January 27, 2024 Season 49 episode
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Episode | 958 |
Season Episode | 10 |
Host | Dakota Johnson |
Musical Guest(s) | Justin Timberlake |
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Sanctified" with Tobe Nwigwe "Selfish" |
Previous Episode January 20, 2024 |
Next Episode February 3, 2024 |
The 958th episode and 10th episode of Saturday Night Live's 49th season premiered on January 27, 2024, hosted by the actress Dakota Johnson, star of the Fifty Shades film trilogy and Marvel Studios new action-adventure superhero film Madame Web, as well as the hit films Date and Switch, Need for Speed, Cymbeline, Chloe and Theo, Black Mass, A Bigger Splash, How to Be Single, Suspiria, Bad Times at the El Royale, Wounds, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Our Friend, The Nowhere Inn, The High Note, The Lost Daughter, Am I OK?, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Persuasion, The Disappearance of Shere Hite and Daddio, with musical guest Justin Timberlake. Johnson previously hosted SNL on the February 28, 2015 episode, the fourteenth episode of SNL's 40th season, with musical guests Alabama Shakes, after the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special.
The last time Justin Timberlake was the musical guest on December 21, 2013, the tenth and Christmas episode of SNL's 39th season, hosted by longtime former cast member and Weekend Update co-anchor Jimmy Fallon, the host of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
This is Dakota Johnson's 2nd hosting stint and her first appearance in 8 years, 10 months, and 30 days. This is also Justin Timberlake's 6th time as the musical guest, as well as Timberlake's 5th solo musical guest appearance and his first appearance in 10 years, 1 month, and 6 days on SNL.
Dakota Johnson's Goodbyes Speech is "Thank you so much Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, and Tobe Nwigwe, Thank You for Coming Out Today". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Michael Che
- Mikey Day
- Andrew Dismukes
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- James Austin Johnson
- Punkie Johnson
- Colin Jost
- Ego Nwodim
- Sarah Sherman
- Kenan Thompson
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
- Cameos by longtime former cast member and Weekend Update co-anchor Jimmy Fallon, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, and Dave Chappelle (who only appears in the goodnights)
- Musical guest appearance by Tobe Nwigwe
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
Title | Image | Summary |
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NFL Championship Sunday Cold Opening | Football commentators (James Austin Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker) lament about the football season ending. Also features Molly Kearney as Coach Andy Reid. | |
Opening Montage | The musical guests/hosts introductions clips of the opening montage were changed to opposed, just for this episode (two clips for musical guest Justin Timberlake and three clips for host Dakota Johnson). | |
Monologue by Dakota Johnson | Returning to SNL for her second hosting stint and her first appearance in 8 years, 10 months, and 30 days, actress Dakota Johnson talked about her appearing at the 40th anniversary show, her new movie Madame Web and being taken out of context when talking to journalists, while being interrupted by musical guest Justin Timberlake, who bragged about hosting the show before, and longtime former cast member and Weekend Update co-anchor Jimmy Fallon appears in costume as Barry Gibb. | |
Buccacino's | Two waitresses (Sarah Sherman, Dakota Johnson) keep messing the order of a family (James Austin Johnson, Molly Kearney, Devon Walker, and Chloe Troast). | |
Home Videos | A son (Andrew Dismukes) finds out how his parents (Mikey Day, Dakota Johnson) conceived him. Also features Sarah Sherman as the grandmother, James Austin Johnson as the TV host, and Marcello Hernandez as Spooky, a character who Johnson's character had slept with Johnson's character. | |
The Barry Gibb Talk Show: 2024 Edition | Barry (Jimmy Fallon) and his brother Robin Gibb (Justin Timberlake) interview Andrew Yang (Bowen Yang) and other guests Joanne Carducci and Elie Mystal (Dakota Johnson, Kenan Thompson) about the 2024 election. | |
Please Don't Destroy Film: Roast | The boys (John, Martin and Ben) and host Dakota Johnson go back and forth, and roast each other. | |
Big Dumb Cups | Three women (Chloe Fineman, Dakota Johnson, and Heidi Gardner) talk about their big dumb cups. With Marcello Hernandez as the guy. | |
Justin Timberlake performed "Sanctified" with Tobe Nwigwe | ||
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news like Donald Trump having to pay E. Jean Carroll $83 million, Ron DeSantis endorsing Trump, and Joe Biden sending the CIA making a Broker Deal with Israel. With guests, Oscar commentator Ethan (Bowen Yang) stops by to discuss the 2024 Oscar nominations and Jan Janby (Heidi Gardner), Tarot Card Reader who predicts for the 2024 election. | |
Book Club | A woman (Dakota Johnson) tells her friends (Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Punkie Johnson, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, and Molly Kearney) that she is on Shark Tank. Features cameos by Shark Tank hosts Barbara Corcoran and Mark Cuban. | |
Justin Timberlake performed "Selfish". Jimmy Fallon introduced Timberlake's second performance. | ||
Airport | An airport worker (Devon Walker) searches through a woman (Dakota Johnson)'s bag. Also features Michael Longfellow as Johnson's character's boyfriend, Sarah Sherman as the customer and Kenan Thompson as Walker's character's father. | |
Band Shot | The Saturday Night Live Band plays the final music piece during the final commercial break. | |
Goodbyes and Closing Credits. Dave Chappelle appears only in the goodnights. | Dakota Johnson thanked Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban and Tobe Nwigwe, Lorne, the cast and crew of SNL for having her back and she even thanked everyone for coming out today. Dave Chappelle appears in the goodnights. |
Trivia[]
- This week marks the first time a Host and Musical Guest both returned to SNL after 8-year hiatus since November 1, 2014, the fifth episode of Season 40, when former cast member Chris Rock returned to SNL to hosted for the 2nd time and making his first appearance in 17 years, 11 months, and 30 days, with musical guest Prince, for his 3rd and final appearance and his only appearance in 8 years, 8 months, and 28 days.
- This week's will be also the 191st Weekend Update edition with Colin Jost and Michael Che.
- Dakota Johnson and her mother Melanie Griffith are just one of the many pairs of SNL hosts who are related.
- Only 14 rookie hosts have come back to host Saturday Night Live since Season 40 including tonight's host Dakota Johnson.
- Johnson also became a second-time SNL host this season.
- With the return of Dakota Johnson, there are only six other SNL hosts from Season 40 that have not hosted more than once.
- This also marked the returned of The Barry Gibb Talk Show sketch since December 21, 2013.
- This also even the 2nd appearance of Big Dumb Things sketch.
Preceded by: January 20, 2024 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: February 3, 2024 |