Overview

• The live premiere aired Oct. 4 on NBC with Bad Bunny hosting and Doja Cat making her debut, and the episode is streaming on Peacock the next day.
• Bad Bunny responded to backlash over his Super Bowl booking in English and Spanish, saying, "If you didn't understand what I just said, you have four months to learn," after DHS chief Kristi Noem said ICE would be present at the game.
• Season 51 introduced five featured players: Ben Marshall, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska.
• Cast exits for the new season included Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim.
• The cold open targeted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks and featured James Austin Johnson’s Trump, with surprise cameos later from Jon Hamm and Benicio del Toro; Amy Poehler hosts Oct. 11 and Sabrina Carpenter on Oct. 18.