{"id":98956,"date":"2025-04-25T15:16:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T19:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=98956"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T19:16:25","slug":"saturday-night-live-closes-out-milestone-50th-season-with-three-back-to-back-shows-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/saturday-night-live-closes-out-milestone-50th-season-with-three-back-to-back-shows-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; Closes Out Milestone 50th Season with Three Back-to-Back Shows in May"},"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\" \/>The final two celebrity hosts for the 50th season of <em><strong>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d<\/strong><\/em> have been announced. <em>\u201cWhite Lotus\u201d<\/em> star Walton Goggins will make his debut on the show\u2019s May 10 broadcast, with Arcade Fire appearing as the musical guest. For the season finale on May 17, actress Scarlett Johansson will host for the seventh time, with Bad Bunny serving as the musical guest.<\/p>\n<p>May 3 &#8211; Quinta Brunson \/ Benson Boone<\/p><div id=\"morty-2001842015\" 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>May 10 &#8211; Walton Goggins \/ Arcade Fire<\/p>\n<p>May 17 &#8211; Scarlett Johansson \/ Bad Bunny<\/p>\n<p>Quinta Brunson will host<em> &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221;<\/em> for the second time on May 3. The Emmy\u00ae and Golden Globe Award winner is the star and creator of ABC&#8217;sI<\/p>\n<p>Benson Boone will perform as musical guest for the first time. The Grammy\u00ae-nominated, multi-platinum-selling artist will release his next album, &#8220;American Heart&#8221; on June 20.<\/p><div id=\"morty-852316718\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><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>Walton Goggins will host <em>&#8220;SNL&#8221;<\/em> for the first time on May 10. 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