{"id":32086,"date":"2022-01-18T21:47:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T02:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=32086"},"modified":"2022-01-18T21:47:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T02:47:36","slug":"saturday-night-live-continues-live-in-january-with-back-to-back-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/18\/saturday-night-live-continues-live-in-january-with-back-to-back-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; Continues Live in January with Back-to-Back Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12897\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/snl-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"689\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/snl-logo.jpg 689w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/snl-logo-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/snl-logo-560x310.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/snl-logo-260x144.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/snl-logo-160x89.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/>Will Forte will return to &#8220;<strong><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; for his first appearance as host on January 22. Forte serves as writer, executive producer, and star of &#8220;<em>MacGruber<\/em>,&#8221; now streaming on Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e5neskin will perform as musical guest for the first time. The global superstars&#8217; music has more than 3 billion streams, with their platinum single &#8220;Beggin'&#8221; becoming the longest #1 song on Alternative radio in 2021.<\/p><div id=\"morty-843254220\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Willem Dafoe will make his &#8220;<em>SNL<\/em>&#8221; hosting debut on January 29. 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