‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 43 To End With Donald Glover, Amy Schumer And A Fan Favorite As Hosts
Spring is upon us, which means a lot of our favorite TV shows are coming to a close. Summer will allow the cast and crew the recharge while the writers get the next season in order. And no writing staff deserves an extended break like those who make the miracle ofSaturday Night Livehappen. But beforeSNLgoes on hiatus for the summer, they’ll be closing season 43 with three big name hosts that fans should be excited about.
Donald Glover
Kicking off the final three back-to-back episodes ofSaturday Night Live’s 43rd season will be none other than Donald Glover. The comedian, actor, writer, director, producer and hip hop artist might have been a little miffed with the cancellation of his animatedDeadpoolseries that was previously set up with Marvel and FX, but he’s got plenty to keep him busy otherwise, andSaturday Night Livewill be one of them.
Donald Glover will host theMay 5episode ofSNL, just a few weeks before he will likely be stealing scenes as Lando Calrissian inSolo: A Star Wars Story. Hopefully that means we’ll be getting some kind ofStar Warssketch with Glover involved. MaybeSNLwill do one of their patented audition reels forSolo: A Star Wars Storywith a cavalcade of impressions. Maybe Donald Glover will get to show off some of his impersonation skills along with his rap skills since he’s also serving as musical guest in the form ofChildish Gambino.
Amy Schumer
Then on May 12, Amy Schumer will return toSNLfor her second time hosting. It’ll be a few weeks after her new comedyI Feel Prettyhits theaters, but it’s never bad news to have a seasoned sketch and stand-up comedian on the show. The first time she hosted in the fall of 2015was a solid episode, so hopefully she catches the writers in full swing with this trio of episodes to end the season. At the very least, we know her monologue will be fantastic.
Schumer will be joined by musical guestKacey Musgraves, making her debut on the stages of Studio 8H. She recently delivered her third album that hit #1 on the Billboard country charts.
Finally,Saturday Night Livewill close out season 43 with one of the fan favorite cast members coming back to host for a sixth time. Tina Fey will lead the season finale onMay 19.
Fey was head writer onSNLfor a few years, not to mention anchoring Weekend Update with both Jimmy Fallon and Amy Poehler. But Fey is perhaps best known for returning to SNL after her tenure as a cast member was over when she portrayed vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Though Tina Fey doesn’t have any big TV shows or movies to promote right now, she did write the Broadway musical adaptation of her film adaptation ofMean Girls, which is on stage at the August Wilson Theater right now. She’ll be joined by rapperNicki Minaj, who will hopefully get in on a sketch or two as she has done in the past.
