Saturday Night Live announces first season 51 hosts and musical guests: Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler, a...

The legendary sketch show returns on Oct. 4. Saturday Night Live announces first season 51 hosts and musical guests: Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler, and Sabrina Carpent

The legendary sketch show returns on Oct. 4.

*Saturday Night Live *announces first season 51 hosts and musical guests: Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler, and Sabrina Carpenter

The legendary sketch show returns on Oct. 4.

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- *Saturday Night Live *returns for season 51 on Oct. 4.

- Bad Bunny will host the premiere episode with musical guest Doja Cat.

- Amy Poehler and Sabrina Carpenter are also among this season's hosts.

*Saturday Night Live* season 51 is almost here with an all-star lineup of hosts for its first few episodes.**

The legendary NBC sketch show announced its first show dates, hosts, and musical guests ahead of the season premiere on Oct. 4, which will be hosted by Bad Bunny, who'll be joined by first time musical guest Doja Cat.**

The full announced lineup includes:

- Oct. 4: Host Bad Bunny with musical guest Doja Cat

- Oct. 11: Host Amy Poehler with musical guest Role Model

- Oct. 18: Sabrina Carpenter pulling double duty as host and musical guest

Doja Cat on the Oscars on March 2, 2025; Role Model at 2025 Governors Ball Music on June 6, 2025.

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Although *SNL *went all out observing its 50th anniversary earlier this year, including the Emmy-winning *SNL50 *primetime special and several celebratory documentaries, the actual anniversary of its 1975 premiere comes on Oct. 11, which will be a live show fittingly fronted by an *SNL* alum, Amy Poehler.

The *Parks and Recreation* star was a cast member from 2001-2008, and previously hosted solo in 2010 and with friend and former costar Tina Fey in 2015. Poehler will be joined by musical guest Role Model, in his *SNL* debut.**

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Finally, fresh off being announced as a Coachella 2026 headliner, Sabrina Carpenter will do double duty on the Oct. 18 episode, which marks her first stint as host and second as musical guest.

Like Poehler, Bad Bunny and Carpenter took part in February's live anniversary special. The musicians appeared together in a "Domingo" sketch, singing an intentionally off-key version of Carpenter's hit "Espresso."

Season 51 brings some notable cast changes, including the absence of two longtime cast members. Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, and Please Don't Destroy's John Higgins all won't be returning for season 51. In their place will be five brand new featured players Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson, Veronika Slowikowska, and Higgin's Please Don't Destroy mate Ben Marshall.

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Cast members who are expected to return are Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernández, James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang, plus longtime "Weekend Update" anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost, and returning featured players Ashley Padilla and Jane Wickline.**

*Saturday Night Live* season 51 premieres on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.

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