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Saturday Night Live Welcomes Jake Gyllenhaal & Camila Cabello to SNL
After actor/comedian Jerrod Carmichael (Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel) & musical guest Gunna tore up Studio 8H this past weekend (check out our thoughts here), NBC's Saturday Night Live is gearing up for this weekend's show (the second of three-in-a-row for the month of April) with an official welcome to Jake Gyllenhaal (Ambulance) and musical guest Camila Cabello. At this point, we felt obligated to make some kind of Taylor Swift joke but since it's early in the cycle and there's still so much time for waves of unnecessary social media drama, we'll play things middle of the road (for now).
And don't forget that we have Lizzo (Watch Out for the Big Grrrls) doing double-duty as host & musical guest on April 16th. Now here's a look at the official SNL "welcome" video for Gyllenhaal and Cabello:
During a tour behind-the-scenes of SNL's show night with CBS Mornings host Gayle King for his Kennedy Center honor before the end of the year, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels revealed that he had been thinking of retiring and thought it was a "really good time to leave." But first and foremost, his commitment is to see the show make it to that milestone. "I think I'm committed to doing this show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years. I'd like to see that through, and I have a feeling that'd be a really good time to leave," Michaels explained. "I won't want the show ever to be bad. I care too deeply about it. It's been my life's work. So I'm going to do everything I can to see it carry on and carry on well," he continued. And while Michaels was loathed to discuss details on something that wouldn't happen for three more years, he did admit when it comes to who would take on the role next that they had "a sense of where we're headed with that."
NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 47 cast includes Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang; feature players include the returning Andrew Dismukes and Punkie Johnson, as well as new players Aristotle Athari (Future Man, All Rise), James Austin Johnson (Silicon Valley), and Sarah Sherman (The Eric Andre Show).