Because the Tv Academy continues to overview submissions, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” will see at the very least 17 of its 20 visitor hosts of Season 49 listed on the Emmy poll within the visitor appearing race, the very best variety of the previous 5 seasons.
The newest season of the enduring sketch comedy present, which heads into its fiftieth 12 months, featured a powerful lineup of emcees. These confirmed to be submitted embody comedians Nate Bargatze, Shane Gillis and Ramy Youssef; former “SNL” forged members Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph; and Hollywood A-listers Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, Adam Driver, Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Sydney Sweeney, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Momoa.
Musical stars Unhealthy Bunny and Dua Lipa, together with actor Dakota Johnson, haven’t but been confirmed to be submitted for consideration.
A number of sources and representatives confirmed to Selection solely that each one submissions had been made by the community or expertise representatives, with changes nonetheless attainable earlier than voting opens on June 13. It’s unclear which stars had been submitted by the community and which immediately by their reps. NBC declined to remark.
This season had a rocky begin, premiering in October amid the Hollywood strikes, however ended robust with a number of viral movies and memorable moments. Rankings-wise, the highest 5 most-watched episodes (by way of NBC dwell viewing) this season had been Bargatze (4.85 mil.), Davidson (4.78 mil.), Lipa (4.73 mil.), Gosling (4.7 mil.) and Josh Brolin (4.64 mil.). Surprisingly, this season’s least-watched episode was hosted by “Dune Part Two” star Timothée Chalamet.
Primarily based on Emmy historical past, “SNL” has all the time been strategic about not submitting too many hosts, fearing that might end in vote-splitting among the many contenders.
Final 5 years of “Saturday Night Live” host submissions:
- Season 48 (19 hosts, together with one pairing, 15 submitted):
- Submitted: Austin Butler, Dave Chappelle, Brendan Gleeson, Michael B. Jordan, Travis Kelce, Pedro Pascal, Miles Teller, Quinta Brunson, Jenna Ortega, Keke Palmer, Aubrey Plaza, Amy Schumer, Molly Shannon and Megan Thee Stallion.
- Not Submitted: Ana de Armas, Jack Harlow and Woody Harrelson
- Season 47 (21 hosts, 9 submitted)
- Submitted: Jerrod Carmichael, Kieran Culkin, Will Forte, John Mulaney, Jason Sudeikis, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Jimmy Fallon, Invoice Hader, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy
- Not Submitted: Ariana DeBose, Billie Eilish, Oscar Isaac, Kim Kardashian, Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simu Liu, Rami Malek, Owen Wilson, Jonathan Majors, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Kravitz and Natasha Lyonne
- Season 46 (20 hosts, 9 submitted)
- Submitted: Dave Chappelle, Daniel Kaluuya, Dan Levy, John Mulaney, Rege-Jean Web page, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph, Anya Taylor-Pleasure and Kristen Wiig
- Not Submitted: Adele, Jason Bateman, Invoice Burr, Timothée Chalamet, Nick Jonas, Keegan-Michael Key, Regina King, John Krasinski, Carey Mulligan, Elon Musk and Issa Rae
- Season 45 (17 hosts, eight submitted, together with three non-hosts)
- Submitted: Eddie Murphy, Larry David, Maya Rudolph (each David and Rudolph didn’t host; David performed Bernie Sanders and Rudolph performed Kamala Harris within the Eddie Murphy internet hosting episode), Adam Driver, Will Ferrell, John Mulaney, Brad Pitt (didn’t host, performed Dr. Anthony Fauci in “SNL At Home #2”), RuPaul, Harry Kinds, Scarlett Johansson, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Not Submitted: Woody Harrelson, David Harbour, Probability the Rapper, Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Lopez, J.J. Watt, Daniel Craig, Tom Hanks, Kristen Wiig
- Season 44 (21 hosts, 14 submitted, together with two non-hosts)
- Submitted: Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Idris Elba, Seth Meyers, Jason Momoa, John Mulaney, Paul Rudd, Adam Sandler, Sandra Oh, Emma Thompson, Awkwafina, Rachel Brosnahan, Halsey and non-hosts Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller (who performed Robert Mueller and Michael Cohen all through the season)
- Not Submitted: Jonah Hill, Liev Schreiber, Steve Carell, James McAvoy, Package Harington, Claire Foy and Emma Stone
The event makes the visitor appearing races much more aggressive. Gosling’s viral “Beavis & Butt-Head” sketch with Mikey Day and character-breaker Heidi Gardner makes him one of many high contenders to obtain his first nom. He’ll face tough competitors from FX’s dramedy sequence “The Bear,” which options Jon Bernthal, Bob Odenkirk, and former “SNL” author John Mulaney.
Many hosts are in search of multiple nom exterior the class, notably Stone (lead drama actress contender for “The Curse”) and Youssef (for guiding an episode of “The Bear” and his HBO stand-up particular “More Feelings”). Even Gillis, employed after which fired by “SNL” in 2019 for previous remarks (which he addressed in his opening monologue), could have double bids along with his new Netflix comedy “Tires,” angling for lead comedy actor consideration.
The competitors within the visitor actress class is fierce. Jamie Lee Curtis and Sarah Paulson are early favorites for “The Bear,” with a number of members from HBO/Max’s “Hacks” — Kaitlin Olson and J. Smith Cameron — who might be darkish horses. Regardless of a sturdy listing of names, this season’s feminine “SNL” hosts are in a stronger total place than their male counterparts.
Rudolph, who received back-to-back trophies in 2020 and 2021, is presently the third most-nominated particular person within the class’s historical past with six nominations, behind Cloris Leachman’s eight and Tina Fey’s 9. Along with her work within the second season of Apple’s comedy “Loot,” she might be on her solution to a number of mentions, together with Wiig, starring in Apple’s “Palm Royale.” However Wiig has by no means received regardless of her 9 Emmy nods.
All 12 common forged members — Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang — and 5 featured gamers — Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Chloe Troast, and Devon Walker — are anticipated to be listed on the ballots for the 2 supporting comedy appearing classes. Earlier than 2009, forged members competed within the now-defunct excellent efficiency in a range or music program class, which rewarded Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and Dana Carvey. Within the supporting comedy classes, solely Kate McKinnon, with back-to-back victories in 2016-17, and Alec Baldwin in 2017 (for enjoying Donald Trump) have received.
Since visitor hosts had been allowed to submit within the visitor appearing races in 2009, “SNL” has been a dominating drive, solely lacking out on an Emmy 5 occasions, together with the previous two years. Earlier visitor appearing winners embody Eddie Murphy, Betty White, Amy Poehler, Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish, together with two-time winners Rudolph, Tina Fey, Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon, and Dave Chappelle. Lately, with a surge of content material, and demanding hits like “Hacks” and “Only Murders in the Building,” the present has had fewer mentions, with solely three hosts nominated in each classes within the final two years.
The information comes because the probabilities of “SNL” receiving an excellent scripted selection program nod, which it has carried out in a number of iterations and names of the class since 2008, are starting to slender.
In December 2022, the Tv Academy renamed and redefined scripted selection, resulting in fewer submissions, with Selection monitoring solely 5 submissions. Per Emmy guidelines, when classes have fewer than seven entries, the submissions shall be screened by the suitable peer group for a nomination; any entry that receives nine-tenths approval receives a nomination. If none attain the benchmark, the sequence with the very best approval is awarded the Emmy. This might probably end in “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” which has received yearly since 2016, once more profitable the prize.
NBC’s long-running sketch sequence presently holds a number of Emmy information, together with essentially the most wins for a tv program (92) and most nominations for a tv program (306).
The eligibility deadline for all sequence concluding their runs is Might 31. The nominations voting spherical is open from June 13-24.
