Saturday Night Live (season 41)

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The title card for Saturday Night Live – season 40, showing New York skyscrapers.
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 21
Release
Original network NBC
Original release October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03) – May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)
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List of Saturday Night Live episodes

The forty-first season of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 3, 2015, during the 2015–2016 television season.[1] The season premiered on October 3, 2015, with host & musical guest Miley Cyrus and concluded on May 21, 2016 with host Fred Armisen and musical guest Courtney Barnett.

Kate McKinnon won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in this season.

Cast

After two consecutive seasons with higher-than-average levels of cast turnover, no major changes occurred prior to this season; the entire cast of the 2014–2015 season returned.[2]

Prior the start of the season, comedian Jon Rudnitsky joined the cast as a featured player.[3][4] Beck Bennett, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney and Sasheer Zamata were upgraded to repertory status, while Michael Che, Pete Davidson, and Leslie Jones remained as featured players.

Announcer Darrell Hammond appeared in several episodes. He played Bill Clinton in three episodes and Donald Trump in most of the episodes of this season.

This would be the final season for Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, both cast members since 2010, as well as the only season for Jon Rudnitsky.[5]

Cast roster

bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor

Writers

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 41 (2015–16)

Before the beginning of the season, six new writers joined the staff: Upright Citizens Brigade performers Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, and Will Stephen; former Late Show with David Letterman writers Paul Masella and Chris Belair; and stand-up comedian Dave Sirus.[6]

Colin Jost, a cast member on the show and anchor of Weekend Update, who served as a writer since 2005 (and as co-head writer in 2012), was relieved of his position as co-head writer, although he remains on the writing staff. Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker continue as co-head writers.[7]

Episodes

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Host(s) Musical guest(s) Original air date Ratings/
Share
788 1 Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03) 4.5/11[8]
789 2 Amy Schumer The Weeknd October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) 3.9/10[9]
790 3 Tracy Morgan Demi Lovato October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17) 4.2/11[10]
791 4 Donald Trump Sia November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07) 6.6/16[11]
792 5 Elizabeth Banks Disclosure November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14) 4.0/10[12]
793 6 Matthew McConaughey Adele November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21) 4.6/12[13]
794 7 Ryan Gosling Leon Bridges December 5, 2015 (2015-12-05) 4.1/10[14]
795 8 Chris Hemsworth Chance the Rapper December 12, 2015 (2015-12-12) 3.8/10[15]
796 9 Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band December 19, 2015 (2015-12-19) 5.1/13[16]
797 10 Adam Driver Chris Stapleton January 16, 2016 (2016-01-16) 3.0/15 in 18-49
(approximately 5.7 overall)[17][18]
798 11 Ronda Rousey Selena Gomez January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23) 5.0/12[19]
799 12 Larry David The 1975 February 6, 2016 (2016-02-06) 5.1/12[20]
800 13 Melissa McCarthy Kanye West February 13, 2016 (2016-02-13) 4.4/11[21]
801 14 Jonah Hill Future March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05) 4.0/10[22]
802 15 Ariana Grande Ariana Grande March 12, 2016 (2016-03-12) 4.0/10[23]
803 16 Peter Dinklage Gwen Stefani April 2, 2016 (2016-04-02) 4.0/10[24]
804 17 Russell Crowe Margo Price April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09) 4.0/10[25]
805 18 Julia Louis-Dreyfus Nick Jonas April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16) 3.9/10[26]
806 19 Brie Larson Alicia Keys May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07) 4.1/10[27]
807 20 Drake Drake May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14) 3.9/10[28]
808 21 Fred Armisen Courtney Barnett May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21) 3.7/10[29]

Specials

Title Original air date US viewers
(millions)
"SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince" April 23, 2016 (2016-04-23) 4.5/11[30]

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