Saturday Night Liveis preparing a return to the airwaves after the Winter Olympics wraps up, and the show has rounded up a trio of interesting hosts for the first three shows back. March 3rd will seeCharles BarkleyhostingSNLfor the fourth time, tied to March Madness which will be getting underway in short order. His musical guest will beMigos. On March 10th,This Is UsstarSterling K. Browntakes theSNLstage for the first time ever, hot on the heels of his supporting role in Marvel’sBlack Panther. The musical guest that week will beJames Bay. And on March 17th, former cast memberBill Haderreturns to his old home at 30 Rock to host for the second time, and he’ll be joined by musical guestArcade Fire.
Brown is a tremendous talent so it’ll be fun to see him play around with theSNLcrew, but obviously there’s a lot of interest in seeing Hader return as host. The performer will be promoting his HBO comedy seriesBarry, which he created, wrote, directed, and stars in—indeed it’s the show he went to make after he leftSNL, so the fruits of his labor premiere on HBO on March 25th.
Will we get a Stefon appearance on Weekend Update? The last time Hader hosted, Stefon co-creator and formerSNLwriterJohn Mulaneyreprised his writing as well for an unforgettable Stefon cameo. Mulaney was known to thrown new words or phrases into the cue cards when Hader performed Stefon to throw him off, but when Hader hostedSNLfor the first time, Mulaney slipped in “Dan Cortese” on the cue cards multiple times without Hader’s knowledge, leading to a full-on giggle-fit from the actor. Here’s hoping Mulaney returns in some way with Hader on March 17th. You can watch that Dan Cortese-infused Stefon appearance below.
