15 in 18-49
(approximately 5.7 overall)[105][106]

798
11
Ronda Rousey
Selena Gomez
January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23)
5.0/12[107]

799
12
Larry David
The 1975
February 6, 2016 (2016-02-06)
5.1/12[108]

800
13
Melissa McCarthy
Kanye West
February 13, 2016 (2016-02-13)
4.4/11[109]

801
14
Jonah Hill
Future
March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05)
4.0/10[110]

802
15
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande
March 12, 2016 (2016-03-12)
4.0/10[111]

803
16
Peter Dinklage
Gwen Stefani
April 2, 2016 (2016-04-02)
4.0/10[112]

804
17
Russell Crowe
Margo Price
April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)
4.0/10[113]

805
18
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Nick Jonas
April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16)
3.9/10[114]

806
19
Brie Larson
Alicia Keys
May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07)
4.1/10[115]

807
20
Drake
Drake
May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14)
3.9/10[116]

808
21
Fred Armisen
Courtney Barnett
May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)
3.7/10[117]

text: Season 42 (2016–17)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host(s)
Musical guest(s)
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

809
1
Margot Robbie
The Weeknd
October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)
5.8/15[118]

810
2
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Twenty One Pilots
October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)
5.2/13[119]

811
3
Emily Blunt
Bruno Mars
October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)
5.0/12[120]

812
4
Tom Hanks
Lady Gaga
October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22)
6.1/15[121]

813
5
Benedict Cumberbatch
Solange
November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05)
5.8/14[122]

814
6
Dave Chappelle
A Tribe Called Quest
November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12)
6.2/16[123]

815
7
Kristen Wiig
The xx
November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)
4.7/12[124]

816
8
Emma Stone
Shawn Mendes
December 3, 2016 (2016-12-03)
4.4/11[125]

817
9
John Cena
Maren Morris
December 10, 2016 (2016-12-10)
4.8/12[126]

818
10
Casey Affleck
Chance the Rapper
December 17, 2016 (2016-12-17)
4.9/12[127]

819
11
Felicity Jones
Sturgill Simpson
January 14, 2017 (2017-01-14)
4.3/11[128]

820
12
Aziz Ansari
Big Sean
January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21)
5.1/13[129]

821
13
Kristen Stewart
Alessia Cara
February 4, 2017 (2017-02-04)
5.0/13[130]

822
14
Alec Baldwin
Ed Sheeran
February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11)
7.2/18[131]

823
15
Octavia Spencer
Father John Misty
March 4, 2017 (2017-03-04)
5.2/14[132]

824
16
Scarlett Johansson
Lorde
March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11)
4.8/13[133]

825
17
Louis C.K.
The Chainsmokers
April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08)
4.5/12[134]

826
18
Jimmy Fallon
Harry Styles
April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)
7.88 M avg. US viewers[135]

827
19
Chris Pine
LCD Soundsystem
May 6, 2017 (2017-05-06)
6.919 M avg. US viewers[136]

828
20
Melissa McCarthy
HAIM
May 13, 2017 (2017-05-13)
10.337 M avg. US viewers[137]

829
21
Dwayne Johnson
Katy Perry
May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20)
8.272 M avg. US viewers[138]

text: Season 43 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Host(s)
Musical guest(s)
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

830
1
Ryan Gosling
Jay-Z
September 30, 2017 (2017-09-30)
4.5[139]

831
2
Gal Gadot
Sam Smith
October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)
4.4[139]

832
3
Kumail Nanjiani
P!nk
October 14, 2017 (2017-10-14)
4.6/11[140]

833
4
Larry David
Miley Cyrus
November 4, 2017 (2017-11-04)
4.7/11[141]

834
5
Tiffany Haddish
Taylor Swift
November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11)
4.3/10[142]

835
6
Chance the Rapper
Eminem
November 18, 2017 (2017-11-18)
4.3/10[143]

836
7
Saoirse Ronan
U2
December 2, 2017 (2017-12-02)
4.3/10[144]

837
8
James Franco
SZA
December 9, 2017 (2017-12-09)
4.5/10[145]

838
9
Kevin Hart
Foo Fighters
December 16, 2017 (2017-12-16)
4.6/11[146]

839
10
Sam Rockwell
Halsey
January 13, 2018 (2018-01-13)
4.6/10[147]

840
11
Jessica Chastain
Troye Sivan
January 20, 2018 (2018-01-20)
4.3/10[148]

841
12
Will Ferrell
Chris Stapleton
January 27, 2018 (2018-01-27)
4.9/11[149]

842
13
Natalie Portman
Dua Lipa
February 3, 2018 (2018-02-03)
4.6/12[150]

843
14
Charles Barkley
Migos
March 3, 2018 (2018-03-03)
4.2/10[151]

844
15
Sterling K. Brown
James Bay
March 10, 2018 (2018-03-10)
4.1/10[152]

845
16
Bill Hader
Arcade Fire
March 17, 2018 (2018-03-17)
4.5/10[153]

846
17
Chadwick Boseman
Cardi B
April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)
4.6/11[154]

847
18
John Mulaney
Jack White
April 14, 2018 (2018-04-14)
3.9/9[155]

848
19
Donald Glover
Childish Gambino
May 5, 2018 (2018-05-05)
TBD

849
20
Amy Schumer[156]
Kacey Musgraves[156]
May 12, 2018 (2018-05-12)
TBD

850
21
Tina Fey[156]
Nicki Minaj[156]
May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)
TBD

text: Specials[edit]

text:
Title
Original air date
Ratings/
Share

"Mardi Gras Special"
February 20, 1977 (1977-02-20)
N/A

One of the few episodes to air from a location outside of NBC's studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, the Mardi Gras Special was broadcast live from New Orleans on Mardi Gras 1977. It was hosted by Randy Newman, who also performed songs, and featured a number of special guests, including Buck Henry, Eric Idle, Cindy Williams, and Henry Winkler.[157]

"SNL Film Festival"
March 2, 1985 (1985-03-02)
N/A

A clip show hosted by Billy Crystal which featured SNL's best pretaped sketches and short films from 1981 to 1985, including short films by Albert Brooks, Gary Weis, Tom Schiller, and Christopher Guest.[158]

"Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary Special"
September 24, 1989 (1989-09-24)
N/A

An anniversary show celebrating SNL's 15th season. Chevy Chase returned to reprise his "opening fall" bit in the cold open and Tom Hanks performed the opening monologue. Prince and Paul Simon performed. The show featured a number of special guests, including SNL stars Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman, Dan Aykroyd, Jon Lovitz, Jane Curtin, Christopher Guest, Martin Short, and Buck Henry, as well as others including Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Mary Tyler Moore, O.J. Simpson, and Bruce Willis.[159]

"2nd Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special"
May, 1993 (May, 1993)
TBD

A Mother's Day special featuring the SNL ensemble with their real-life mothers as well as a compilation of sketches from the 1992-93 season.[160]

"Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special"
September 26, 1999 (1999-09-26)
N/A

A look back at the first 25 years.

"Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live"
February 20, 2005 (2005-02-20)
N/A

A documentary that takes a look back at SNL's rise to popularity from 1975 to 1979

"SNL Goes Commercial"
November 5, 2005 (2005-11-05)
N/A

A look back at the funniest and most memorable commercial parodies from the past years of SNL. Originally broadcast in the early 90s, hosted by Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson; later revisited in 2005, hosted by Will Ferrell, featuring a wrap-around of Ferrell heading to a commercial audition; re-edited and shown with newer commercial parodies on March 8, 2009, under the title SNL: Just Commercials.

"Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s"
November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)
N/A

A look back at SNL's rocky history in the 1980s: Jean Doumanian's notorious tenure as producer for the 1980-1981 season, the temporary cancelling, retooling, and reviving of SNL with the help of Dick Ebersol, Eddie Murphy, and Joe Piscopo, the return of Lorne Michaels in 1985 (and the second time that NBC would threaten the show with cancellation), and the second golden age of SNL with the hiring of Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Kevin Nealon, Victoria Jackson, and (later) Mike Myers.

"Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse"
April 29, 2006 (2006-04-29)
N/A

The Ambiguously Gay Duo host a retrospective of Rob Smigel's most memorable animated segments known as "TV Funhouse" while going behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live and tricking Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis into riding in the duo's penis-shaped car. Special appearance by former castmember Jimmy Fallon.

"Saturday Night Live: Best of 06-07"
May 5, 2007 (2007-05-05)
N/A

Retrospective of the 32nd season's most memorable sketches, Digital Shorts, and Weekend Update jokes from episodes hosted by Alec Baldwin, Rainn Wilson, Peyton Manning, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dane Cook, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Laurie, Jaime Pressly, Matthew Fox, and Justin Timberlake.

"Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation[161]"
May 6, 2007 (2007-05-06)
N/A

A look at SNL's rise, fall, and rebirth in the 1990s, featuring the hiring of Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, and David Spade as castmembers (and critics attacking the show for resorting to lowbrow humor as a result of hiring Sandler, Farley, and Spade), Sinéad O'Connor's infamous performance in the 1992 episode hosted by Tim Robbins, season 20 as yet another critical and ratings low point for the show, and the third golden age of SNL with the hiring of Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, Ana Gasteyer, Cheri Oteri, Molly Shannon, Jimmy Fallon, and Horatio Sanz.

"Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2008"
November 3, 2008 (2008-11-03)
N/A

A look at SNL's past and present political sketches. Special guests included John McCain and Sarah Palin.

"Saturday Night Live Sports Extra 2009"
January 4, 2009 (2009-01-04)
N/A

A clip show episode highlighting SNL's many sports-themed sketches and the many sports stars who have appeared on the show, such as Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, Nancy Kerrigan, Walter Payton, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan, and Charles Barkley.

"Saturday Night Live Just Game Show Parodies"
March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)
N/A

A look at SNL's past and present game show parodies.

"Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts[162]"
May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)
N/A

A compilation of SNL's Digital Shorts and various pre-taped segments and short films over the years, hosted by Andy Samberg.

"Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas"
December 17, 2009 (2009-12-17)
N/A

A compilation of SNL's December holiday-themed sketches, with some new sketches, hosted by Kristen Wiig as her character Gilly. The latest incarnation of SNL Christmas specials, dating back to the early 90s under the title Saturday Night Live Christmas Past.

"Saturday Night Live Sports All-Stars"
January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)
N/A

A compilation of SNL sport-themed sketches. Several similar specials, under the name Saturday Night Live Sports Extra, aired sporadically from the early 90s to 2009, traditionally around the time of that year's Super Bowl.

"Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again"
April 15, 2010 (2010-04-15)
N/A

Documentary looking back on Saturday Night Live's transformation and memorable moments from 2000 to 2009.

"The Women of Saturday Night Live"
November 1, 2010 (2010-11-01)
2.0/5

Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kristen Wiig, Nora Dunn, Laraine Newman, Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, and Cheri Oteri come together to present new material and relive the best moments of SNL featuring the female cast members.

"Saturday Night Live Backstage"
February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)
3.8/6

Originally a special celebrating the 35th anniversary of the show was planned but was scrapped and replaced with this special instead, showing viewers how an SNL episode is created within the span of a week.

"Saturday Night Live Christmas"
November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28)
7.36[163]

A collection of memorable holiday-themed sketches from past and present eras.

"Saturday Night Live Halloween"
October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31)
5.32[164]

A collection of Halloween-based sketches and scary movie parodies.

"Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving"
November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27)
4.87[165]

A compilation of SNL Thanksgiving-themed sketches.

"Saturday Night Live Christmas"
December 4, 2013 (2013-12-04)
7.42[166]

A collection of Christmas and December holiday-based sketches.

"Saturday Night Live: The Best of This Season"
January 4, 2014 (2014-01-04)
5.6/14[167]

A compilation of the best sketches of the 39th season and 38th season.

"Saturday Night Live Presents: A SNL Sports Spectacular"
January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)
4.79[168]

A collection of sketches from episodes hosted by professional athletes and other sports stars, hosted by Seth Meyers.

"SNL Shorts"
April 24, 2014 (2014-04-24)
N/A

A compilation of SNL Digital Shorts.

"SNL's NFL Saturday"
January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)
3.80[169]

Past sketches involving the NFL are shown.

"An SNL Valentine"
February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14)
N/A

A special dedicated to Valentine's Day.

"SNL 40th Red Carpet Live"
February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)
N/A

A special hosted by Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly and Al Roker. They will interview past hosts, current and previous cast members, and musical legends that previously performed on the show.

"Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special"
February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)
23.1[172]

A three and a half hour prime-time special celebrating SNL's fortieth year on the air.[170][171]

"SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince"
April 23, 2016 (2016-04-23)
4.5/11[173]

Jimmy Fallon hosts this special retrospective of Prince's rare, but memorable performances on the show, including his first performance on the infamous season six episode hosted by Charlene Tilton (the one in which Charles Rocket's accidental utterance of the word "fuck" called for NBC to fire then-showrunner Jean Doumanian and most of her cast), his performance on the SNL 15th anniversary special, his first performance after 21 years in 2006 on the season 31 episode hosted by Steve Martin, his final performance on the season 40 episode hosted by Chris Rock, a never-before-seen clip of his performance at the cast party following the SNL 40th anniversary special, and clips of the short-lived recurring sketch The Prince Show with Fred Armisen as Prince and Maya Rudolph as Beyonce.

"Weekend Update at the RNC[174]"
July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)
N/A

Colin Jost and Michael Che host a special edition of Weekend Update from the 2016 Republican National Convention live on MSNBC. Kate McKinnon appears as Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

"Weekend Update at the DNC[175]"
July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27)
N/A

Colin Jost and Michael Che host a special edition of Weekend Update from the 2016 Democratic National Convention live on MSNBC.

"The 2016 SNL Election Special[176]"
November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)
2.1/7[177]

Recent political sketches involving the 2016 US presidential election, hosted by Tom Brokaw.

"SNL Thanksgiving Special[178]"
November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23)
1.6/5[179]

Thanksgiving-themed comedy from the Saturday Night Live crew is presented.

"SNL Christmas[180]"
December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)
1.6/5[181]

Holiday-themed comedy from Saturday Night Live is presented.

"The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special"
October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)
3.4/8[182]

21-minute animated special where David S. Pumpkins teaches a pair of siblings the true meaning of Halloween. Starring Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, Mikey Day, Bobby Moynihan, and Streeter Seidell. Narrated by Peter Dinklage.

"SNL Presents: Halloween[183]"
October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)
3.1/9[182]

A collection of Halloween- and horror-themed sketches.

text: Notes[edit]


document_title: Executive order (United States)

question_text: where does the president get authority to issue executive orders

root

text: Executive order (United States)

text: Basis in the United States Constitution

text: The United States Constitution does not have a provision that explicitly permits the use of executive orders. The term executive power in Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution is not entirely clear. The term is mentioned as direction to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" and is part of Article II, Section 3. The consequence of failing to comply could possibly be removal from office.[3][4]

tag: p

text: The U.S. Supreme Court has held[5] that all executive orders from the President of the United States must be supported by the Constitution, whether from a clause granting specific power, or by Congress delegating such to the executive branch.[6] Specifically, such orders must be rooted in Article II of the US Constitution or enacted by the congress in statutes. Attempts to block such orders have been successful at times when such orders exceeded the authority of the president or could be better handled through legislation.[7]

text: The Office of the Federal Register is responsible for assigning the executive order a sequential number after receipt of the signed original from the White House and printing the text of the executive order in the daily Federal Register and Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations.[8]

text: History and use

text: With the exception of William Henry Harrison, all presidents beginning with George Washington in 1789 have issued orders that in general terms can be described as executive orders. Initially they took no set form. Consequently, such orders varied as to form and substance.[9]

text: The first executive order was issued by George Washington on June 8, 1789, addressed to the heads of the federal departments, instructing them “to impress me with a full, precise, and distinct general idea of the affairs of the United States” in their fields.[10]

text: The most famous executive order was by President Abraham Lincoln when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Political scientist Brian R. Dirck states:

text: The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, itself a rather unusual thing in those days. Executive orders are simply presidential directives issued to agents of the executive department by its boss.[11]

text: Until the early 1900s, executive orders went mostly unannounced and undocumented, seen only by the agencies to which they were directed. This changed when the Department of State instituted a numbering scheme in 1907, starting retroactively with United States Executive Order 1 issued on October 20, 1862, by President Abraham Lincoln.[12] The documents that later came to be known as "executive orders" apparently gained their name from this order issued by Lincoln, which was captioned "Executive Order Establishing a Provisional Court in Louisiana".[13] This court functioned during the military occupation of Louisiana during the American Civil War, and Lincoln also used Executive Order 1 to appoint Charles A. Peabody as judge, and to designate the salaries of the court's officers.[12]

text: President Truman's Executive Order 10340 in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 US 579 (1952) placed all steel mills in the country under federal control. This was found invalid because it attempted to make law, rather than clarify or act to further a law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution. Presidents since this decision have generally been careful to cite which specific laws they are acting under when issuing new executive orders. Likewise, when presidents believe their authority for issuing an executive order stems from within the powers outlined in the Constitution, the order will simply proclaim "under the authority vested in me by the Constitution" instead.

text: Wars have been fought upon executive order, including the 1999 Kosovo War during Bill Clinton's second term in office. However, all such wars have had authorizing resolutions from Congress. The extent to which the president may exercise military power independently of Congress and the scope of the War Powers Resolution remain unresolved constitutional issues, although all presidents since its passage have complied with the terms of the resolution while maintaining that they are not constitutionally required to do so.

text: President Truman issued 907 executive orders, with 1,081 orders by Theodore Roosevelt, 1,203 orders by Calvin Coolidge, and 1,803 orders by Woodrow Wilson. Franklin D. Roosevelt has the distinction of making a record 3,522 executive orders.

text: Franklin Roosevelt

text: Prior to 1932, uncontested executive orders had determined such issues as national mourning on the death of a president, and the lowering of flags to half-staff. President Franklin Roosevelt issued the first of his 3,522 executive orders on March 6, 1933, declaring a bank holiday, forbidding banks to release gold coin or bullion. Executive Order 6102 forbade the hoarding of gold coin, bullion and gold certificates. A further executive order required all newly mined domestic gold be delivered to the Treasury.[14]

text: By Executive Order 6581, the president created the Export-Import Bank of the United States. On March 7, 1934, he created the National Industrial Recovery Act (Executive Order 6632). On June 29, the president issued Executive Order 6763 "under the authority vested in me by the Constitution", thereby creating the National Labor Relations Board.

text: In 1934, while Charles Evans Hughes was Chief Justice of the United States (in the time period known as the Hughes Court), the Court found that the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was unconstitutional. The president then issued Executive Order 7073 "by virtue of the authority vested in me under the said Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935", reestablishing the National Emergency Council to administer the functions of the NIRA in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act. On June 15, he issued Executive Order 7075, which terminated NIRA and replaced it with the Office of Administration of the National Recovery Administration.[15]

text: In the years that followed, President Roosevelt replaced the outgoing judges with those more in line with his views, ultimately appointing Hugo Black, Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Frank Murphy, Robert H. Jackson and James F. Byrnes to the Court. Historically, only George Washington had equal or greater influence over Supreme Court appointments, choosing all of its original members. Justices Frankfurter, Douglas, Black, and Jackson dramatically checked presidential power by invalidating the executive order at issue in The Steel Seizure Case (i.e., Executive Order 10340). In that case Roosevelt's successor, President Truman, had ordered private steel production facilities seized in support of the Korean War effort, but the Court held the executive order was not within the power granted to the President by the Constitution.

text: Table of Presidents using Executive Orders

text:
President
Number
issued [14]
Starting with
E.O. number [14]

George Washington
8
n/a

John Adams
1
n/a

Thomas Jefferson
4
n/a

James Madison
1
n/a

James Monroe
1
n/a

John Quincy Adams
3
n/a

Andrew Jackson
12
n/a

Martin van Buren
10
n/a

William Henry Harrison
0
n/a

John Tyler
17
n/a

James K. Polk
18
n/a

Zachary Taylor
5
n/a

Millard Fillmore
12
n/a

Franklin Pierce
35
n/a

James Buchanan
16
n/a

Abraham Lincoln
48
1

Andrew Johnson
79

Ulysses S. Grant
217

Rutherford B. Hayes
92

James Garfield
6

Chester Arthur
96

Grover Cleveland (first term)
113

Benjamin Harrison
143

Grover Cleveland (second term)
140

William McKinley
185

Theodore Roosevelt
1,081

William Howard Taft
724

Woodrow Wilson
1,803

Warren G. Harding
522

Calvin Coolidge
1,203

Herbert Hoover
968
5075

Franklin D. Roosevelt (~3.05 terms)
3,522
6071

Harry S. Truman
907
9538

Dwight D. Eisenhower
484
10432

John F. Kennedy
214
10914

Lyndon B. Johnson
325
11128

Richard Nixon
346
11452

Gerald R. Ford
169
11798

Jimmy Carter
320
11967

Ronald Reagan
381
12287

George H. W. Bush
166
12668

Bill Clinton [16]
308
12834

George W. Bush [16]
291
13198

Barack Obama [16]
276
13489

Donald Trump (as of October 24, 2017[update]) [16] [17]
52
13765

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text: Reaction

text: Large policy changes with wide-ranging effects have been implemented through executive order, including the racial integration of the armed forces under Harry Truman and the desegregation of public schools under Dwight D. Eisenhower[citation needed].

text: Two extreme examples of an executive order are Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 6102 "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States" and Executive Order 9066, which delegated military authority to remove any or all people in a military zone (used to target Japanese-Americans and German-Americans in certain regions). The order was then delegated to General John L. DeWitt, and subsequently paved the way for all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to be sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II.

text: President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13233 in 2001, which restricted public access to the papers of former presidents. The order was criticized by the Society of American Archivists and other groups, who stated that it "violates both the spirit and letter of existing U.S. law on access to presidential papers as clearly laid down in 44 USC 2201–07", and adding that the order "potentially threatens to undermine one of the very foundations of our nation". President Barack Obama revoked Executive Order 13233 in January 2009.[18]

text: The Heritage Foundation has accused presidents of abusing executive orders by using them to make laws without Congressional approval and moving existing laws away from their original mandates.[19]

text: Legal conflicts

text: In 1935, the Supreme Court overturned five of President Franklin Roosevelt's executive orders (6199, 6204, 6256, 6284, 6855). Executive Order 12954, issued by President Bill Clinton in 1995, attempted to prevent the federal government from contracting with organizations that had strike-breakers on the payroll; a federal appeals court subsequently ruled that the order conflicted with the National Labor Relations Act, and invalidated the order.[20][21]

text: Congress has the power to overturn an executive order by passing legislation that invalidates it. Congress can also refuse to provide funding necessary to carry out certain policy measures contained with the order or to legitimize policy mechanisms. In the case of the former, the president retains the power to veto such a decision; however, the Congress may override a veto with a two-thirds majority to end an executive order. It has been argued that a congressional override of an executive order is a nearly impossible event, due to the supermajority vote required and the fact that such a vote leaves individual lawmakers vulnerable to political criticism.[22]

text: On July 30, 2014, the Republican-led House of Representatives approved a resolution authorizing Speaker of the House John Boehner to sue President Barack Obama over claims that he exceeded his executive authority in changing a key provision of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") on his own[23] and over what Republicans claimed had been "inadequate enforcement of the health care law", which Republican lawmakers opposed. In particular, Republicans "objected that the Obama administration delayed some parts of the law, particularly the mandate on employers who do not provide health care coverage".[24] The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on November 21, 2014.[25]

text: Part of President Donald Trump's executive order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, which temporarily banned entry to the US from citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including for permanent residents, was stayed by a federal court on January 28, 2017.[26]

text: State governors' executive orders

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text: Executive orders issued by state governors are not the same as statutes passed by state legislatures, but do have the force of law in a similar way to the federal system. State executive orders are usually based on existing constitutional or statutory powers of the governor and do not require any action by the state legislature to take effect.

text: Executive orders may, for example, demand budget cuts from state government when the state legislature is not in session, and economic conditions take a downturn, thereby decreasing tax revenue below what was forecast when the budget was approved. Depending on the state constitution, a governor may specify what percentage each government agency must reduce by, and may exempt those that are already particularly underfunded, or cannot put long-term expenses (such as capital expenditures) off until a later fiscal year. The governor may also call the legislature into special session.

text: There are also other uses for gubernatorial executive orders. In 2007, for example, George "Sonny" Perdue, governor of Georgia, issued an executive order for all of its state agencies to reduce water use during a major drought. This was also demanded of its counties' water systems, however it is unclear whether this order would have the force of law.

text: Presidential proclamation

text: According to political expert Phillip J. Cooper, a presidential proclamation "states a condition, declares a law and requires obedience, recognizes an event or triggers the implementation of a law (by recognizing that the circumstances in law have been realized)".[27] Presidents define situations or conditions on situations that become legal or economic truth. These orders carry the same force of law as executive orders—the difference between the two is that executive orders are aimed at those inside government while proclamations are aimed at those outside government.

text: The administrative weight of these proclamations is upheld because they are often specifically authorized by congressional statute, making them "delegated unilateral powers." Presidential proclamations are often dismissed as a practical presidential tool for policy making because of the perception of proclamations as largely ceremonial or symbolic in nature. However, the legal weight of presidential proclamations suggests their importance to presidential governance.[28]