NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” will comply with up its fiftieth anniversary celebrations with new exhibits and a few acquainted faces — Girl Gaga doing double responsibility as musical visitor and host, and an episode hosted by Shane Gillis with Tate McRae performing.
On March 1, Gillis will host “SNL” for the second time, alongside McRae, who releases her third album “So Close to What” in late February.
On March 8, Girl Gaga will mark her second look as “SNL” host and fifth look as its musical visitor. Her newest album — “Mayhem” — could have dropped the day earlier than.
Gillis has had a fraught historical past with the present, having been fired as a solid member in 2019 earlier than he formally made his debut. He was dropped from a spot within the “SNL” solid after dealing with backlash over a 2018 podcast clip the place he used an anti-Asian slur and mocked accents. Gillis apologized after the video resurfaced, and mentioned on the time he’s a “comedian who pushes boundaries.” He has since turn out to be the star and co-creator of the sequence “Tires,” which returns this 12 months for its second season on Netflix, and hosted “SNL” final February.
“SNL” is basking within the highlight after its fiftieth anniversary celebration grew to become NBC’s most-watched prime-time leisure telecast in 5 years, reaching almost 15 million viewers.
Sunday night time’s 3½-hour extravaganza, filled with comedy sketches, famous person musical performances and sudden cameos, delivered the most important viewers for the community for a night-time leisure present because the 2020 Golden Globes.
Solely the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a much bigger viewership draw lately, NBC mentioned Monday.
The sketch present kicked off its valedictory weekend with “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert,” wherein Gaga carried out twice — stepping in for Justin Timberlake for a Lonely Island medley with Andy Samberg and a bunch of visitor begins, and performing “Shallow” towards the tip of the night time.
