Saturday Night Live (season 44)
Country of origin | United States |
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No. of episodes | 21 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 29, 2018 | – May 18, 2019
The forty-fourth season of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on September 29, 2018, during the 2018–19 television season with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West[1][2] and concluded on May 18, 2019, with host Paul Rudd and musical guest DJ Khaled.[3]
Cast
Prior to the start of the season, Luke Null (who joined the cast during the previous season) was let go from the show.[1] Upright Citizens Brigade alum Ego Nwodim joined the cast as a featured player, with Nwodim becoming the seventh African-American female cast member in the show's history.[4]
Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, and Melissa Villaseñor were upgraded to repertory status while Heidi Gardner and Chris Redd remained featured players.
Aside from Null, all other cast members from the previous season returned to the show, including guest star Alec Baldwin in his role as President Donald Trump.[5]
This would be the last season for Leslie Jones, who departed after five seasons in the cast in favor of focusing on her movie career. Her departure was announced on August 27, 2019.[6][7]
Cast roster
Repertory players |
Featured players |
bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor
Writers
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Prior to the start of the season, the show added Alison Gates, Alan Linic, Eli Mandel, and Bowen Yang to the writing staff,[4] while co-head writer Bryan Tucker was designated a senior writer, leaving Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette as the show's remaining head writers.[8]
Episodes
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No. overall |
No. in season |
Host | Musical guest(s) | Original air date | Ratings/ Share |
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851 | 1 | Adam Driver | Kanye West | September 29, 2018 | 4.8/11[9] |
852 | 2 | Awkwafina | Travis Scott | October 6, 2018 | 4.2/10[10] |
853 | 3 | Seth Meyers | Paul Simon | October 13, 2018 | 4.4/10[11] |
854 | 4 | Jonah Hill | Maggie Rogers | November 3, 2018 | 4.4/10[12] |
855 | 5 | Liev Schreiber | Lil Wayne | November 10, 2018 | 4.0/10[13] |
856 | 6 | Steve Carell | Ella Mai | November 17, 2018 | 4.4/11[14] |
857 | 7 | Claire Foy | Anderson .Paak | December 1, 2018 | 4.1/10[15] |
858 | 8 | Jason Momoa | Mumford & Sons | December 8, 2018 | 4.3/10[16] |
859 | 9 | Matt Damon | Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus | December 15, 2018 | 4.8/12[17] |
860 | 10 | Rachel Brosnahan | Greta Van Fleet | January 19, 2019 | 4.5/11[18] |
861 | 11 | James McAvoy | Meek Mill | January 26, 2019 | 4.1/10[19] |
862 | 12 | Halsey | Halsey | February 9, 2019 | 4.7/11[20] |
863 | 13 | Don Cheadle | Gary Clark Jr. | February 16, 2019 | 4.3/11[21] |
864 | 14 | John Mulaney | Thomas Rhett | March 2, 2019 | 4.7/11[22] |
865 | 15 | Idris Elba | Khalid | March 9, 2019 | 4.5/11[23] |
866 | 16 | Sandra Oh | Tame Impala | March 30, 2019 | 4.1/10[24] |
867 | 17 | Kit Harington | Sara Bareilles | April 6, 2019 | 4.4/11[25] |
868 | 18 | Emma Stone | BTS | April 13, 2019 | 3.9/10[26] |
869 | 19 | Adam Sandler | Shawn Mendes | May 4, 2019 | 4.8/12[27] |
870 | 20 | Emma Thompson | Jonas Brothers | May 11, 2019 | 4.2/10[28] |
871 | 21 | Paul Rudd | DJ Khaled | May 18, 2019 | 4.0/10[29] |
Notes
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