Saturday Night Live has set its return for its 48th season.
The long-running NBC comedy show will premiere on October 1.
It will be followed by shows on October 8 and October 15 as it kicks off with a trio of consecutive shows.
No hosts or musical guests were announced.
Today’s announcement comes as the show is facing a “year of change” going in to season 48.
Season 47 was one of the largest in the sketch comedy’s history. Thanks to some new blood joining the writer’s room and a massive cast, the show was able to keep the quality high despite the loss of several of the show’s highest-profile actors including Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney.
One of the highlights of the previous season was the guests brought on to host. While it was nice to see Paul Rudd and John Mulaney join the ultra-exclusive Five-Timers Club, the first-time guests proved a bright spot in the season with Kim Kardashian, Oscar Isaac, Billie Eilish, Jerrod Carmichael, Zoë Kravitz, Natasha Lyonne, and Will Forte all providing the laughs in their appearances. Currently, no guests are slated for Season 48, but just last month, the show put out a call on its official Twitter account asking fans who they’d most like to see in the episodes ahead.
Young talent was able to keep the ship on course and thanks to their efforts, the show earned yet another Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and has remained the #1 comedy on television within the 18 to 49 demographic for the past three seasons.
Deadline revealed back in May that Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney were leaving the show at the end of season 47 along with Pete Davidson. It later emerged that Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari would not be returning either.
Lindsay Shookus, a producer and head of its talent department, is also leaving after 20 years.
Creator Lorne Michaels admitted that he was expecting this year to be a “year of change” for the show, which is expected to add to its cast ahead of October.
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