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Saturday Night Live Officially Welcomes Adam Driver & Olivia Rodrigo

NBC's Saturday Night Live rolled out the video red carpet to welcome this weekend's host Adam Driver & musical guest Olivia Rodrigo.

With this past weekend's host Emma Stone (Showtime's The Curse) & musical guest Noah Kahan setting a pretty high bar for the remainder of the year, and Saturday Night Live icon Kate McKinnon & musical guest Billie Eilish on tap to send us off into the holiday break, it's up to Adam Driver & musical guest Olivia Rodrigo to keep the flow going. We should start getting a better idea of how this weekend's shaping up, beginning with tomorrow's SNL midweek sketch & read-thru check-in. But for now? Well, it's Tuesday, so that means…

Here's a look at SNL's welcome video, rolling out the red carpet for Driver & Rodrigo ahead of this weekend's show:

Last week, we got a chance to check out the official Season 49 cast image taken by Photographer Mary Ellen Matthews:

And here's a behind-the-scenes featurette spotlighting how it all came together:

NBC's Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase "Saturday Night Live" returns for its 49th season of laughs, surprises and standout performances.

"SNL" is the most Emmy-nominated show in history and holds 93 Emmy wins (including awards for its specials and short-form series). "SNL" has been honored twice (1990 and 2009) with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. The show continues to garner the highest ratings and largest audience of any late-night television program, entertaining millions each week on linear and digital platforms.

Since its inception in 1975, "SNL" has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of their generation. "SNL" makes headlines with topical humor reflecting politics and current events, features an array of characters with a perspective on pop culture that remains unparalleled, and offers sharp political commentary through its signature "Weekend Update" segment. A variety show that is truly one of a kind, "SNL" also attracts the biggest stars of music to its stage for innovative viral performances.

NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 company includes Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Colin Jost, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Chloe Troast, Devon Walker, and Bowen Yang. SNL is executive-produced by Lorne Michaels, with Liz Patrick directing and SNL alum Darrell Hammond announcing. Broadcasting from Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series is produced by SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video.

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