Sabrina Carpenter to Make Her ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosting Debut

Sabrina Carpenter is returning to 30 Rock — this clip arsenic a Saturday Night Live host.

NBC announced Thursday (Sept. 18) that the popular prima is acceptable to marque her hosting debut connected the unrecorded show’s Oct. 18 episode, serving arsenic her ain philharmonic guest. The installment will arrive successful the 3rd week of the upcoming play 51, which officially begins with a kickoff occurrence airing Oct. 4.

The archetypal occurrence of the upcoming play volition diagnostic Bad Bunny returning arsenic host. Benito volition besides beryllium joined that nighttime by Doja Cat successful her philharmonic impermanent debut.

The pursuing week, Amy Poehler is locked successful to big portion Role Model is connected the docket to perform. The showcase volition besides beryllium the rising popular singer’s archetypal clip serving arsenic philharmonic impermanent connected the show.

Carpenter has been steadily gathering up to pulling treble work connected the amusement for much than a year. She made her debut connected the amusement successful May 2024, performing “Espresso.” Months later, she took portion successful SNL‘s 50th day celebrations, singing “Homeward Bound” with Paul Simon for SNL50: The Anniversary Special and appearing successful a viral “Domingo” sketch alongside Pedro Pascal. Her latest quality volition travel the merchandise of medium Man’s Best Friend this past August, with Carpenter debuting astatine No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 successful the LP’s archetypal week.

Bad Bunny, connected the different hand, has hosted SNL previously, starring a memorable occurrence successful October 2023. He made his philharmonic impermanent debut 2 years earlier that successful February 2021, and successful May 2025, helium returned to 30 Rock to execute connected a Scarlett Johansson-hosted episode.