'Saturday Night Live' Returns October 14th

[scriptedending]

Season 49 starts next week!!! pic.twitter.com/4YJgVumluS
- Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) October 4, 2023

With the writer's strike concluded, Saturday Night Live returns to air next weekend, with Pete Davidson hosting and Ice Spice as the musical guest. Bad Bunny will double as host and musical guest the following week.

Comments

[thereinventions]

Wait, is the SAG strike over?

[scriptedending]

No, so I am curious about how Pete is allowed to host. Maybe it's a different contract, idk.

[picturemegone]

I'm so confused because I saw this and idk if they think the strike will be over by then

Guests are back in Studio 8G starting tonight! @sethmeyers welcomes @tracymorgan, @chrislhayes, @nick_Offerman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Anne Hathaway, David Byrne ( @DBtodomundo) and music from @jungle4eva! Plus, @reynlord sits in with the 8G Band! pic.twitter.com/95LoKlN5Q3
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (@LateNightSeth) October 3, 2023

[aristobrit]

So far none of Seth's guests has talked about or promoted any new work/movies/shows. They have lots of other things to talk about that don't violate the SAG terms anyway. Lots of talk about what they did during the 5-month long writer's strike, so it's all been very pro-union.

[tillychar]

i was curious and apparently SNL is not a struck show under SAG-AFTRA rules. it seems like it's basically treated like the late night shows? SAG emailed members saying they're allowed to be on SNL, anyway.


The actors’ guild clarified that #SNL is a “SAG-AFTRA non-dramatic production,” which operates under a separate agreement “that is not subject to the union’s strike order.”https://t.co/ZdgLFajv42
- TheWrap (@TheWrap) October 4, 2023

[scriptedending]

thanks for adding this, figured it was something along those lines!

[yami_no_hoshi]

Thanks for the info!

[bttrsondaughter]

yeah they’re under a “Network Code agreement” which is not a struck contract. DWTS, soap operas, late night talk shows, and SNL are all under that