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 January 15, 2022
 Season 47 episode
 Episode 919
 Season Episode 10
 Host Ariana DeBose
 Musical Guest(s) Bleachers
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"How Dare You Want More"
"Chinatown".
Previous Episode
December 18, 2021
Next Episode
January 22, 2022

The 919th episode and 10th episode of Saturday Night Live's 47th season premiered on January 15, 2022, hosted by actress, dancer and singer Ariana DeBose, star of the one of the original ensemble members in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton, the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon! and the hit musical films, The Prom and West Side Story, with musical guests Bleachers. Rapper Roddy Ricch was originally announced as the musical guest, but he had to drop out, due to COVID-19 concerns. DeBose became the second member of the Hamilton cast and the 200th woman to host Saturday Night Live, and the first since the Broadway hit’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda hosted the show back on the October 8, 2016 episode, the second episode of SNL's 42nd season, with musical guests Twenty One Pilots. This will be Ariana DeBose's hosting debut and Jack Antonoff made his 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL, as well as the musical guest debut on SNL for Bleachers.

Cecily Strong would be absent for the next three episodes, starting with this one, due to starring in her Broadway play, The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe. Making this the second-consecutive season where she missed episodes of a season to appear in another project (after missing practically the first half of the previous season due to filming Schmigadoon!).

Aidy Bryant is also absent for this episode, making this the second-consecutive season where she missed episodes of a season (after missing particularly the first half of the previous season, minus the first and third episodes, due to filming Shrill).

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Credited but did not appear in this episode.
Appeared only in costume[1]

Sketches and Music Peformances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Comments
Biden Spider-Man Cold Open   President Joe Biden (James Austin Johnson) delivers an important message about the Omicron variant. With Pete Davidson as Joe Biden from the future, Aristotle Athari as Spider-Man, Andrew Dismukes, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd and Bowen Yang as the reporters.
Monologue by Ariana DeBose   Hosing for the first time, actress and singer Arianna DeBose talks about winning a Golden Globe and brings the magic and medley of West Side Story songs with longtime cast member Kate McKinnon.
NBA on TNT   Ernie Johnson Jr. (Alex Moffat), Kenny Smith (Chris Redd), Charles Barkley (Kenan Thompson), Candace Parker (Ariana DeBose) and Yao Ming (Bowen Yang) discuss a Lakers vs. Kings game where the Kings are dealing with a COVID situation. Also Features Mikey Day as Riley Beckwith Heidi Gardner as Hannah Dalton, James Austin Johnson as Dougie McCormick and Kyle Mooney as Patrick Bemis.
Urkel Reboot   In a dramatic re-imagining of an iconic '90s sitcom, a debut trailer follows a nerd (Chris Redd) through the streets of Chicago. Also Features Arianna DeBose as Mr. Urkel, Mikey Day as the criminal, Andrew Dismukes as the guy, Kyle Mooney as the student, Ego Nwodim as Laura Winslow and Kenan Thompson as Carl Winslow.
Winter Formal   A commercial advertises the perfect one-stop shop for school dance needs. With Pete Davidson, Sarah Sherman, Andrew Dismukes, Melissa Villaseñor, Heidi Gardner and guest host Ariana DeBose.
Eric Adams Press Conference   New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Chris Redd) takes questions at a press conference. Also Features Ariana DeBose as Emily Hernandez, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner and Bowen Yang as the reporters.
Bleachers performs "How Dare You Want More" With Blu DeTiger and Claud.
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che   Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like Dr. Fauci calling Senator Robert Marshall a moron. With guest Chloe Fineman as her impression of Sesame Street's character Elmo.
New Governess   A widower (Kenan Thompson) hires a governess Frau Schmemken (Ariana DeBose) to teach his children Maria (Kate McKinnon), Gretl (Chloe Fineman) and the kids (Chris Redd, Bowen Yang, Andrew Dismukes and Sarah Sherman). Also Features Kenan Thompson as Captain Von Trapp.
Bleachers performs "Chinatown", once again with Blue DeTiger and Claud   When introducing Bleachers' second song, DeBose wears a T-shirt for Covenant House, a nonprofit organization for the homeless.
Sapho   Two professors (Ariana DeBose, Kate McKinnon) speak about their discovery of unknown fragments written by the Greek poet Sappho. Also features Mikey Day as the professor and Chloe Fineman and Chris Redd as audience members.
Kitchen Staff   A group of workers (Ariana DeBose, Andrew Dismukes, Alex Moffat, James Austin Johnson) try to get through a New Year's Eve shift with a demanding boss (Heidi Gardner)
Goodbyes   DeBose thanked Bleachers, Lorne Michaels and the cast of SNL, and everyone at 30 Rock for having her here and wishes everyone a very Happy New Year.

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