Saturday Night Live (season 42)
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Saturday Night Live (season 42) |
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| Country of origin | United States |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 1, 2016 – present |
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The forty-second season of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live premiered on October 1, 2016 during the 2016–2017 television season, with host Margot Robbie and musical guest The Weeknd, and will conclude on May 20, 2017 with host Dwayne Johnson and musical guest Katy Perry. The season has a reduction of ads by 30% by removing two commercial breaks per episode in order to increase programming time. Episode 18 on April 15, 2017 was the first episode ever to be broadcast live in all four time zones within the contiguous United States. Until this episode, the show only aired live in the Eastern and Central time zones, and was tape-delayed in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.
Prior to the start of the season, Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah (both cast members since 2010), and Jon Rudnitsky (a cast member who joined in the previous season) were let go from the cast. Killam, despite having signed a seven-year contract that would have taken him to the end of season 42, was dropped from the cast due in part to issues concerning his work directing the film Why We're Killing Gunther, which would have limited his time on the show.
The show added three new featured players: SNL staff writer Mikey Day, Chicago improviser Alex Moffat and stand-up comedian/impressionist Melissa Villaseñor.
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