February 13, 2021 Season 46 episode
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| Episode | 901 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Regina King |
| Musical Guest(s) | Nathaniel Rateliff |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Redemption" "A Little Honey" |
| Previous Episode February 6, 2021 |
Next Episode February 20, 2021 |
The 901st episode and 12th episode of Saturday Night Live's 46th season premiered on February 13, 2021, and it was hosted by actress Regina King, star of the NBC's hit classic sitcom 227, and the hit films Poetic Justice, Friday, Daddy Day Care, Flag Day, This Christmas, If Beale Street Could Talk, Ray, and The Harder They Fall, with musical guest Nathaniel Rateliff. Regina King made her hosting debut, and this is also the musical guest debut on SNL for Nathaniel Rateliff.
This is the third of five consecutive shows starting January 30, the third time this happened in this season of the show.
The goodnights speech for Regina King is "Thanks to Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and Thank You to the amazing Cast and Crew and Writers and Mr. Lorne Michaels, I love you, Mom. I love You, Rena. I love you, Ian, I did it." (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Mikey Day
- Heidi Gardner
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Alex Moffat
- Kyle Mooney
- Ego Nwodim
- Chris Redd
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Tucker Carlson Tonight: Second Impeachment Trail Cold Opening | Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Alex Moffat) interviews senators Lindsey Graham (Kate McKinnon), Ted Cruz (Aidy Bryant) and Mitch McConnell (Beck Bennett) on former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. | |
| Monologue by Regina King | As she hosts for the first time, Regina King's monologue gets interrupted by an overly-excited longest-tenured cast member, Kenan Thompson. | |
| What's Your Type | Three cringy dating show contestants (Mikey Day, Kyle Mooney, and Alex Moffat) vie for the affections of one bachelorette (Regina King). Cecily Strong plays the game show host Tampa Bay Janae, Ego Nwodim (as DJ Snizz) and Kenan Thompson as Lil Idiot. | |
| Pelotaunt | A commercial advertises an exercise bike that replaces the usual motivational speeches with criticism. With Beck Bennett, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Lauren Holt, Punkie Johnson, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Ego Nwodim, Cecily Strong, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang. | |
| Commode & Commode: Gorilla Glue | A commercial advertises two lawyers (Regina King and Kenan Thompson) dedicated to suing the makers of Gorilla Glue. Also Features Cecily Strong as Wendy, Chris Redd as Darius, Ego Nwodim as Chantel and Punkie Johnson as Tasha. | |
| Birthday Gifts | A group of friends (Regina King, Cecily Strong, Heidi Gardner, and Chloe Fineman) have the same birthday gift idea for their friend Trish (Aidy Bryant). | |
| The Negotiator | A hostage negotiation goes awry after a cop (Regina King) eats some inconspicuous gummy bears. With Beck Bennett as the sub, Aidy Bryant and Pete Davidson as gummy bears, Mikey Day as Ryan, Andrew Dismukes as hostage, Melissa Villaseñor as Marge Simpson and Bowen Yang as police officer. | |
| Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats performed "Redemption" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like House impeachment managers showing Capitol riots footage during former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial and Morgan Wallen's music sales increasing after his most recent controversy. With guests, Stephanie Green (Kate McKinnon) stops by to discuss popular QAnon conspiracy theories, Mackenzie Taylor-Joy (Lauren Holt in her very only Weekend Update appearance on the show) arrived to discuss Valentine’s Day date ideas and Tom Brady (Beck Bennett) to discuss his most recent Super Bowl win. | |
| Disco Queen | A 70s musician (Regina King) has a hard time performing her moves when things don't go as planned. With Aidy Bryant as Maxime, Andrew Dismukes as Karty, Kyle Mooney as Kenny, Kenan Thompson as Mickey as Bown Yang as Maurice. | |
| Women's Theater | A feminist theater ensemble (Regina King, Kate McKinnon, and Aidy Bryant) delivers an age-appropriate performance at a high school assembly. With Mikey Day as Mr. Johnson, Heidi Gardner as Ms. Henderson, Chris Redd, Melissa Villaseñor and Andrew Dismukes as the students. | |
| Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats performed "A Little Honey" | ||
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Regina King thanks Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, the cast, crew, writers and Lorne Michaels and she loved her family, her mother, Rena and Ian, she did it. |
Cut For Time[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Kyle and Friends | In this Cut for Time sketch, Kyle Mooney reevaluates how he fits in at the world of SNL by putting himself out there. Also Features Michael Che, Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, Ego Nwodim and Aidy Bryant and host Regina King. |
Trivia[]
- There is no an additional sketch before the goodnights.
| Preceded by: February 6, 2021 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: February 20, 2021 |