October 19, 2024 Season 50 episode
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| Episode | 972 |
| Season Episode | 4 |
| Host | Michael Keaton |
| Musical Guest(s) | Billie Eilish |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Birds of a Feather" "Wildflower" |
| Previous Episode October 12, 2024 |
Next Episode November 2, 2024 |
The 972nd episode and 4th episode of Saturday Night Live's 50th season premiered on October 19, 2024, hosted by actor Michael Keaton, star of the hit films Night Shift, Mr. Mom, Beetlejuice and the sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Batman and the sequel Batman Returns, Clean and Sober, Johnny Dangerously, Gung Ho, Touch and Go, The Squeeze, Clean and Sober, The Dream Team, Pacific Heights, My Life, The Paper, Much Ado About Nothing, Speechless, One Good Cop, Much Ado About Nothing, Multiplicity, Jackie Brown, Jack Frost, A Shot at Glory, Quicksand, First Daughter, White Noise, Disney's two films: sports comedy film Herbie: Fully Loaded and Dumbo, Game 6, Live from Bagdad, The Last Time, The Merry Gentleman, Post Grad, Penthouse North, RoboCop, Need for Speed, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Spotlight, The Other Guys, American Assassin, The Founder, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Worth, The Protégé, The Flash, Knox Goes Away, Marvel Studios superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Goodrich and the animated films, Disney/Pixar's Cars and Toy Story 3, Porco Rosso and Minions, with musical guest Billie Eilish, a singer-songwriter, who performed "Birds of a Feather" and "Wildflower", both with her brother Finneas O'Connell on acoustic guitar, and appears in the pre-recorded "Tik Tok" sketch. Billie Eilish made her 4th musical guest appearance, and this is the 4th time as host on SNL for Michael Keaton.
Michael Keaton previously hosted SNL on the following dates: On October 30, 1982, the fifth episode and Halloween show of SNL's 8th Season, with musical guests The New Joe Jackson Band, on November 14, 1992, the sixth episode and fifth post-U.S. Election episode of SNL's 18th Season, with musical guest Morrissey and on April 4, 2015, the seventeenth episode of SNL's 40th Season (which he returned to host for the 3rd time and his first appearance in 22 years, 4 months, and 20 days), with musical guest Carly Rae Jepsen.
Billie Eilish previously made her 3rd musical guest appearances and hosted for the first time on SNL on the following dates: On September 28, 2019, the Season 45 premiere, hosted by actor Woody Harrelson; which coincidentally, was the first episode for current cast members Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang, on December 11, 2021, the eighth and Holidays episode of SNL's 47th season, with herself as host and also served as the episode's musical guest, and on December 16, 2023, the eighth episode and Christmas show of SNL's 49th season, hosted by longtime former cast member Kate McKinnon.
The goodnights speech for Michael Keaton is "Thanks to Billie Eilish, (Cheers and applause), Maya Rudolph, Alec Baldwin, Dana Carvey, Andy Samberg, How Great Are These Guys, Thank You Very Much and Don't Forget to... (as Keaton and Eilish pull their jackets with wearing their shirts it's says "Vote"), Thank You Very Much". (Cheers and applause again)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Michael Che
- Mikey Day
- Andrew Dismukes
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Marcello Hernandez
- James Austin Johnson
- Colin Jost
- Michael Longfellow‡
- Ego Nwodim
- Sarah Sherman
- Kenan Thompson
- Devon Walker
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
‡ Only appears via a voiceover (ShopTV) and later, a non-moving still (TikTok).
- Cameos by Alec Baldwin, longtime former cast members Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey, and Andy Samberg
Musical cameo by Billie's brother, Finneas O'Connell
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Fox News Cold Opening | Brett Baier (Alec Baldwin) interviews Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph). Also features James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, Ego Nwodim as Harris Faulkner and Marcello Hernandez as Ramiro Gonzalez. | |
| Opening montage | A Film by Please Don't Destroy is credited for the first time in this season. Also, the colors of the rectangle were changed to yellow and navy blue (for musical guest Billie Eilish and host Michael Keaton). | |
| Monologue by Michael Keaton | Returning to host SNL for the fourth time, actor Michael Keaton discusses how SNL is 50 years old, and how he was working on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood at the time and starring in the new film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which it's in theaters now. Mikey Day and Andy Samberg also pop up as versions of Beetlejuice, until Keaton does the voice. With Sarah Sherman. | |
| ShopTV | TV hosts (Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day) interview a cookie guy (Michael Keaton) whose cookies look like human breasts. | |
| Please Don't Destroy Film - Skydiving | Two guys (Martin Herlihy, John Higgins) are scared to jump, because of incompetent instructors (Ben Marshall, Michael Keaton). With Emil Wakim. | |
| Forbidden Romance | A son (Andrew Dismukes) in 1955, sings about why he wants to be with his black girlfriend (Ego Nwodim). With Michael Keaton, Kenan Thompson and Heidi Gardner. | |
| TikTok | Variations of various TikTok videos. With Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Ego Nwodim, Michael Longfellow, Ashley Padilla, Kenan Thompson, Emil Wakim, Devon Walker, Jane Wickline and Bowen Yang. Cameos by longtime former cast members Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris. Musical guest Billie Eilish appears in this one. | |
| Billie Eilish performed "Birds of a Feather" with Finneas on acoustic guitar. | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news including Kamala Harris' interview with Fox News and Donald Trump dancing to various songs for 40 minutes during a rally. With guests, new cast member Emil Wakim talks about various topics including his background and the war in Gaza and Sarah Sherman talking about the Victoria's Secret show, and how there's no normal midwestern girls in the lineups. | |
| Uber Game Show | A taxi driver (Ego Nwodim) plays a game in a taxi, much to the chagrin of two passenger (Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman). | |
| Billie Eilish performed "Wildflower" with Finneas on acoustic guitar. | ||
| Horror Choreographer | An actor (Mikey Day) keeps doing theatrical moves, thanks to a choreographing coach (Michael Keaton). | |
| Tableside | Things go off the rails at a restaurant when a patron (Michael Keaton) gets the server (Heidi Gardner) confused for someone else. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Michael Keaton thanked Billie Eilish, Alec Baldwin, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Dana Carvey, Lorne Michaels, the cast and crew and everyone for having him back and he reminds everyone don't forget to vote, as Keaton and Eilish both are wearing vote t-shirts. |
Cut for Time[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Weekend Update: Two Guys Dressed as Doctors Share Last-Second Halloween Ideas | In this Cut for Time Weekend Update feature, Two Guys Dressed as Doctors (Marcello Hernández, Michael Longfellow) stop by Weekend Update to share their last-second Halloween costume ideas. |
Trivia[]
- Michael Keaton is one of the only SNL hosts from the first ten years to return to the show in this millennium.
- Six hosts from the first ten years that have returned to SNL since 2000.
- Michael Keaton joined an elite group of hosts who have headlined SNL throughout the decades, and he also became the 6th-oldest host in SNL history.
- Keaton also even became a fourth-time SNL host this season.
- This weekend's (October 19, 2024) Michael Keaton / Billie Eilish episode features the second-largest, as well as the twenty-fifth age gap in SNL history between an individual Host and Musical Guest.
- Billie Eilish joins this group of the youngest musical guests to headline four times on SNL.
- Eilish also performed her song "Birds of a Feather" at an incredible angle on SNL.
- This is Bowen Yang's 100th episode as an SNL cast member.
- Alec Baldwin says "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for the 45th time, remains in 5th place all-time.
- Maya Rudolph also says "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for the 21st time, moves into a tie for 21st place all-time with original (and former) cast member John Belushi, and longtime former cast members Chris Parnell, and Kyle Mooney.
- With last night's portrayal of Bret Baier, Alec Baldwin has now made an appearance in 29 of the SNL 50 seasons.
| Preceded by: October 12, 2024 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 2, 2024 |