March 11, 2023 Season 48 episode
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| Episode | 945 |
| Season Episode | 15 |
| Host | Jenna Ortega |
| Musical Guest(s) | The 1975 |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"I'm in Love with You" "Oh Caroline" |
| Previous Episode March 4, 2023 |
Next Episode April 1, 2023 |
The 945th episode and 15th episode of Saturday Night Live's 48th season premiered on March 11, 2023, hosted by actress Jenna Ortega, star of the Netflix's hit comedy horror series Wednesday and two of the hit Scream franchise movies: Scream and Scream VI, and the former child star of the Disney Channel comedy series Stuck in the Middle and Disney Junior's computer-animated adventure series Elena of Avalor, as well as the hit feature films The Babysitter Killer Queen, Yes Day, The Fallout, Studio 666, X, Finestkind, Miller's Girl, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a sequel to Beetlejuice, Klara and the Sun, Death of a Unicorn, and Winter Spring Summer or Fall, with musical guests The 1975, an English pop rock band. This was Jenna Ortega's hosting debut and The 1975 made their 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.
The 1975 previously made their musical guest debut on February 6, 2016, the twelfth episode of SNL's 41st season, hosted by former SNL writer, actor and comedian Larry David, the creator, executive producer and star of the HBO's hit comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
The goodnights speech for Jenna Ortega is "I Want to Thank The 1975, (Cheers and applause), Fred Armisen, Um the Wonderful, So, So Funny Cast, uh Jerry, Donna, Katie, um my team, of course, the Crew. I Feel Like This Has Just Been Such a Wonderful Experience, and I'm Really, Really grateful. And Thank You, Guys for Watching and Letting Us Be Ridiculous and Letting Me Do This for the First Time". (Cheers and applause again)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Michael Che
- Mikey Day
- Andrew Dismukes
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Punkie Johnson
- Colin Jost
- Ego Nwodim
- Kenan Thompson
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
- Cameo by former longtime cast member Fred Armisen
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Oscars Red Carpet Cold Opening | Celebrities like Mike Tyson (Kenan Thompson), Jamie Lee Curtis (Chloe Fineman), Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson (Mikey Day, Molly Kearny), Pinocchio (Michael Longfellow) and George Santos (Bowen Yang) get interviewed on the 2023 Oscars red carpet, hosted by Mario Lopez (Marcello Hernandez) and Maria Menounos (Heidi Gardner). | |
| Opening Montage | The hosts/musical clips of the opening montage were changed to one and two, only for this episode (one for musical guests The 1975 and two for host Jenna Ortega). | |
| Monologue by Jenna Ortega | Hosting for the first time, actress Jenna Ortega talked about starring in the Netflix's hit coming-of-age supernatural comedy horror series "Wednesday" and the horror movies "Scream VI" and "X" and what it was like to be a child actor. Near at the end of the monologue, Jenna talked about hosting SNL feels like a dream, when she was a kid, she is watching the show with her parents, now she's here tonight and her parents in the audience. Cameo by longtime former cast member and Wednesday co-star Fred Armisen appears in. | |
| School vs. School | Teachers and their star students (Jenna Ortega, Mikey Day, Punkie Johnson, Michael Longfellow, Molly Kearney, and Marcello Hernández) team up on a game show called School vs. School. Kenan Thompson plays the game show host, Jay McCormack. | |
| Please Don't Destroy Film - Road Trip | Three guys (Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy) go on a great American road trip with Jenna Ortega to help her relax. Also features James Austin Johnson as Jesus and Michael Longfellow as the guy. | |
| The Parent Trap | Things go off the rails on the Parent Trap remake set when a crewmember (cameo by longtime former cast member Fred Armisen) steps in as the body double for an actress Jenna Ortega. Bowen Yang plays the director. | |
| Ridiculousness | Ridiculousness hosts Rob Dyrdek, Steelo Brim and Chanel West Coast (Mikey Day, Kenan Thompson, and Chloe Fineman) watch viral videos with a special guest Lee Lee Two Times (Jenna Ortega). | |
| Waffle House | A couple (Jenna Ortega, Marcello Hernández) has a serious conversation about their relationship outside of the Waffle House. Also features Mikey Day as Casey's father, Heidi Gardner as the waitress, Molly Kearney, Ego Nwodim, Punkie Johnson as the patrons, Devon Walker as the cook, Andrew Dismukes as police officer and Kenan Thompson as the Waffle House's employee. | |
| The 1975 performed "I'm in Love with You" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the biggest news like Tucker Carlson releasing edited footage from the January 6 capitol attack and a man's plan to live underwater for 100 days. With guests Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (Molly Kearney) stops by the Weekend Update desk to address getting caught commenting and liking on gay thirst traps on Instagram and James Austin Johnson to share some short celebrity impressions. James Austin Johnson hits his 100th milestone sketch on SNL. | |
| Exorcism | A woman named Ms. Shaw (Ego Nwodim) helps exorcise a demon from a daughter named Claire (Jenna Ortega). Also features Andrew Dismukes and Chloe Fineman as Claire's parents, James Austin Johnson as the priest and Kenan Thompson as Frank Shaw. Also, Kenan Thompson hits his record extending 1600th SNL sketch. | |
| The 1975 performed "Oh Caroline" | ||
| Jingle Pitch | Lawyers (Jenna Ortega, Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, and Devon Walker) enlist help from a local band (Andrew Dismukes, James Austin Johnson) to come up with a catchy jingle for their law firm. Bowen Yang hits his 200th milestone sketch on SNL. | |
| Band Shot | The Saturday Night Live Band plays the music piece during the final commercial break. The longtime SNL bandleader and saxophonist Lenny Pickett on appearing in 750th consecutive episode with the SNL Band. | |
| In Memoriam | Before the goodnights, a photo of Erin Maroney Fraser, a former assistant who worked on the show for several years, who died on March 3, is shown in silence. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Jenna Ortega thanked The 1975, former longtime cast member Fred Armisen, the wonderful, so, so funny cast and the crew, Jerry, Donna and Katie, her team, she feels like this is just a wonderful experience and thanked everyone for watching and letting her do hosting the show for the first time. |
Trivia[]
- This is the 750th episode for longtime SNL bandleader and saxophonist Lenny Pickett and longtime production designer Keith Raywood (both of whom have overall been with the show since 1985).
- Pickett has also been the show's bandleader since 1995.
- Before the goodnights, a photo of Erin Maroney Fraser, a former assistant who worked on the show for several years, who died on March 3, is shown in silence.
- Jenna Ortega is one of the first SNL hosts to be born in the 2000s. She also joins these stars from the Scream franchise that have been apart of SNL history.
- Ortega is also the newest former Disney Channel star to host Saturday Night Live.
- Longest-tenured cast member Kenan Thompson hits his record extending 1600th sketch on SNL.
- Also in this episode, James Austin Johnson hits his 100th milestone sketch and Bowen Yang hits his 200th milestone sketch respective on SNL.
| Preceded by: March 4, 2023 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: April 1, 2023 |