Saturday Night Live will kick off its 52nd season with New York Knicks point guard and NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson and as many Katseye members are available on Sept. 26.
NBC has unveiled the first four weeks of shows for the upcoming season, which will also find musical guest Turnstile paired with host Dakota Johnson on Oct. 3; Rosalía paired with Shane Gillis on Oct. 10; and Gracie Abrams paired with Obsession star Inde Navarrette on Oct. 31.
Katseye and Turnstile will make their SNL debut on their respective episodes, while Abrams will return for the first time since making her debut in December 2024. Rosalía last appeared as a musical guest on the series in March 2022, just before the release of her acclaimed third album, Motomami.
On the host side, Johnson and Gillis will both notch their third time leading the night, while Brunson and Navarrette will take the stage for the first time.
Season 52 will see the departure of longtime Saturday Night Live cast member Chloe Fineman, who leave the series after seven seasons. “It’s really hard to leave SNL but it does feel like the right time. I’m going to miss it a lot,” Fineman said earlier this year. “But the people who work there are my family and that place is my home, and I know I’ll never be too far away.”
The writers room has also lost Martin Herlihy, a member of the sketch comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy, who leaves the show after five seasons. Any new additions to the SNL crew have not yet been announced.
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The Pretenders photographed at Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut on March 25, 1980.
