December 17, 2016 Season 42 episode
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| Episode | 818 |
| Season Episode | 10 |
| Host | Casey Affleck |
| Musical Guest(s) | Chance The Rapper |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Finish Line/Drown" with Noname "Same Drugs" |
| Previous Episode December 10, 2016 |
Next Episode January 14, 2017 |
The 818th episode and 10th episode of Saturday Night Live's 42nd season premiered on December 17, 2016. It was hosted by actor and filmmaker Casey Affleck star of the hit films, Lonesome Jim, Gone Baby Gone, Tower Heist, ParaNorman, Interstellar, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Manchester by the Sea and A Ghost Story, with rapper and singer-songwriter Chance The Rapper as the musical guest, who performed a mashup of "Finish Line" and "Drown" featuring Noname and "Same Drugs" and made two sketch appearances in the prerecorded Jingle Barack and the New York Now sketch. This was Casey Affleck's hosting debut, after his older brother and fellow actor Ben Affleck hosted 5 times. This was also the second time as musical guest on SNL for Chance the Rapper.
Cast[]
Repertory[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Leslie Jones
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Kyle Mooney
- Bobby Moynihan
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Sasheer Zamata
Featured[]
Cameos by Alec Baldwin, John Goodman, Fred Armisen, and Darryl McDaniels.
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Donald Trump Christmas Cold Open |  |
President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) receives a surprise visit from Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) and Rex Tillerson (John Goodman). |
| Montage | A seperate "Behind The Scenes" video shows the transfer between the cold open and the monologue. | |
| Monologue by Casey Affleck |  |
Hosting for the first time, Casey Affleck explains why he was picked to host SNL's Christmas episode. Cameos by Alec Baldwin and John Goodman. |
| Dunkin' Donuts | 
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Meet Donny (Casey Affleck), a real Dunkin Donuts customer. |
| Robot Presentation | 
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Two Microsoft employees (Kate McKinnon, Fred Armisen) field questions from the audience (Casey Affleck, Kenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant, Alex Moffat) about a new type of robot (Beck Bennett). |
| Jingle Barack | 
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It's the last Christmas with President Obama and even Jesus (Casey Affleck) is marking it. |
| Christmas Miracle | 
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Ms. Rafferty (Kate McKinnon), Sharon (Cecily Strong) and Doug (Casey Affleck) share their experiences meeting Santa Claus. |
| Chance The Rapper performs "Finish Line/Drown" | 
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Musical guest Chance The Rapper performs a mashup of "Finish Line" and "Drown" featuring Noname. |
| Weekend Update With Colin Jost And Michael Che | 
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Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including the FBI, CIA and White House agreeing that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and Jackie Evancho performing at Donald Trump's inauguration. Russian president Vladimir Putin's best friends from growing up (Vanessa Bayer, Fred Armisen) stop by to defend him - sort of. |
| New York Now | 
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A reporter (Kyle Mooney) interviews the stars (Casey Affleck, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong) of a comedic production of Silent Night. |
| Hillary Actually | 
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This Christmas, Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon) has something she wants to get off her chest. |
| Chance The Rapper Performs "Same Drugs" | 
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Musical guest Chance The Rapper performs "Same Drugs". |
| Mrs. Claus & The Elves | 
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Santa's elves (Casey Affleck, Kenan Thompson, Vanessa Bayer) purposely ignore Mrs. Claus' (Aidy Bryant) instructions so she'll punish them. |
| Christmas Bar | 
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Two men (Kyle Mooney, Casey Affleck) get into a bar fight over a woman (Vanessa Bayer). |
| Goodnights |
| Preceded by: December 10, 2016 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 14, 2017 |