Saturday Night Live/Season Fifty-One

Season Fifty-One
Saturday Night Live
Season Premiere	October 4, 2025
Season Finale	May 16, 2026
Episode Count	20
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Season Fifty-One of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 4, 2025.

Cast

Main Players:

• Michael Che (Weekend Update anchor)
• Mikey Day
• Andrew Dismukes
• Chloe Fineman
• Marcello Hernández
• James Austin Johnson
• Colin Jost (Weekend Update anchor)
• Sarah Sherman
• Kenan Thompson
• Bowen Yang

Featuring:

• Tommy Brennan
• Jeremy Culhane
• Ben Marshall
• Ashley Padilla
• Kam Patterson
• Veronika Slowikowska
• Jane Wickline

Episodes

#	#	Title			Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating
989	1	Bad Bunny/Doja Cat			October 4, 2025	4.405M
990	2	Amy Poehler/Role Model			October 11, 2025	4.067M
991	3	Sabrina Carpenter			October 18, 2025	4.246M	0.7%
992	4	Miles Teller/Brandi Carlile			November 1, 2025	3.363M	0.43%
993	5	Nikki Glaser/sombr			November 8, 2025	4.023M	0.53%
994	6	Glen Powell/Olivia Dean			November 15, 2025	4.165M	0.59%
995	7	Melissa McCarthy/Dijon			December 6, 2025	4.304M	0.55%
996	8	Josh O'Connor/Lily Allen			December 13, 2025	3.949M	0.52%
997	9	Ariana Grande/Cher			December 20, 2025	5.404M	0.91%
998	10	Finn Wolfhard/A$AP Rocky			January 17, 2026	4.14M	0.63%
999	11	Teyana Taylor/Geese			January 24, 2026	4.437M	0.51%
1000	12	Alexander Skarsgård/Cardi B			January 31, 2026	4.82M	0.7%
1001	13	Connor Storrie/Mumford & Sons			February 28, 2026	4.611M	0.76%
1002	14	Ryan Gosling/Gorillaz			March 7, 2026	4.342M	0.6%
1003	15	Harry Styles (2)			March 14, 2026	4.792M	0.69%
1004	16	Jack Black/Jack White			April 4, 2026	4.5M	0.76%
1005	17	Colman Domingo/Anitta			April 11, 2026	4.148M	0.62%
1006	18	Olivia Rodrigo			May 2, 2026	4.993M	0.81%
1007	19	Matt Damon/Noah Kahan			May 9, 2026	4.679M	0.7%
1008	20	Will Ferrell/Paul McCartney			May 16, 2026	5.303M	0.81%