SNL, an American late-night television program that airs in real time, is currently in its 48th season. The show was also known as NBC’s Saturday Night (1975–1977) and Saturday Night Live 80 (1980).
It features stand-up comedy, satire, and sketch humor. It is a variety show. Together with Lorne Michaels, Dick Ebersol created the program. George Carlin hosted the show’s premiere on NBC’s Saturday Night Live on October 1, 1975.
Each edition of the show has a celebrity guest host. The host frequently gives a speech to open the program and takes part in skits with the cast. The show begins, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!”
Release Date for Season 48 of Saturday Night Live:
On October 11, 1975, the show had its premiere, and it has since continued. Isn’t it wonderful to know that a program has had a long-lasting impact on someone’s life? The program has gotten a lot of fan support, which explains why it has grown to be so popular and successful.
Now let’s talk about the most fascinating question. When will Saturday Night Live’s 48th season premiere?
According to sources and current reports, the brand-new season of Saturday Night Live is anticipated to debut in or around the autumn of 2022.
There are 9 minutes of commercial breaks interspersed within the roughly 67 minutes of continuous programming.
Release of the Season 48 trailer for Saturday Night Live:
There is no trailer for Saturday Night Live season 48. The seasons’ trailers are listed below.
Cast for Saturday Night Live season 48:
There have been a few rumblings regarding cast exits as the 47th season of Saturday Night Live comes to a close.
According to Variety (opens in a new tab), Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney all planned to quit the show at the end of current season.
When brand-new cast information becomes available, this page will be updated. In the interim, here is the full season 47 cast roster for Saturday Night Live:
- Aristotle Athari (main character)
- Aidy Bryant, a professional musician
- Michael Che, a recitalist
- Pete Davidson, a recurring performer
- (Repertory Player) Mikey Day
- (Featured Player) Andrew Dismukes
- Chole Fineman, a recitalist
- (Player in the Repertory) Heidi Gardner
- (Featured Player) James Austin Johnson
- Punkie Johnson (main character)
- Colin Jost, a professional musician
- (Player in the Repertory) Kate McKinnon
- Alex Moffat, a musician on the roster
- Kyle Mooney is a veteran musician.
- Ego Nwodim, a recitalist
- Chris Redd, a musician on the roster
- Sarah Sherman (starring role)
- Cecily Strong, a recitalist
- (Player in the Repertory) Kenan Thompson
- Bowen Yang and Melissa Villaseor are both performers in recital.
Beck Bennett, who had been a part of the cast for eight seasons starting in 2013, left before the season had started.
Lauren Holt, a featured player who joined the cast the previous season, was let go at the season’s conclusion. Bennett and Holt left, while the rest of the ensemble from the previous season was preserved.
As three new featured players, Aristotle Athari, a comedic actor and director, James Austin Johnson, an impressionist and actor, and Sarah Sherman, a surrealist comedian, were chosen.
While Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang, who were both hired as featured actors for Season 45, were promoted to repertory status this season, Andrew Dismukes and Punkie Johnson, who were both hired for Season 46, continued to be featured players.
Kate McKinnon missed the first seven episodes of the season because she was filming Joe vs. Carole.
Cecily Strong missed the first three seasons of the year 2022 because she was involved in the Off-Broadway production of the one-woman play The Search for Signs of Artificial Living in the Universe.
Pete Davidson was absent from the thirteenth through twentieth episodes due to filming for the movie The Home.
Paul Rudd served as presenter of the ninth and final episode. Don Roy King, the program’s director since Season 32, announced his retirement following the broadcast.
He was succeeded by Liz Patrick, a seasoned producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In addition, Lindsay Shookus, a seasoned producer and director of talent relations, left the show after 20 years.
Storyline for Saturday Night Live’s 48th season:
The show has been televised live from New York for many years. Celebrity hosts deliver humorous jokes, satirical facts, and digital images in addition to well-known musical acts.
The well-known Saturday Night Live Show has a live band as a special guest, numerous fast sketches, TV commercials, a guest host from the world of pop culture, among other things.
Thanks to the show, many SNL cast members have established successful, independent comedic and film careers.
The program typically opens with an illness. It is conceivable for a cold beginning to include music or a PSA, despite the fact that they often offer comments on current affairs. After a lackluster beginning, a cast member shouts, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”
The show’s announcer then introduced the host, musical guests, and the rest of the season’s cast. then the show starts.
Comedy skits and stand-up routines fill the evening. Additionally, the program includes a few commercials.
Four former cast members passed away in this season. On September 14, 2021, just one month before the start of the season, former cast member and Weekend Update presenter Norm Macdonald passed away at the age of 61 following a nine-year battle with leukemia. Two months later, on November 6, former featured player Peter Aykroyd passed away from sepsis brought on by an untreated abdominal hernia.
At 65 years old, he was. After a protracted illness with a rare ventricular tachycardia syndrome complicated by type II myotonic dystrophy, Gilbert Gottfried, a cast member from season six, passed away later in the season on April 12, 2022, at the age of 67. A cast member from season 11 named Dan Vitale passed away on May 6 at the age of 66 from heart disease.
This was the final season for McKinnon and Aidy Bryant, who have both been on the show since 2012, Kyle Mooney, who has been acting since 2013, and Davidson, who has been on the show since 2014.
Aristotle Athari, a first-year feature performer, Melissa Villaseor, and Alex Moffat, who had both been cast members since 2016, were all announced to be leaving the program on September 1, 2022.
Beck Bennett, who had been a part of the cast for eight seasons starting in 2013, left before the season had started.
Lauren Holt, a featured player who joined the cast the previous season, was let go at the season’s conclusion. Bennett and Holt left, while the rest of the ensemble from the previous season was preserved.
As three new featured players, Aristotle Athari, a comedic actor and director, James Austin Johnson, an impressionist and actor, and Sarah Sherman, a surrealist comedian, were chosen.
While Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang, who were both hired as featured actors for Season 45, were promoted to repertory status this season, Andrew Dismukes and Punkie Johnson, who were both hired for Season 46, continued to be featured players.
Kate McKinnon missed the first seven episodes of the season because she was filming Joe vs. Carole.
Cecily Strong missed the first three seasons of the year 2022 because she was involved in the Off-Broadway production of the one-woman play The Search for Signs of Artificial Living in the Universe.
Pete Davidson was absent from the thirteenth through twentieth episodes due to filming for the movie The Home.
Paul Rudd served as presenter of the ninth and final episode. Don Roy King, the program’s director since Season 32, announced his retirement following the broadcast.
He was succeeded by Liz Patrick, a seasoned producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In addition, Lindsay Shookus, a seasoned producer and director of talent relations, left the show after 20 years.
Where Can I Watch Season 48 of Saturday Night Live?
Over the course of 47 seasons, there have been 930 episodes of Saturday Night Live. In the fall of 2022, the 48th season will be made available.
This is excellent news for all of the fans out there. If you haven’t seen the show yet, go to the website. The program is offered on VUDU, Peacock (free), Hulu (subscription), and Amazon Prime Video.