The drumroll for Season 50 of Saturday Evening Dwell started at present when its official YouTube channel dropped a video saying September twenty eighth because the date for this 12 months’s premiere. That’s a few weeks sooner than final 12 months, though writers’ and actors’ strikes had one thing to do with that October begin.
Noticeably absent from the video was anointing a lead-off host for this historic season. It’s form of a giant deal — nobody will bear in mind who hosted the premiere of Season 44 or 47, however plenty of eyeballs will probably be targeted on this 12 months’s reveals. Who will get the respect? Anticipate an announcement this week, however listed below are 5 educated guesses about who may host alongside my prediction for musical visitor, Chappel Roan…
Glen Powell
, The Sizzling Film Star
Who’s this 12 months’s Timothée Chalamet or Sydney Sweeney, Lorne Michaels’ annual bid to attraction to his theoretical grandchildren’s technology? How about Sweeney’s Anybody However You costar, scorching off of Twisters this summer season and final 12 months’s High Gun: Maverick? On this period of streaming and Marvel films, younger main males are exhausting to return by — Powell is about as shut as we received. Plus, he cameoed on final 12 months’s Sweeney episode and spent the summer season campaigning for the job.
Taylor Swift, The Even Hotter All the pieces Star
Michaels needs. However with that political endorsement and record-breaking tour out of the best way, why not? Swift has hosted earlier than, she’s been the musical visitor earlier than, and she or he even confirmed up for final 12 months’s premiere to introduce Ice Spice — she’s formally a Good friend of the Present. From a pure rankings play, this is absolutely the slam dunk.
If we’re celebrating the present’s historical past, what higher manner than to deliver again a former forged member (Quick) and possibly its most iconic host (Martin)? The blokes are already out selling the brand new season of Solely Murders so I’m fairly certain they may match it into their schedule. If Michaels is anxious that the pair are too outdated for vast attraction (they’re not — they hosted the highest-rated episode of Season 48), they may additionally deliver alongside Selena Gomez to seize the youth vote.
Pedro Pascal, The Beloved Up to date Host
You already know what could be a great way to kick off Season 50? Not worrying about demographics or film promotion and selecting a number who’s truly humorous. Pascal was surprisingly hysterical when he hosted two years in the past, scoring an Emmy nomination and propelling each Marcello Hernandez (Protecting Mother) and Ego Nwodim (Lisa from Temecula) to their hottest sketches ever. He’d be welcomed again with open arms.
Eddie Murphy, The Solid Corridor of Famer
Yearly options beloved forged members returning to host — final 12 months, the present welcomed again Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph. It is sensible to lean into that custom for Season 50, and who would make an even bigger splash than the return of Eddie Murphy, arguably the most important star the present ever produced? After years of self-imposed exile (thanks so much, David Spade), Murphy made a triumphant return in Season 45. Sufficient time has handed to make a brand new Murphy look an occasion value celebrating.
