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 January 26, 2019
 Season 44 episode
James McAvoy
Meek Hill
 Episode 861
 Season Episode 11
 Host James McAvoy
 Musical Guest(s) Meek Mill
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
First Performance:
Medley of:
"Going Bad" and "Uptown Vibes" with Fabolous
Second Performance:
"Championships"
Previous Episode
January 19, 2019
Next Episode
February 9, 2019

The 861st episode and 11th episode of Saturday Night Live's 44th season which premiered on January 26, 2019. It was hosted by the Scottish actor James McAvoy, star of the X-Men film series, and the HBO's fantasy drama series His Dark Materials, as well as the hit films Welcome to the Punch, Filth, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Split, Glass, It Chapter Two, My Son, The Book of Clarence, Speak No Evil, Turn Up The Sun! and Control and the three animated films Gnomeo & Juliet and the sequel and spin-off Sherlock Gnomes and Arthur Christmas, with musical guest Meek Mill, a rapper, who performed a medley of "Going Bad" and "Uptown Vibes" with Fabolous and "Champions". James McAvoy made his hosting debut, and this is also the musical guest debut on SNL for Meek Mill.

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameo by Steve Martin.
Musical guest appearance by Fabolous

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Tucker Carlson Tonight Cold Opening   Tucker Carlson welcome guests Jeanine Pirro (Cecily Strong), Wilbur Ross (Kate McKinnon) and Roger Stone (Steve Martin) and discuss the government shutdown.
Opening montage   The musical guests/hosts introductions to the opening montage were changed again to three and one for the host/musical guest clips (three for musical guest Meek Mill and two for James McAvoy).
Monologue by James McAvoy Hosting for the first time, Scottish actor James McAvoy talked about getting mistaken for Ewan McGregor and his Scottish heritage, while he's wearing a kilt.
Virgin Hunk A virgin bachelor (James McAvoy) meets with the women (Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Melissa Villaseñor, Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim) who are vying for his heart.
Mr. H A teacher (James McAvoy) approaches his underachieving student Marcus (Chris Redd) on the streets. Also Features Pete Davidson, Mikey Day and Ego Nwodim as Marcus' friends.
Air Traffic Control A Scottish air traffic controller (James McAvoy) with a heavy accent tries to help the two people (Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner) to guide a plane to a safe landing. Also Features Kenan Thompson as Clement, Kate McKinnon as one of the controllers and Beck Bennett as controller.
Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and James McAvoy performs "The U.E.S." Longtime cast member Leslie Jones raps about the Upper East Side along with Kate McKinnon. Also features Kenan Thompson as the doorman and Heidi Gardner as the customer.
Charmin A focus group (James McAvoy, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, and Kyle Mooney) for a Charmin commercial goes awry. Also Features Aidy Bryant as the moderator.
Meek Mill performed a medley of "Going Bad" and "Uptown Vibes" with Fabolous.
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Roger Stone's arrest by the FBI and the world's first beer spa. With guests, Soulja Boy (Chris Redd) stops by the Weekend Update desk to talk about the government shutdown and his video game system and Cathy Anne (Cecily Strong) weighs in on President Trumps fixation on a border wall.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Return to Narnia Mr. Tumnus (James McAvoy) meets several women (Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon) who have recently arrived in Narnia.
Another Brothers Two brothers (Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney) argue and fight in front of their parents (Cecily Strong, James McAvoy) and neighbors (Kenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant, Mikey Day and Melissa Villaseñor.
Meek Mill performed "Championships"
James McAvoy, Kenan Thompson, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim, Aidy Bryant and Heidi Gardner performed "I Love My Dog" Several men (James McAvoy, Kenan Thompson, Chris Redd and Pete Davidson) rap about who they love the most it's dogs.
New Orleans Vacation A well-traveled and obnoxious couple (James McAvoy, Heidi Gardner) talk to their friends (Kenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant, Beck Bennett, and Melissa Villaseñor) about New Orleans. With Ego Nwodim as the waitress
Goodnights and Closing Credits James McAvoy thanked Meek Mill, Steve Martin, and Fabolous, everyone at SNL, the audience for coming tonight and everybody for watching at home.

Trivia[]

  • This marked the second and last appearance of "Brothers" sketch.
  • At the end of Weekend Update, Michael Che signs off by saying "I'm Bird Luger" in tribute to recently deceased stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Barnett.
  • With this episode, James McAvoy becomes the third Scottish actor to host SNL follow in the footsteps of Alan Cumming and Gerard Butler!
Preceded by:
January 19, 2019
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
February 9, 2019
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