Saturday Night Live will welcome Irish actor Brendan Gleeson as its next host.
The Braveheart star is set to grace the SNL stage on 8 October, joined by Willow Smith as the evening’s musical guest.
Gleeson’s hosting debut comes before the theatrical release of his forthcoming film, The Banshees of Inisheri, on 21 October.
That night, Willow Smith will make her second SNL appearance this year to perform records from her newest album, COPINGMECHANISM, which releases the day before, on 7 October.
The following week, on 15 October, Megan Thee Stallion will be on double duty as both the host and the musical guest in support of her latest album, Traumazine.
The comedy sketch show made its season 48 premiere on 1 October on NBC and welcomed actor Miles Teller as the emcee and Kendrick Lamar as the musical guest.
SNL’s new season follows a recent cast shakeup, with the exit of Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kate McKinnon at the end of its season 47 finale and the departure of Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, and Aristotle Athari earlier this month.
On 19 September, Chris Redd also announced his farewell.
Emmys host Kenan Thompson will be returning for the upcoming season alongside stars Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, James Austin, Punkie Johnson, Bowen Yang, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, and Cecily Strong.
Saturday Night Live will air on NBC and stream on Peacock at 11:30pm ET and 8:30pm PT on 8 October.
