December 14, 2024 Season 50 episode
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| Episode | 977 |
| Season Episode | 9 |
| Host | Chris Rock |
| Musical Guest(s) | Gracie Abrams |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"That's So True" "I Love You, I'm Sorry" |
| Previous Episode December 7, 2024 |
Next Episode December 21, 2024 |
The 977th episode and 9th episode of Saturday Night Live's 50th season premiered on December 14, 2024, hosted by former cast member Chris Rock, star of the hit films Dogma, CB4, Nurse Betty, Pootie Tang, Bad Company, 2 Days in New York, Dr. Dolittle, The Longest Yard, Down to Earth, Grown Ups, and the 2013 sequel Grown Ups 2, Death at a Funeral, Head of State, I Think I Love My Wife, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Top Five, The Witches, The Week Of, Dolemite Is My Name, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Amsterdam, and Rustin and the animated films Osmosis Jones and DreamWorks Animation's hit films Bee Movie, and Madagascar and the two sequels Madagascar: Return 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, and five of his stand-up comedy specials Bigger & Blacker, Never Scared, Kill the Messenger, Chris Rock: Tamborine and Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, and the creator, executive producer and voice of the Narrator of the Comedy Central's animated sitcom Everybody Still Hates Chris, with musical guest Gracie Abrams, an singer-songwriter. This is Chris Rock's 4th time as host and the musical guest debut for Gracie Abrams was made on SNL.
Rock previously hosted SNL on the following dates: On November 2, 1996, the fifth episode and last pre-U.S. Presidential Election episode of SNL's 22nd season, with musical guests The Wallflowers, on November 1, 2014, the fifth episode of SNL's 40th season, with musical guest Prince and on October 3, 2020, which is the Season 46 premiere, with musical guest Megan Thee Stallion; which coincidentally, was the first episode for current cast members Andrew Dismukes and Punkie Johnson.
The goodnights speech for Chris Rock is "Hey I Want to Thank Gracie Abrams, (Cheers and applause), Adam Sandler, the Whole Cast. Thanks Everybody, It Was the Best Week, Thank You So Much!, Good Night, Good Night." (Cheers and applause again)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Michael Che
- Mikey Day
- Andrew Dismukes
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Marcello Hernandez
- James Austin Johnson
- Colin Jost
- Michael Longfellow
- Ego Nwodim
- Sarah Sherman
- Kenan Thompson
- Devon Walker
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
- Cameo by former longtime cast member Adam Sandler
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Crime Stories with Nancy Grace Cold Opening | Nancy Grace (Sarah Sherman) reports on the latest crime stories. Also features Ashley Padilla, Marcello Hernandez, Kenan Thompson and Emil Wakim. | |
| Opening Montage | The musical guests/hosts introductions clips of the opening montage were changed to opposed, only for this episode (one clip for musical guest Gracie Abrams and two clips for host Chris Rock). Also, the colors of the rectangle were changed to light purple and bright yellow. | |
| Stand-Up Monologue by Chris Rock | Returned to SNL to host for the fourth time, former cast-member Chris Rock does his stand-up about the CEO murder, Mike Tyson fighting Jake Paul, Trump's plans for his presidency and President Biden pardoning his son Hunter. | |
| Mall Santas | A mall elf (Chris Rock) presents parents (Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Andrew Dismukes, Ashley Padilla, Sarah Sherman, and Chloe Fineman) with a unique choice before taking their picture with Santa (Devon Walker, James Austin Johnson). With Emil Wakim as Arab Santa and Jane Wickline as Santa Number 3. | |
| Simpsons Christmas Gift | A man (Chris Rock) imagines his life as a Simpsons character after receiving a Secret Santa gift. With Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Chloe Fineman, Andrew Dismukes, Sarah Sherman and Emil Wakim. | |
| Grandpa's Magic Car | A group of people (Chris Rock, Andrew Dismukes, Ego Nwodim, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernandez, and Devon Walker) find an old car while helping their friend (Mikey Day) clean out his grandfather's barn. | |
| Sexual Harassment Charlie | Two employees (Chris Rock, Kenan Thompson) apologize to their co-workers (Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim and Mikey Day) after being fired. With Andrew Dismukes as Phil. | |
| Gracie Abrams performs "That's So True" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like a mysterious drone crashing into a New Jersey backyard and whale meat being auctioned in Japan for $650 per pound. With guests, A Bald Man (Andrew Dismukes) stops by the Weekend Update desk to discuss UK judges ruling that calling a man bald is a form of harassment and Jane Wickline arrives to discuss Sabrina Carpenter's Netflix special and perform a song. | |
| Gallbladder Surgery | A gallbladder surgery goes off the rails when a nurse (Sarah Sherman) makes a fatal mistake. With Chris Rock as Dr. Rogers, Ego Nwodim as Michelle, Bowen Yang as Aloysius Cooter, and Emil Wakim as nurse. Cameo by longtime former cast member Adam Sandler as the patient. | |
| Gracie Abrams performs "I Love You, I'm Sorry" | ||
| Office Christmas Party Extravaganza | Office workers (Chris Rock, Mikey Day, Michael Longfellow, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson, Marcello Hernandez, Emil Wakim, Jane Wickline, and Ashley Padilla) attend their annual work Christmas party. | |
| Blind Date | A woman's (Ego Nwodim) blind date (Chris Rock) doesn't go as expected. With Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Gracie Abrams, Adam Sandler, the whole cast and everybody were all thanked by Chris Rock for bringing him back home, it was the best week. |
Trivia[]
- This is the furthest into an SNL season without a former cast member hosting since Season 43 (2017-18).
Trivia/Notes[]
- Chris Rock joined an elite group of hosts who have headlined SNL throughout the decades, and he also even become a fourth-time SNL host this season.
- Chris Rock also pays homage a tribute to Peanuts for his SNL bumper this week.
- Rock once again did not reprise his characters and impressions in this episode this week.
- Kenan Thompson's character Charlie has now made 3 appearances on SNL.
- Season 43: Episode 8 December 9, 2017
- Season 45: Episode 9 December 14, 2019
- Season 50: Episode 9 December 14, 2024
- Sarah Sherman says "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for the 7th time, and she moves into a tie for 55th place all-time with Garrett Morris, Billy Crystal, Seth Meyers, Tina Fey, Larry David and Marcello Hernandez.
- Jane Wickline is the first SNL rookie since longtime former cast members Leslie Jones and Pete Davidson to appear three times on Weekend Update in the first half of their first season.
- Dana Carvey was absent for the first time in an Season 50 episode tonight, thus breaking his longest streak of consecutive cameos in SNL history (8 episodes).
| Preceded by: December 7, 2024 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 21, 2024 |