October 5, 2021 'Saturday Night Live' premiere ratings down nearly 50% compared to last year The Season 47 premiere on Oct. 2 pulled in 4.9 million total viewers in comparison to the Season 46 premiere (in 2020) that attracted over 8.2 million viewers, per a Nielsen report.
October 4, 2021 'SNL' finally mocks Biden in cold open after going first 8 months of his presidency without doing so "Saturday Night Live" debuted its satirized version of President Biden for the very first time in their cold open despite having been in office for over eight months.
October 4, 2021 'Saturday Night Live' becomes latest to ridicule Sinema, Manchin for opposing key Biden legislation NBC's "Saturday Night Live" became the latest liberal entity to ridicule Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for not getting on board with President Joe Biden's multi-trillion dollar spending plan.
October 4, 2021 'Saturday Night Live' Season 47 premieres to low ratings Owen Wilson was the host and Kacey Musgraves was the first musical guest.
October 3, 2021 'Saturday Night Live' premieres with 'Weekend Update' tribute to Norm Macdonald, Joe Biden jabs “Saturday Night Live” returned for Season 47 this week and stopped short of its usual foray into politics in order to pay tribute to former host, Norm Macdonald.
October 3, 2021 'SNL' cold open shows Biden, Dem factions squabbling over infrastructure "Saturday Night Live" returned from its summer hiatus this weekend and wasted no time in mocking the Democrats’ infighting regarding the infrastructure bill.
September 27, 2021 'Saturday Night Live' to start Season 47 with cast shakeups Longtime cast member Beck Bennett will not be returning to the sketch comedy series as well as one-season cast member Lauren Holt.
September 23, 2021 Debra Messing calls out 'Saturday Night Live' for asking Kim Kardashian to host Debra Messing publicly questioned “Saturday Night Live” about its decision to kick off Season 47 of the show with Kim Kardashian West hosting one of the early episodes.
September 22, 2021 'Saturday Night Live' announces Kim Kardashian, Jason Sudeikis among first hosts of upcoming season "Saturday Night Live" announced the first four hosts and musicians slated to appear in the variety sketch show this upcoming season. Owen Wilson, Kim Kardashian West, Rami Malek and Jason Sudeikis will each host a show.
September 21, 2021 Bill Murray's 8 biggest roles: 'Ghostbusters,' 'Caddyshack' and more A look at Bill Murray's biggest roles from "Ghostbusters" to "Caddyshack" and beyond as he celebrates his 71st birthday.
