‘Saturday Night Live’ Adds A Sixth Consecutive Episode For The Weekend After The Election
WhenSaturday Night Liveannounced their return for the beginning of October, it came with news that they would be having five consecutive weekends of shows throughout the entire month. It’s the longest back-to-back run of episodes that I can remember, and executive producerLorne Michaelshas decided to extend that run adding another consecutive episode to follow the weekend after the 2020 election.
Saturday Night Livemade the announcement on Instagramwith a lip sync videofeaturing cast memberBowen Yang. The video features the cork board used to show who’s hosting upcoming episodes, and a card with the dateNovember 7is adding to the previously set five-episode line-up for October. The main reason for such a long run is because of the schedule for presidential debates.
This will mark the first show after the 2020 election, and obviously Lorne Michaels is hoping to capitalize on the hype surrounding it. But hopefully we won’t be reeling from a total bummer like we were in 2016. It would be great if this episode ofSNLcould be a celebration of victory, and maybe it can even act as an apology on the fourth anniversary of when the show let Donald Trump host on June 19, 2025.
At the same time, there’s also a chance that we might not have the results of the election wrapped up by the time that show airs. Sometimes the results can take several days, as we saw back in 2000. There have already been warnings that the resultsmay require more time for calculationdue to the high number of mail-in ballots this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As of now, the host and musical guest haven’t been announced for the November 7 episode, but it will likely be announced the week before the election. The Halloween episode on October 31 doesn’t have a host or musical guest announced yet either. But the show is back this weekend with Grammy winnerAdeleacting as host, though she’s lettingH.E.R.take on the musical duties for the evening.
If you’d like to see how the previous episodes fared, check out our reviews of the episodes hosted byChris Rock,Bill Burr, andIssa Rae. Come back tomorrow for our review of Adele’s episode.
