Saturday Night Live (season 42)

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 21
Release
Original network NBC
Original release October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01) – May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20)
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List of Saturday Night Live episodes

The forty-second season of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 1, 2016, during the 2016–2017 television season, with host Margot Robbie and musical guest The Weeknd,[1] and concluded on May 20, 2017, with host Dwayne Johnson and musical guest Katy Perry.[2] The season removed two commercial breaks per episode in order to increase programming time.[3] Episode 18 on April 15, 2017, was the first episode ever to be broadcast live in all four time zones within the contiguous United States. Until this episode, the show aired live only in the Eastern and Central time zones, and was tape-delayed in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.[4]

Cast

Prior to the start of the season, Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah, and Jon Rudnitsky were released from the cast.[5][6] Killam, despite having signed a seven-year contract that would have taken him to the end of this season, was dropped from the cast due in part to issues concerning his work directing the film Killing Gunther, which would have limited his time on the show.[7]

The show added three new featured players: SNL staff writer and Wild 'n Out alumn Mikey Day, Chicago improviser Alex Moffat and stand-up comedian and impressionist Melissa Villaseñor.[8][9]

Contrary to rumors, stand-up comedian Chris Redd was not hired this season, but he did join the show as a featured player during the following season.[10][11]

Michael Che, Pete Davidson, and Leslie Jones were all upgraded to repertory status.[12]

Though not a member of the cast, it was announced on September 28, 2016, that Alec Baldwin signed through this season to take over impersonating Donald Trump from Darrell Hammond, who continues on as the show's announcer.[13]

This was also the final season for cast members Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer and Sasheer Zamata.[14]

During this season, Dick Ebersol-era cast member Tony Rosato died at the age of 62 from a heart attack. Rosato thus became the second SNL cast member to have never worked under Lorne Michaels to die (Jean Doumanian-era cast member Charles Rocket, who committed suicide in 2005, was first).

Cast roster

bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor

Crew

Prior to the start of the season, short film director Matt Villines (of the directing duo Matt & Oz) died of cancer.[15]

Writers

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 42 (2016–17)

In August 2016, writing duo Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider were promoted to co-head writers.[16] In addition, eight new writers were hired for the upcoming season: Kristen Bartlett, Zack Bornstein, Joanna Bradley, Anna Drezen, Julio Torres, Nick Kocher, Brian McElhaney, and Drew Michael.[17][18] After tweeting a controversial joke about Barron Trump, writer Katie Rich was suspended indefinitely.[19] In January 2017, writer Kent Sublette was elevated to head writer bringing the head writing team to four.[20]

Episodes

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Host Musical guest Original air date Ratings/
Share
809 1 Margot Robbie The Weeknd October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01) 5.8/15[21]
810 2 Lin-Manuel Miranda Twenty One Pilots October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08) 5.2/13[22]
811 3 Emily Blunt Bruno Mars October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15) 5.0/12[23]
812 4 Tom Hanks Lady Gaga October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22) 6.1/15[24]
813 5 Benedict Cumberbatch Solange November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05) 5.8/14[25]
814 6 Dave Chappelle A Tribe Called Quest November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12) 6.2/16[26]
815 7 Kristen Wiig The xx November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19) 4.7/12[27]
816 8 Emma Stone Shawn Mendes December 3, 2016 (2016-12-03) 4.4/11[28]
817 9 John Cena Maren Morris December 10, 2016 (2016-12-10) 4.8/12[29]
818 10 Casey Affleck Chance the Rapper December 17, 2016 (2016-12-17) 4.9/12[30]
819 11 Felicity Jones Sturgill Simpson January 14, 2017 (2017-01-14) 4.3/11[31]
820 12 Aziz Ansari Big Sean January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21) 5.1/13[32]
821 13 Kristen Stewart Alessia Cara February 4, 2017 (2017-02-04) 5.0/13[33]
822 14 Alec Baldwin Ed Sheeran February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11) 7.2/18[34]
823 15 Octavia Spencer Father John Misty March 4, 2017 (2017-03-04) 5.2/14[35]
824 16 Scarlett Johansson Lorde March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11) 4.8/13[36]
825 17 Louis C.K. The Chainsmokers April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08) 4.5/12[37]
826 18 Jimmy Fallon Harry Styles April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15) 7.88 M avg. US viewers[38]
827 19 Chris Pine LCD Soundsystem May 6, 2017 (2017-05-06) 6.919 M avg. US viewers[39]
828 20 Melissa McCarthy HAIM May 13, 2017 (2017-05-13) 10.337 M avg. US viewers[40]
829 21 Dwayne Johnson Katy Perry May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20) 8.272 M avg. US viewers[41]

Specials

Title Original air date Ratings/Share
(Adults 18-49)
"Weekend Update at the RNC[42]" July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20) N/A
"Weekend Update at the DNC[43]" July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27) N/A
"The 2016 SNL Election Special[44]" November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07) 2.1/7[45]
"SNL Thanksgiving Special[46]" November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23) 1.6/5[47]
"SNL Christmas[48]" December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14) 1.6/5[49]

Publicity and controversy

Donald Trump, who became President of the United States during the season, was vocal in his criticism of the show.

The forty-second season of SNL had a larger-than-usual ratings bump, partially due to sketches surrounding the 2016 presidential election and later the presidency of Donald Trump. According to Forbes writer Madeline Berg, the program "had its best season in 24 years, with an average of 11.3 million viewers in live-plus-seven-day ratings, which marks an increase of 26% from [the previous season]."[50] The Dave Chappelle/A Tribe Called Quest episode saw the highest ratings for the show since Donald Trump's hosting the previous season, and highest in the 18-49 rating demographic since December 2013.[26] The show received its best ratings for an October broadcast in eight years with the Tom Hanks/Lady Gaga episode,[24] while the Alec Baldwin/Ed Sheeran episode in February received the best overall ratings for the season thus far, posting its highest metered-market household rating in six years.[13]

Republican candidate Donald Trump — who hosted SNL the previous season and eventually secured the presidency in November — was unhappy with his portrayal on the show by recurring guest Alec Baldwin. On multiple occasions, both before and after winning the election, Trump used Twitter to publicize his thoughts on the impersonation, as well as the show: "Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks," he tweeted the morning after the Emily Blunt/Bruno Mars episode on October 16, 2016.[51] "It is a totally one-sided, biased show —nothing funny at all. Equal time for us?", he posted on November 20 after the Kristen Wiig/The xx episode, suggesting the show follow the equal-time rule, despite the presidential race being over.[52] His criticism continued preceding his inauguration: he dubbed it "unwatchable" on December 4,[53] and tweeted "Saturday Night Live is the worst of NBC. Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!" after the Felicity Jones/Sturgill Simpson episode on January 15, 2017.[54]

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