Saturday Night Live season 41

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The title card for Saturday Night Live – season 40, showing New York skyscrapers.
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 21
Release
Original network NBC
Original release October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03) – May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)
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The forty-first season of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 3, 2015, during the 2015–2016 television season.[1] The season premiered on October 3, 2015, with host & musical guest Miley Cyrus and concluded on May 21, 2016 with host Fred Armisen and musical guest Courtney Barnett.

Kate McKinnon won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in this season.

Cast

After two consecutive seasons with higher-than-average levels of cast turnover, no major changes occurred prior to this season; the entire cast of the 2014–2015 season returned.[2]

Prior the start of the season, comedian Jon Rudnitsky joined the cast as a featured player.[3][4] Beck Bennett, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney and Sasheer Zamata were upgraded to repertory status, while Michael Che, Pete Davidson, and Leslie Jones remained as featured players.

Announcer Darrell Hammond appeared in several episodes. He played Bill Clinton in three episodes and Donald Trump in most of the episodes of this season.

This would be the final season for Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, both cast members since 2010, as well as the only season for Jon Rudnitsky.[5]

Cast roster

bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor

Writers

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 41 (2015–16)

Before the beginning of the season, six new writers joined the staff: Upright Citizens Brigade performers Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, and Will Stephen; former Late Show with David Letterman writers Paul Masella and Chris Belair; and stand-up comedian Dave Sirus.[6]

Colin Jost, a cast member on the show and anchor of Weekend Update, who served as a writer since 2005 (and as co-head writer in 2012), was relieved of his position as co-head writer, although he remains on the writing staff. Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker continue as co-head writers.[7]

Episodes

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Host(s) Musical guest(s) Original air date Ratings/
Share
788 1 Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03) 4.5/11[8]
  • Miley Cyrus performs "Karen Don't Be Sad" and "The Twinkle Song".
  • Hillary Clinton (alongside Kate McKinnon's impersonation of her) and Darrell Hammond appear as Val and Bill Clinton, respectively, in the Hillary Clinton Bar Talk sketch. Additionally, Clinton also introduces Cyrus's first musical performance.
  • The Flaming Lips appears as Cyrus' backing band for her first performance.
  • Jon Rudnitsky's first episode as a cast member.
789 2 Amy Schumer The Weeknd October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) 3.9/10[9]
790 3 Tracy Morgan Demi Lovato October 17, 2015 (2015-10-17) 4.2/11[11]
791 4 Donald Trump Sia November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07) 6.6/16[13]
  • Sia performs "Alive" and "Bird Set Free".
  • Larry David returns as Bernie Sanders in the cold open. David also appears as himself in the opening monologue.
  • Darrell Hammond reprises his Trump impersonation in the opening monologue.
  • Trump's daughter Ivanka appears in the "White House 2018" sketch, receiving no audience applause.
  • Martin Short appears as Ed Grimley in the "Hotline Bling" sketch.
  • The choice of Trump was controversial and a number of Latino groups petitioned to have his invitation to host rescinded.[12]
  • Unforeseen at the time, Trump would go on to win the presidency, one year and one day after hosting this episode.
792 5 Elizabeth Banks Disclosure November 14, 2015 (2015-11-14) 4.0/10[14]
  • Disclosure performs "Magnets" with Lorde and "Omen" with Sam Smith.
  • Mike O'Brien appears in the pretaped sketch "Uber for Jen".
  • Cecily Strong begins the show with a tribute to France in light of the November 2015 Paris attacks, speaking both English and French. In addition, the SNL logo in the bumpers is colored blue, white, and red, the colors of the French flag. The stage lights after Sam Smith's performance and before Lorde's are also in those same colors.
793 6 Matthew McConaughey Adele November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21) 4.6/12[15]
794 7 Ryan Gosling Leon Bridges December 5, 2015 (2015-12-05) 4.1/10[16]
  • Leon Bridges performs "Smooth Sailin'" and "River".
  • Mike Myers appears in the opening monologue.
  • A photo is dedicated to SNL wardrobe person Jenna Krempel before the goodbyes.
795 8 Chris Hemsworth Chance the Rapper December 12, 2015 (2015-12-12) 3.8/10[17]
796 9 Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band December 19, 2015 (2015-12-19) 5.1/13[18]
797 10 Adam Driver Chris Stapleton January 16, 2016 (2016-01-16) 3.0/15 in 18-49
(approximately 5.7 overall)[20][21]
798 11 Ronda Rousey Selena Gomez January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23) 5.0/12[22]
799 12 Larry David The 1975 February 6, 2016 (2016-02-06) 5.1/12[23]
  • The 1975 performs "The Sound" and "Love Me".
  • Bernie Sanders appears as a passenger in the "Steam Ship" sketch and helps introduce The 1975's first song.
  • Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson appear as their characters, Derek Zoolander and Hansel McDonald from the movie Zoolander, respectively, on Weekend Update.
800 13 Melissa McCarthy Kanye West February 13, 2016 (2016-02-13) 4.4/11[24]
801 14 Jonah Hill Future March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05) 4.0/10[25]
802 15 Ariana Grande Ariana Grande March 12, 2016 (2016-03-12) 4.0/10[26]
803 16 Peter Dinklage Gwen Stefani April 2, 2016 (2016-04-02) 4.0/10[27]
804 17 Russell Crowe Margo Price April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09) 4.0/10[28]
  • Margo Price performs "Hurtin' (On the Bottle)" and "Since You Put Me Down".
  • Al Sharpton appears as an analyst in the PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton sketch.
  • An image of Merle Haggard, who had died three days earlier, is shown in silence following Price's first performance; also, Price's guitar strap has "Margo" stitched in the same style as "Merle" was on some of his guitars.
  • Mike O'Brien and Jason Sudeikis appear in the pre-recorded short film Oprah: A Life of Love.
805 18 Julia Louis-Dreyfus Nick Jonas April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16) 3.9/10[29]
806 19 Brie Larson Alicia Keys May 7, 2016 (2016-05-07) 4.1/10[30]
  • Alicia Keys performs "In Common" and "Hallelujah".
  • Dana Carvey and Darrell Hammond appear in the Church Chat cold open, as the Church Lady and Donald Trump respectively.
  • The mothers of Pete Davidson, Brie Larson, and Kate McKinnon appear during the monologue. Davidson's mother also appears during Weekend Update.
807 20 Drake Drake May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14) 3.9/10[31]
808 21 Fred Armisen Courtney Barnett May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21) 3.7/10[34]

Specials

Title Original air date US viewers
(millions)
"SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince" April 23, 2016 (2016-04-23) 4.5/11[36]
A selection of Prince's performances on the show were shown in honor of his death earlier that week.[35] Included were his performances during the season 6 episode hosted by Charlene Tilton, the 15th Anniversary Special, the season 31 episode hosted by Steve Martin, and the season 40 episode hosted by Chris Rock, as well as a performance of "Let's Go Crazy" during the after-party for the 40th Anniversary Special, which has not been aired on television before. It also included replays of the recurring sketch "The Prince Show", where Fred Armisen played Prince and Maya Rudolph played Beyoncé. Included were sketches from the season 30 episodes hosted by Queen Latifah and Robert De Niro, the season 31 episode hosted by Steve Martin, and the season 32 episode hosted by Shia LaBeouf. The performances were introduced by Jimmy Fallon who hosted this special.

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