List of Saturday Night Live guests


Saturday Night Live is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC, a terrestrial television network, on October 11, 1975 under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics. SNL features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players", and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players."
A typical episode of SNL will feature a single host, who delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast. While the format also features a musical guest, and a number of episodes have featured celebrity cameos, the focus of the show is the guest host.
George Carlin was the first to host the show; Candice Bergen was the first woman to host the show a few weeks later and again hosted only six weeks after that. Guests that host five times are members of the Five-Timers Club that originated on December 8, 1990, when Tom Hanks became the seventh person to host their fifth episode. Occasionally, a host will also be the musical guest, such as first seen with Paul Simon on October 18, 1975, and most recently, Harry Styles on November 16, 2019.

List of ''Saturday Night Live'' hosts

Saturday Night Live has featured a wide array of hosts and musical guests. George Carlin served as the show's first host in October 1975; three episodes later, Candice Bergen became the first female host and the first to host more than once. Actor Alec Baldwin holds the record for most times hosting, having performed the duty on seventeen occasions since 1990; Baldwin took the record from actor Steve Martin who has hosted fifteen times since 1976.
Several former cast members have returned to take on hosting duties. Original cast member Chevy Chase has hosted the most times, eight in total. Tina Fey follows behind, having hosted six times, while Bill Murray and Will Ferrell have hosted five times. On December 11, 1982, Eddie Murphy became the only person to host while still a member of the cast, filling the role at the last minute when the scheduled host became ill.
Musical guests can be solo acts or bands, who perform two to three musical numbers. Occasionally, the musical guest has also simultaneously served as the host. Paul Simon was the first example, hosting and performing on the second episode on October 18, 1975. As of December 16, 2017, Dave Grohl is the most frequent musical guest, performing on thirteen shows since 1992.
In 1982, at age 7, Drew Barrymore became the youngest person to host the show. Actress Betty White is the oldest person to host, having done so at 88 years of age on May 8, 2010. Concerned about White's age and possible fatigue, her episode had Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch and Amy Poehler on standby to replace her; White went on to appear in every sketch. In 2000, singer Britney Spears became the youngest person to both host and simultaneously serve as the show's musical guest, at 18 years and 161 days old.
In addition to making cameo appearances, political figures have also hosted the show. Donald Trump, who hosted in 2004 and again in 2015 as a presidential hopeful, is the only host who eventually became President of the United States. Al Gore hosted in 2002, the only former vice president to do so. Presidential candidates, either former, current, or future, have served as hosts: in addition to Trump and Gore, there was Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson and George McGovern, Steve Forbes, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Al Sharpton. Although not a host, Sarah Palin appeared on SNL in 2008 after weeks of Tina Fey doing impressions of her on the show. In more recent years, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have both appeared on the show during their presidential campaigns, in 2016 and 2020, respectively.

Five-Timers Club

The Five-Timers Club is the group of performers who have hosted SNL at least five times. SNLs first on-air mention of the Club occurred on December 8, 1990 when Tom Hanks in his monologue, touched upon the fact that it was his fifth appearance as host:
has hosted the show more than anyone else, 17 times between 1990 and 2017, in addition to numerous guest appearances.
After Hanks delivers his monologue, the show segued to a sketch featuring Hanks, Steve Martin, Elliott Gould, and Paul Simon in the richly appointed club. Martin and Gould were both five-time hosts; Simon had only hosted four episodes, but was accepted as a member due to his numerous appearances as a musical guest. The Five-Timers Club was mentioned to have a swimming pool with perfect 80 degree waters. The food that is served there is named after SNL performers. Then-Saturday Night Live writer Conan O'Brien portrayed Sean, the doorman of the club. Jon Lovitz appears as a club waiter. Ralph Nader appears as a former SNL host trying to get into the Five-Timers Club only for Lovitz to tell him and his group to leave.
The second time the Five-Timers Club was mentioned was when Danny DeVito was inducted in 1993. The club was mentioned again after the mark was reached by hosts John Goodman, Alec Baldwin, Christopher Walken, Drew Barrymore, Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Melissa McCarthy, Dwayne Johnson, and Jonah Hill.
Justin Timberlake's monologue from March 9, 2013 featured the reappearance of the richly appointed club. The sketch features Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, and Candice Bergen. There were portraits of John Goodman and Drew Barrymore in the Five-Timers Club's Hall of Portraits. The staff at the Five-Timers Club are former cast members, with Dan Aykroyd and Martin Short appearing as the club's bartender and waiter, respectively. Future cast member Mike O'Brien makes an appearance as the doorman who greets Timberlake. The entertainment at the Five-Timers Club involves making the current SNL performers fight each other to the death, with Bobby Moynihan shown fighting Taran Killam. When Melissa McCarthy hosted the show for the fifth time, Five-Timers Club member Steve Martin appeared in the goodnights to welcome her to the club. When Dwayne Johnson hosted the show for the fifth time, fellow five-timers Baldwin and Tom Hanks appeared in the monologue to welcome him to the club.
On November 3, 2018, the club is seen again as part of the monologue of actor/director Jonah Hill. He is taken there by Five-Timer Tina Fey. Once in, he is greeted by Candice Bergen and Drew Barrymore. Seeing no men in the club, Hill wonders if it's "Ladies Night." He is told by Fey that the other men "are not allowed in right now" because of presumed harassment problems. Kenan Thompson, working as staff that night, brings Bergen a drink called a "Pete Davidson." Hill is surprised to see Thompson there wondering if he is occasionally allowed in, to which Thompson replies, "Yeah, man, this is my show. I let you in here sometimes," referencing Thompson's long tenure on the show. Eventually, Thompson brings Hill his jacket, which has been re-designed by the women in a more feminine cut.
Steve Martin was the fastest to join the Five-Timers club, hosting five times in only 546 days. Buck Henry is the only other member to join in less than four years, hosting five times in 671 days, although, in keeping with his persona on the show of being an undesirable or boring host, is said not to have been told about the club itself.
The following people are members of the Five-Timers Club.
NameTotal appearances
as host		First appearanceFifth appearanceTime to reach clubMost recent hosting appearance
Ben Affleck5February 19, 2000May 18, 201313 years, 88 daysMay 18, 2013
Alec Baldwin17April 21, 1990December 10, 19944 years, 233 daysFebruary 11, 2017
Drew Barrymore6November 20, 1982February 3, 200724 years, 75 daysOctober 10, 2009
Candice Bergen5November 8, 1975May 19, 199014 years, 192 daysMay 19, 1990
Chevy Chase8February 18, 1978December 6, 19868 years, 291 daysFebruary 15, 1997
Danny DeVito6May 15, 1982January 9, 199310 years, 239 daysDecember 11, 1999
Will Ferrell5May 14, 2005November 23, 201914 years, 193 daysNovember 23, 2019
Tina Fey6February 23, 2008December 19, 20157 years, 299 daysMay 19, 2018
John Goodman13December 2, 1989May 7, 19944 years, 156 daysDecember 14, 2013
Elliott Gould6January 10, 1976February 16, 19804 years, 37 daysNovember 15, 1980
Tom Hanks10December 14, 1985December 8, 19904 years, 359 daysApril 11, 2020
Buck Henry10January 17, 1976November 19, 19771 year, 306 daysMay 24, 1980
Jonah Hill5March 15, 2008November 3, 201810 years, 233 daysNovember 3, 2018
Scarlett Johansson6January 14, 2006March 11, 201711 years, 56 daysDecember 14, 2019
Dwayne Johnson5March 18, 2000May 20, 201717 years, 63 daysMay 20, 2017
Steve Martin15October 23, 1976April 22, 19781 year, 181 daysJanuary 31, 2009
Melissa McCarthy5October 1, 2011May 13, 20175 years, 224 daysMay 13, 2017
Bill Murray5March 7, 1981February 20, 199917 years, 350 daysFebruary 20, 1999
Paul Simon4October 18, 1975May 10, 198610 years, 204 daysDecember 19, 1987
Justin Timberlake5October 11, 2003March 9, 20139 years, 149 daysMarch 9, 2013
Christopher Walken7January 20, 1990May 19, 200111 years, 119 daysApril 5, 2008

Simon has only guest-hosted four times but has been included in both Five-Timers Club sketches. The show credits him as co-host of the 100th episode even though a host is not officially credited in the opening sequence. His fifth appearance on the show was as a musical guest.
Out of his four appearances as host, Simon acted as both host and musical guest during one episode.
Out of his five appearances as host, Timberlake acted as both host and musical guest during three episodes.
The Five-Timers Club has been referenced in other media since its creation in 1990: