Home > Saturday Night Live > Season 42 « TV Series Page Saturday Night Live: Season 42 (2016 - 2017) SEASON: Season 42 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Season 21 Season 22 Season 23 Season 24 Season 25 Season 26 Season 27 Season 28 Season 29 Season 30 Season 31 Season 32 Season 33 Season 34 Season 35 Season 36 Season 37 Season 38 Season 39 Season 40 Season 41 Season 42 Season 43 Season 44 Season 45 Want to see Episode List Season 42 Saturday Night Live Critics Consensus No consensus yet. 50% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 6 57% Audience Score User Ratings: 51 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Margot Robbie; The Weeknd Air date: Oct 1, 2016 Margot Robbie is the host and the Weeknd is the music guest in the Season 42 opener. More 2 Lin-Manuel Miranda; Twenty One Pilots Air date: Oct 8, 2016 Lin-Manuel Miranda hosts. Music guest: Twenty One Pilots. More 3 Emily Blunt; Bruno Mars Air date: Oct 15, 2016 Emily Blunt is the host. Music guest: Bruno Mars. More 4 Tom Hanks; Lady Gaga Air date: Oct 22, 2016 Tom Hanks hosts and Lady Gaga is the music guest. More 5 Benedict Cumberbatch; Solange Air date: Nov 5, 2016 Benedict Cumberbatch is the host. Music guest: Solange. More 6 Dave Chappelle; A Tribe Called Quest Air date: Nov 12, 2016 Dave Chappelle is the host. Music guest: A Tribe Called Quest. More 7 Kristen Wiig; The xx Air date: Nov 19, 2016 Kristen Wiig is the host. Music guest: the xx. More 8 Emma Stone; Shawn Mendes Air date: Dec 3, 2016 Emma Stone is the host. Music guest: Shawn Mendes. More 9 John Cena; Maren Morris Air date: Dec 10, 2016 John Cena is the host. Music guest: Maren Morris. More 10 Casey Affleck; Chance the Rapper Air date: Dec 17, 2016 Casey Affleck is the host. Music guest: Chance the Rapper. More Show More Episodes Tv Season Info Series 42 of the star studded variety show. Genre: Comedy Network: NBC Premiere Date: Oct 1, 2016 Creator: Lorne Michaels Exec. Producer: Lorne Michaels Cast Bobby Moynihan Kenan Thompson Vanessa Bayer Cecily Strong Paul Brittain Kate McKinnon Aidy Bryant Beck Bennett Kyle Mooney Sasheer Zamata Colin Jost Michael Che Pete Davidson Leslie Jones Mikey Day Alex Moffat Melissa Villasenor Darrell Hammond Emily Blunt Benedict Cumberbatch Emma Stone Casey Affleck Aziz Ansari Alec Baldwin Scarlett Johansson Chris Pine Margot Robbie Tom Hanks Dave Chappelle John Cena Felicity Jones Kristen Stewart Octavia Spencer Louis C.K. Melissa McCarthy Lin-Manuel Miranda Kristen Wiig Jimmy Fallon Dwayne Johnson The Weeknd Harry Styles Katy Perry Bruno Mars Solange Knowles Shawn Mendes Chance the Rapper Big Sean Ed Sheeran Lorde Lady Gaga Maren Morris Sturgill Simpson Alessia Cara Father John Misty Show More Cast News & Interviews for Saturday Night Live: Season 42 Saturday Night Live, Stranger Things, Westworld Lead 2017 Creative Arts Emmy Winners Saturday Night Live Skewers Kneeling Kellyanne Conway Donald Trump Loses in The People’s Court, But Wins This Week’s Saturday Night Live View All Saturday Night Live: Season 42 News Episodes 1 Margot Robbie; The Weeknd Air date: Oct 1, 2016 Margot Robbie is the host and the Weeknd is the music guest in the Season 42 opener. More 2 Lin-Manuel Miranda; Twenty One Pilots Air date: Oct 8, 2016 Lin-Manuel Miranda hosts. Music guest: Twenty One Pilots. More 3 Emily Blunt; Bruno Mars Air date: Oct 15, 2016 Emily Blunt is the host. Music guest: Bruno Mars. More 4 Tom Hanks; Lady Gaga Air date: Oct 22, 2016 Tom Hanks hosts and Lady Gaga is the music guest. More 5 Benedict Cumberbatch; Solange Air date: Nov 5, 2016 Benedict Cumberbatch is the host. Music guest: Solange. More 6 Dave Chappelle; A Tribe Called Quest Air date: Nov 12, 2016 Dave Chappelle is the host. Music guest: A Tribe Called Quest. More 7 Kristen Wiig; The xx Air date: Nov 19, 2016 Kristen Wiig is the host. Music guest: the xx. More 8 Emma Stone; Shawn Mendes Air date: Dec 3, 2016 Emma Stone is the host. Music guest: Shawn Mendes. More 9 John Cena; Maren Morris Air date: Dec 10, 2016 John Cena is the host. Music guest: Maren Morris. More 10 Casey Affleck; Chance the Rapper Air date: Dec 17, 2016 Casey Affleck is the host. Music guest: Chance the Rapper. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Saturday Night Live Season 42 All Critics (6) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (3) But all this is meaningless when asking whether this was a good year for the show creatively. Because if we look at SNL in terms of how groundbreaking and funny it was this season, "spectacular" is not a word that comes to mind. Sep 12, 2018 | Full Review… Larry Getlen Decider Saturday Night Live Season 42 kicked off with a super-charged, finely-tuned episode that felt more like mid-season than a premiere. Oct 10, 2016 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review… Chris White Paste Magazine This episode definitely feels like a finale, insofar as there are a lot of excellent sketches that may have been held back for this week and a few calculated risks that pay off. Sep 12, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Matthew Love New York Magazine/Vulture Top Critic Season 42 of Saturday Night Live had some undeniable high points, but it often felt like a case of style over substance. Sep 12, 2018 | Full Review… John Hugar New York Magazine/Vulture Top Critic If President Trump's shock-and-awe attack on truth, decorum and liberal sensibilities is intended to bludgeon his opponents into submission, "Saturday Night Live" felt like his latest victim this weekend. Sep 12, 2018 | Full Review… Mike Hale New York Times Top Critic In a season that's going to have a lot of Clinton-Trump sketches, there's a lot that's encouraging here. Oct 3, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Dennis Perkins AV Club Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (6) Audience Reviews for Saturday Night Live: Season 42 Aug 20, 2019 Greatest late-night show! Alexandr G Sep 05, 2017 SNL has officially gone downhill.From what was once a show that barely had every episode making fun of the president and making politics be funny and sometimes not, to now becoming the anti-trump show has become very boring.I am not saying I love politics that much, but if it is mentioned and used on a late-night comedy show every week,it becomes boring Emily K Jun 25, 2017 SNL Season 42 is old-fashioned hit and miss, kind of like an assorted chocolate box, there are horrid sketches and there are good sketches. Speaking of chocolate, I loved the sketch where they turned Putin into the Chocolate Man who wants to apologize for being such a woman-hunting sexual predator...... by offering free chocolate. Stanley C May 13, 2017 So far the season is mediocre with perictably written skits. Benedict%20 G Mar 11, 2017 They just focus too much on politics and isolate their audience that way. Their humor just isn't original or funny, and the guest appearances seem to be a revolving door of unfunny, political people. Will M Mar 04, 2017 SNL hasn't been funny in 30 years. Why on earth is it still on the air? Michael L Feb 13, 2017 Alec Baldwin is amazing as The Groper. When I first saw him, I thought he really was The Groper. Paula S Dec 10, 2016 The emperor has no clothes! With the exception of weekend update the show is unwatchable. There are some talented cast members but the writing is painfully unfunny. It is a tough job but the material is VERY weak. Sadly, has not been funny for MANY years. mark v See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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