October 5, 2024 Season 50 episode
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| Episode | 970 |
| Season Episode | 2 |
| Host | Nate Bargatze |
| Musical Guest(s) | Coldplay |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"All My Love" "We Pray" with Elyanna and Tini |
| Previous Episode September 28, 2024 |
Next Episode October 12, 2024 |
The 970th episode and 2nd episode of Saturday Night Live's 50th season premiered on October 5, 2024, hosted by legendary stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze, the host of a weekly comedy podcast Nateland and four of his comedy specials: Full Time Magic, The Tennessee Kid, The Greatest Average American and Hello World, his first album "Yelled at by a Clown", he was also a part of Netflix's comedy collection "The Standups" and currently touring the U.S. of a standup set "Be Funny" Comedy Tour, with musical guests Coldplay, a legendary British pop rock band. Bargatze previously hosted SNL on the October 28, 2023 episode, the third episode and Halloween-themed show of SNL's 49th season, with musical guests the Foo Fighters, a legendary rock band. This is Nate Bargatze's 2nd time as the host and Coldplay made their 8th musical guest appearance on SNL.
Coldplay previously made their 7th musical guest appearances on SNL on the following dates: On April 7, 2001, the sixteenth episode of SNL's 26th season, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin, on May 21, 2005, which is the Season 30 finale, hosted by actress Lindsay Lohan, on October 25, 2008, the sixth episode and Halloween-themed show of SNL's 34th season, hosted by actor Jon Hamm, on November 12, 2011, the sixth episode of SNL's 37th season, hosted by actress Emma Stone, on May 3, 2014, the nineteenth episode of SNL's 39th season, hosted by British and American actor Andrew Garfield, which making them a former five-time musical guest.
On November 2, 2019, the fifth episode of SNL's 45th season, hosted by actress Kristen Stewart. An honorable mention, bandleader Chris Martin was the musical guest for the April 11, 2020 episode, which was the first SNL at Home episode, from later in that season, that episode was hosted by actor Tom Hanks. Which later lead to the full band making their first appearance in nearly half a decade and on February 4, 2023, the thirteenth episode of SNL's 48th season, hosted by Chilean and American actor Pedro Pascal, star of the Netflix crime series Narcos, Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian and the spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett and the HBO's hit post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us.
The goodnight speech for Nate Bargatze is "Thanks to Coldplay, Tini, Elyanna, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Jim Gaffigan, Dana Carvey, (Cheers and applause), Lorne, You Were Awesome, Vanderbilt Beat Alabama, Thank You, We Love You". (Cheers and applause)
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[]
- Cameos by SNL alums Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, and Dana Carvey, and Jim Gaffigan.
- Pre-taped cameo by longtime former writer Akiva Schaffer.
- Musical cameos appearances by Elyanna and Tini.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other
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| Vice-Presidential Debate Cold Opening | 
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Two POVs between Vice-presidential debate between JD Vance (Bowen Yang) and Tim Walz (Jim Gaffigan), and the Vice-president residence with Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph), Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg), and Joe Biden (Dana Carvey). With Chloe Fineman and Heidi Gardner. |
| Opening Montage | The background colors of the rectangles were changed to red and blue and the musical guests/hosts introductions clips of the opening montage were changed to one, only for this episode (one clip for musical guests Coldplay and host Nate Bargatze). | |
| Stand-Up Monologue by Nate Bargatze | 
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Back to host SNL for the second time, Nate Bargatze performs his stand-up about going to community college, not knowing what extra virgin olive oil is and abusing the DoorDash app, as well as McDonald's and Sonic's. |
| Washington's Dream II | 
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George Washington (Nate Bargatze) talks about the unique words of the English language with his soldiers (Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson, and Kenan Thompson). |
| Golf Tournament | 
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A golfer named Brady Knoll (Nate Bargatze) hits some unfortunate shots during a charity Golf tournament. Also features Mikey Day as Chef Duffy, Heidi Gardner as Amy Clarimont and Marcello Hernandez as the catty. |
| Univision - Sabado Gigante | 
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An American man (Nate Bargatze) goes on a Spanish game show hosted by Don Francisco (Marcello Hernandez). Also features Ego Nwodim, Chloe Fineman, and Ashley Padilla as the backup dancers, and Emil Wakim as 'Dracula'. |
| Next Episode Commercial Bumper | Ariana Grande will host SNL for the second time on Oct. 12. Stevie Nicks will mark her second appearance as musical guest, following her first appearance in 1983. Nicks is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee | |
| Devil Dog's Drop | 
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A pair of EMTs (Michael Longfellow, Nate Bargatze) decide on what to do with a dead guy on a water slide, much to the chagrin of two lifeguards (Devon Walker, Jane Wickline). |
| Coldplay performed "All My Love" | 
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For the live television performance, the band delivered a stripped-down rendition of the song, with Chris Martin singing from a self-playing piano. The arrangement also featured a small string section. A song that frontman Chris Martin had recently referred to as the band's "last 'single' single". |
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | 
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Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news. Including Trump returning to the site of his assassination attempt, being released that Trump was scrolling Twitter during January 6, Elon Musk attending a Trump rally and Trump not wanting to release his medical records, stories about P. Diddy, the Vice-Presidential Debate, and Colin rants about the fact that RFK Jr. never was on a debate. With guest, new cast member Jane Wickline (in her very first Weekend Update appearance on the show) stops by Weekend Update to singing about partying, and being someone's "plus one". |
| Smitty's Burger Garage | 
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Siblings (Nate Bargatze, Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman) discuss how to help their ailing father during a distracting lunch. |
| Coldplay performed "We Pray" with Elyanna and Tini. | 
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For this performance, Coldplay was joined by guest vocalists Elyanna and Tini. Chris Martin, Elyanna, and Tini delivered a vocal performance in front of a background featuring colorful, animated graphics |
| An SNL Digital Short: Sushi Glory Hole | 
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Two guys (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer) sing out eating sushi through a glory hole. With Kenan Thompson, Maya Rudolph, and Bowen Yang as the executives, James Austin Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, Mikey Day, Devon Walker and Chloe Fineman as various people. |
| Football | 
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A football coach (Nate Bargatze) is upset about his money, while the other coach (Andrew Dismukes) tries to hype his team (Marcello Hernandez, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and Emil Wakim) up. |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | 
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Nate Bargatze thanked Coldplay, Tini, Elyanna, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Jim Gaffigan, Dana Carvey, Lorne, and everyone of SNL for having him back, they were awesome, he says "Vanderbilt beat Alabama" and they loved them all. |
Trivia[]
- The performance of "We Pray" was excised from the episode's broadcast in the United Kingdom, but remains intact on streaming platforms.
- Before the goodnights, a photo of Kris Kristofferson, who hosted the season finale of the first season and who died earlier in the week, is shown in silence.
- Nate Bargatze is among these great SNL hosts who have asked back to host for the 2nd time within a calendar year.
- Bargatze is also the 9th person to host SNL in consecutive seasons since 2010.
- Of all the SNL hosts that have debuted in the last ten years, Nate Bargatze is one of the select few who has been asked back.
- With the return of Nate Bargatze, only 9 of the 20 SNL Season 49 hosts will have hosted more than once.
- Only 15 rookie hosts have come back to host Saturday Night Live since Season 40 including tonight's host, Nate Bargatze.
- Bargatze also becomes a second time SNL host this season.
- Longtime former cast members Dana Carvey, Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg said "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for the 57th time, remains in 3rd place all-time, 20th time, moves into a tie for a 24th place, and 6th time, moves into a tie for 60th place. The last time he says "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" was on April 14, 2012, the nineteenth episode of Season 37, hosted by actor Josh Brolin, with musical guest Gotye.
- With tonight's performances, Coldplay becomes the 4th band and 6th overall headliner to perform as musical guests on SNL at least 8 times:
- 15 - Dave Grohl
- 13 - Paul Simon
- 9 - Foo Fighters
- 9 - Chris Martin
- 8 - Coldplay
- 8 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
| Preceded by: September 28, 2024 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 12, 2024 |