The final new “SNL” episode of 2025 will air on Dec. 20. “Wicked: For Good” star Ariana Grande will close the season when she hosts the show for the third time. Her return to “SNL” for the 2025 Christmas episode comes just over a year after she stopped by Studio 8H for Season 50.

Another major Saturday Night Live cast member is exiting the show, in a surprising move that’s occurring midway through the show’s 51st season. What SNL cast member is leaving the show? Bowen Yang, one of the most popular and cast members on the show,

Cher! The music legend returns for only her second episode as Musical Guest. Her first was in 1987 during Season 13, fresh off her 18th studio album. Now she has 27 studio albums, and most recently released the holiday-themed "Christmas" in 2023.

"SNL employs some of the most talented production staff in all of live television and they resort to generative AI for an image of an old person at a casino??"

Josh O’Connor hosted this week’s episode, which satirized an airborne news conference and also featured a pair of very sensitive male strippers.

SNL Season 51 Episode 8 was released on December 13, 2025. The latest episode of Saturday Night Live featured Josh O'Connor and Lily Allen.

SNL host Josh O'Connor held his own, but this week showcased how the cast & writers have quickly jelled, as evident in this week's sketches.

The line referred to the previous settlements that media companies have made with Trump. In July, Paramount settled a flimsy lawsuit for $16 million, a move that late-night hosts such as Stephen Colbert alleged was a “big fat bribe” given to secure their merger with Skydance Media.

Pretend I’m a random fishing boat and fire away,” Colin Jost’s Pete Hegseth told reporters in Saturday's SNL sketch.

Is Saturday Night Live now using undeclared AI images to illustrate Weekend Update jokes? That’s the question that lingers after the NBC institution accompanied a Colin Jost gag with a picture that looked like it was generated via an artificial intelligence app.