SNL Season 52 Hosts and Musical Guests: Every Episode Announced So Far

Four hosts are named for Saturday Night Live Season 52 so far: Jalen Brunson on Sept. 26, Dakota Johnson on Oct. 3, Shane Gillis on Oct. 10 and Inde Navarrette on Oct. 31. The musical guests are KATSEYE, Turnstile, Rosalía and Gracie Abrams, in that order. Johnson is up next, on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 11:30 p.m. ET.

Nobody is named yet for the new episodes on Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Dec. 5, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. Each of those Saturdays is on NBC's schedule as a new show with no host attached, and the table below keeps them as "Not yet announced" until NBC fills them in.

Nov. 21, Nov. 28 and Dec. 26 are listed as reruns, so they carry no host. Names go in a row only after two sources agree on them, the rule spelled out on how we make this.

Who has hosted SNL this season?

Only one episode has aired. Jalen Brunson opened the season on Sept. 26 with KATSEYE as musical guest. NBC says he is the first NBA player to host since LeBron James did the Season 33 premiere in 2007, and The Hollywood Reporter calls him the first athlete host since Travis Kelce in March 2023.

The Oct. 3 episode is the second of the season. For the host's earlier turns, what time it starts and how to watch, see who is hosting SNL this week.

Who is hosting SNL next?

Dakota Johnson, on Saturday, Oct. 3, with Turnstile as musical guest. Shane Gillis follows on Oct. 10 with Rosalía. Both are third-time hosts, by NBC's count. After that SNL takes two Saturdays off: Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 are reruns, and the next new episode is Oct. 31.

That Oct. 31 show is the Halloween episode, the fourth new one of the season. For the full new-or-rerun calendar, including the weeks with no host named yet, there is a separate page: is SNL new this Saturday.

Who are the first-time hosts this season?

One so far: Inde Navarrette, on Oct. 31. NBC says she is making her SNL debut, and The Hollywood Reporter's season list says the same. NBC ties her breakout to the horror film Obsession.

Some of the musical guests are newcomers or returning acts too. Turnstile, the Baltimore band, plays SNL for the first time on Oct. 3. Rosalía is back for her second turn as musical guest, after her first solo performance in March 2022. Gracie Abrams returns for a second stint on Oct. 31, following her debut in December 2024, per NBC.

Is the cast different this season?

NBC lists two new Featured Players for Season 52, Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter.

Quick questions

How many new SNL episodes are scheduled in 2026? Nine, counting the Sept. 26 premiere, according to NBC's schedule as The Futon Critic publishes it: Sept. 26, Oct. 3, Oct. 10, Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Dec. 5, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19.

What time does SNL start? New episodes are on NBC and Peacock at 11:30 p.m. ET on Saturdays, and they go to Peacock the next day, per NBC.

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Sources · NBC Insider — every Season 52 host · NBC Insider — every Season 52 musical guest · NBC Insider — Halloween episode host · The Futon Critic — NBC listings for Saturday Night Live · Listings data via TVmaze (Saturday Night Live episode list) · The Hollywood Reporter — Season 52 hosts and musical guests

By the Saturday Night On Air desk · Updated Oct. 2, 1:55 a.m. ET