Season 41

Season 41
Premier:	October 3, 2015
Last episode:	May 21, 2016
Episodes:	21
Weekend Update anchor(s):	Colin Jost Michael Che
Previous	Season 40
Next	Season 42

Season 41 began in the fall of 2015.

Jon Rudnitsky was added as a new cast member for the season,^[1] and Beck Bennett, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney, and Sasheer Zamata were promoted to repertory status.^[2] Five well-known writers left the show before the start of the season: Nick Rutherford, Natasha Rothwell, Alison Rich, Claire Mulaney, and season 39 featured player Mike O'Brien;^[3] O'Brien stated he would continue contributing the "Mike O'Brien Production" short films he had made for the previous season.^[4]

Season 41 was the last for longtime cast members Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, who were released from the show following the finale.^[5]

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Added:

Jon Rudnitsky

Upgraded To Repertory:

EpisodesEdit

Following the death of Prince on April 21st, a scheduled repeat of the April 2nd Peter Dinklage episode, due to run on April 23rd, was pulled and replaced by SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince. (The April 2nd episode had been advertised for the following week during the April 16 live broadcast.)

Episode Number	Date	Host	Musical Guest(s)
788	October 3, 2015	Miley Cyrus
789	October 10, 2015	Amy Schumer	The Weeknd
790	October 17, 2015	Tracy Morgan	Demi Lovato
791	November 7, 2015	Donald Trump	Sia
792	November 14, 2015	Elizabeth Banks	Disclosure featuring Lorde and Sam Smith
793	November 21, 2015	Matthew McConaughey	Adele
794	December 5, 2015	Ryan Gosling	Leon Bridges
795	December 12, 2015	Chris Hemsworth	Chance The Rapper
796	December 19, 2015	Tina Fey and Amy Poehler	Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band
797	January 16, 2016	Adam Driver	Chris Stapleton
798	January 23, 2016	Ronda Rousey	Selena Gomez
799	February 6, 2016	Larry David	The 1975
800	February 13, 2016	Melissa McCarthy	Kanye West
801	March 5, 2016	Jonah Hill	Future
802	March 12, 2016	Ariana Grande
803	April 2, 2016	Peter Dinklage	Gwen Stefani
804	April 9, 2016	Russell Crowe	Margo Price
805	April 16, 2016	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Nick Jonas
	April 23, 2016	SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince
806	May 7, 2016	Brie Larson	Alicia Keys
807	May 14, 2016	Drake
808	May 21, 2016	Fred Armisen	Courtney Barnett

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[0] Saturday Night Live Makes Just One New Hire for the Upcoming Season

[1] ‘Saturday Night Live’ Promotes Kyle Mooney to Repertory Player for Season 41

[2] SNL writers shuffle: Mike O'Brien and four others leave; six newcomers added

[3] Tweet by @snltrivia retweeted by O'Brien

[4] Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah Out at ‘Saturday Night Live’

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