Overview
- Season 51, Episode 8 airs live Saturday, Dec. 13 at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC, with next‑day streaming on Peacock.
- Josh O’Connor makes his hosting debut as he promotes Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, now in theaters and on Netflix.
- Lily Allen returns for her second SNL appearance, performing material from her October album West End Girl.
- New featured players Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska join following exits by Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim.
- The year’s final new episode is slated for Dec. 20, with Ariana Grande hosting and Cher as musical guest.