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SNL: Olivia Rodrigo, Damon/Kahan, Ferrell/McCartney to Wrap Season 51

SNL Season 51's final three shows: May 2nd - Olivia Rodrigo, May 9th - Matt Damon & Noah Kahan, and May 16th - Will Ferrell & Paul McCartney.

The end is near for NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 51, with the long-running late-night sketch comedy and music series releasing the lineup for the season's final three shows in May. On May 2nd, Olivia Rodrigo will serve as host and musical guest. On May 9th, Matt Damon will host, with Noah Kahan as the musical guest. Finally, SNL Season 51 wraps on May 16th with host Will Ferrell and musical guest Paul McCartney.

Just when you thought that this past weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, with host Jack Black and musical guest Jack White, was jam-packed with sketches and musical performances, SNL is showing us just some of what didn't make the cut. In "Chili's Waitress," a couple (Mikey Day and Sarah Sherman) celebrates their anniversary on a romantic date at Chili's. While Black and Marcello Hernandez deliver, this sketch is all about Veronika Slowikowska. In "CPAP Commercial," a commercial offers testimonials for a new kind of CPAP machine. Interestingly, if this had made the final cut, it would've been the second time in one show that Sarah Sherman would've sported inflatable "breasts."

In "Weekend Update: A Guy and His Girlfriend Who's Always Cold on Dating App Fatigue," Day and Chloe Fineman discuss dating app fatigue – and yes, that's Day sporting a Scarlett Johansson tattoo (getting a great reaction from Colin Jost). Finally, "Simon's Life" introduces us to Martin Herlihy's cousin Simon, who has trouble making new friends. Black and Andrew Dismukes stand out… for reasons we didn't see coming. Here's a look at the four sketches that would've also been nice to see during the show:

SNL Cold Open: Thompson's Barkley Tackles Bondi, Noem & More

NBC's Saturday Night Live returned just in time for Easter Weekend, with actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black being joined by musical guest Jack White. Being a return episode would be more than enough to make tonight's show a big deal, but we've also got Black receiving his SNL "Five-Timers" jacket. Of course, none of that can get underway with the SNL Cold Open – and once again, there's a whole lot going on that the writers could target. Would we get James Austin Johnson's Trump interrupting another Easter presentation? Can we expect Colin Jost's dudebro Pete Hegseth to make an appearance? With U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi getting the boot from Trump, could we see an appearance from Amy Poehler?

Interesting. SNL is kicking off with a take-off on "March Madness" coverage with the iconic team of Ernie Johnson (Johnson) and Charles Barkley (Kenan Thompson), along with Jeremy Culhane (Coach Bruce Pearl) and Kam Patterson (Kenny "The Jet" Smith). The focus of the sketch was how Barkley spoke out against Trump's immigration policy, and kept interrupting the NCAA "March Madness" coverage to offer takes (after choosing his words "very carefully"). Barkley kept the topics coming, even going at "freckle-chested dragon lady" Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem, who got hits with a joke about her husband and "Big Momma's House 4."

Though it wasn't Poehler, we did get an appearance from Bondi (played by Ashley Padilla: "They threw my headshot in the trash like the Epstein files!"), who wanted to push back on Barkley's comments by proudly proclaiming that she was the first woman ever to be fired as U.S. Attorney General. Why was she there? FCC "equal time," of course. But after she had a breakdown, Barkley consoles Bondi by telling her that she has a future as a women's basketball coach who pulls on players' hair (possibly a reference to this).

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