Saturday Night Live (season 44)

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 21
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29) – May 18, 2019 (2019-05-18)
List of Saturday Night Live episodes

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

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
851 1 Adam Driver Kanye West September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29) 4.8/11[9]
852 2 Awkwafina Travis Scott October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06) 4.2/10[10]
853 3 Seth Meyers Paul Simon October 13, 2018 (2018-10-13) 4.4/10[11]
854 4 Jonah Hill Maggie Rogers November 3, 2018 (2018-11-03) 4.4/10[12]
855 5 Liev Schreiber Lil Wayne November 10, 2018 (2018-11-10) 4.0/10[13]
856 6 Steve Carell Ella Mai November 17, 2018 (2018-11-17) 4.4/11[14]
857 7 Claire Foy Anderson .Paak December 1, 2018 (2018-12-01) 4.1/10[15]
858 8 Jason Momoa Mumford & Sons December 8, 2018 (2018-12-08) 4.3/10[16]
859 9 Matt Damon Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus December 15, 2018 (2018-12-15) 4.8/12[17]
860 10 Rachel Brosnahan Greta Van Fleet January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19) 4.5/11[18]
861 11 James McAvoy Meek Mill January 26, 2019 (2019-01-26) 4.1/10[19]
862 12 Halsey Halsey February 9, 2019 (2019-02-09) 4.7/11[20]
863 13 Don Cheadle Gary Clark Jr. February 16, 2019 (2019-02-16) 4.3/11[21]
864 14 John Mulaney Thomas Rhett March 2, 2019 (2019-03-02) 4.7/11[22]
865 15 Idris Elba Khalid March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09) 4.5/11[23]
866 16 Sandra Oh Tame Impala March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30) 4.1/10[24]
867 17 Kit Harington Sara Bareilles April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06) 4.4/11[25]
868 18 Emma Stone BTS April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13) 3.9/10[26]
869 19 Adam Sandler Shawn Mendes May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04) 4.8/12[27]
870 20 Emma Thompson Jonas Brothers May 11, 2019 (2019-05-11) 4.2/10[28]
871 21 Paul Rudd DJ Khaled May 18, 2019 (2019-05-18) 4.0/10[29]

Notes

References

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