Here’s the Host & Musical Guest for Every ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season Premiere

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Steve Martin has hosted 4 play openers, much than anyone else. But who is the astir predominant philharmonic impermanent connected a play premiere?

9/29/2025

Kanye West, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks and Megan Thee Stallion, Saturday Night Live

When host Bad Bunny and philharmonic guest Doja Cat take the signifier astatine Studio 8H successful New York for Saturday Night Live’s Season 51 opener on Saturday (Oct. 4), they’ll articulation a agelong and star-studded lineage. We took a look backmost to spot who was booked arsenic big and philharmonic impermanent connected the archetypal episodes of each erstwhile play of the show.

These are considered plum bookings: Viewers often marque an other effort to cheque retired the archetypal occurrence of a season. As a result, producers spell each retired to unfastened the play with a beardown episode. For SNL, that means booking a blistery big and philharmonic guest.

They person decidedly done that this year. Bunny has topped the Billboard 200 with his last 4 albums, is the top nominee for this year’s Latin Grammys and was conscionable announced arsenic the philharmonic performer connected the 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show. Doja Cat conscionable released her 5th workplace album, Vie, which is, well, vying to go her 4th consecutive medium to marque the apical 10 connected the Billboard 200.

Legendary comedian George Carlin was big of the archetypal occurrence connected Oct. 11, 1975. There were 2 philharmonic guests that nighttime — Billy Preston and Janis Ian — some of whom had had large caller hits connected the Billboard Hot 100.

Steve Martin has hosted 4 season-openers, much than anyone else. Tom Hanks is successful 2nd place, having hosted 2 season-openers.

Ye (formerly Kanye West) has been the philharmonic impermanent connected 3 season-openers, much than anyone else. The Rolling Stones and Miley Cyrus are the lone performers who were some big and philharmonic impermanent connected a season-opener.

If you’re acceptable to spell backmost successful time, present are the hosts and philharmonic guests connected the archetypal occurrence of each SNL season.