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‘Saturday Night Live’: Jean Smart Kicks Off Season 50 With Best Premiere Audience In 4 Years


The Season 50 premiere audience was up 10% over Season 49

The episode, which also featured Jelly Roll as the musical guest, drew 5.3M viewers on NBC in live same-day viewing, according to Nielsen data. Then, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton and John Mulaney are set as hosts as SNL kicks off with five consecutive shows. Keaton will be joined by Billie Eilish on October 19, and former SNL star Mulaney returns to host on November 2 with Chappell Roan as musical guest.

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