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 October 17, 2020
 Season 46 episode
 Episode 892
 Season Episode 3
 Host Issa Rae
 Musical Guest(s) Justin Bieber
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Holy", with Chance The Rapper
"Lonely" with Benny Blanco
Previous Episode
October 10, 2020
Next Episode
October 24, 2020

The 892nd episode and 3rd episode of Saturday Night Live's 46th season premiered on October 17, 2020, hosted by actress Issa Rae, star of the HBO's hit comedy-drama series Insecure and Max's animated series Young Love, with Candian singer Justin Bieber as the musical guest, who was joined by Chance The Rapper and Benny Blanco. This was Issa Rae's hosting debut. This is also the 4th musical guest appearance that Justin Bieber was made on SNL.

The goodnights speech for Issa Rae "Thank You to Justin Bieber, to Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin, Maya Rudolph, Chance The Rapper, Benny Blanco (Cheers and applause), and Thank You Guys So Much. This Has Been Incredible. Y'all Get Out There and Vote, Please, God, Vote!, Thank You for Having Me, Such a Blessing to Be Here, You're Amazing!" (Cheers and applause again)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameos by Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin, and longtime former cast member Maya Rudolph.
Musical guest appearances by Chance The Rapper and Benny Blanco.

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Dueling Town Halls Cold Opening   George Stephanopoulos (Mikey Day) hosts a town hall with Joe Biden (Jim Carrey) while Savannah Guthrie (Kate McKinnon) hosts one with Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin). Also features Kenan Thompson, Heidi Gardner, Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim and Chloe Fineman and cameo by longtime former cast member Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris.
Opening Montage   The musical guests/hosts introductions clips weee changed back to black and back into color since season 43 for this episode and the rest of the 46th season (for musical guest King Princess and host Issa Rae).
Monologue by Issa Rae   Hosting the first time, actress and "Insecure" star Issa Rae discusses hosting SNL for “no reason” and her show Insecure premiering amidst the 2016 election.
Bonjour Hi   The duo (Kate McKinnon and Bowen Yang) referenced Montreal parking, delivered some questionable French accents, smoked on-air, and checked in with their CBC Toronto correspondent Awa Sene (Issa Rae) for a segment called “Drake Watch.” Also features Mikey Day as Fred.
5-hour Empathy   A commercial advertises a product called 5-hour Empathy. With Beck Bennett as husband, Heidi Gardner as wife, Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim as the announcers.
First Date Exes   A couple’s (Issa Rae, Chris Redd) first date keeps getting interrupted when their exes (Kenan Thompson, Pete Davidson, Bowen Yang, Punkie Johnson) drop by.
Justin Bieber performs "Holy" with Chance The Rapper
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like what the most popular Halloween costumes for 2020 are. With guests, Eric, Donald Jr. and Tiffany Trump (Alex Moffat, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman) stop by Weekend Update to discuss the potential outcome of the 2020 presidential election, Aidy Bryant reaches out to voters in the heartland to talk about the 2020 election in Weekend Update's newest segment and Famous 80's Cocaine Wife Carla (Heidi Gardner) stops by to discuss nightlife in New York City being closed for 6 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Your Voice Chicago   A Chicago news anchor (Kenan Thompson) and his guests (Issa Rae, Ego Nwodim) discuss who they will vote for in an upcoming local election. With Punkie Johnson as Crystal, Chris Redd as Reverend D'Angelo Banks, Beck Bennett as Scott Trebor, Heidi Gardner as Catherine Lacy, and Bowen Yang as Daniel Lee. Cameo by longtime former cast member Maya Rudolph as Caviar.
Dancer   Kyle Mooney proves to Issa Rae that he could be Justin Bieber's backup dancer, only to have his dreams cut short. Also features Andrew Dismukes. With musical guest Justin Bieber and cameo by Chance the Rapper.
Justin Bieber performs "Lonely" with Benny Blanco
Jack Flatts   A restaurant has a special message for the patrons (Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Andrew Dismukes) they miss while being closed due to COVID-19. Also features Kenan Thompson as Robin and Lauren Holt as Trish.
eBay   In this eBay commercial, consumers (Heidi Gardner, Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim) advertise objects they bought during quarantine.
Goodbyes and Closing Credits   Issa Rae thanked Justin Bieber, Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin, Maya Rudolph, Chance The Rapper, Benny Blanco and everyone on SNL for having her here and she reminds everyone to get out there and vote.

Cut for Time[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Sunday Night Plans In this Cut for Time sketch, Carissa (Issa Rae) can’t find the proper words to describe her favorite show, Lovecraft Country, to her friends (Kenan Thompson, Heidi Gardner, Chris Redd, and Ego Nwodim).

Trivia[]

  • Justin Bieber joined the group of SNL legends who have headlined multiple episodes in a calendar year.
    • Bieber also joined the famous group of the youngest Musical Guests to headline 4 times on SNL.

References[]

Preceded by:
October 10, 2020
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
October 24, 2020
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