ARTICLE: Emma Stone, Adam Driver and Kate McKinnon To Close Out 2023 As ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosts

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After a holiday break, “Saturday Night Live” returns with all-new episodes starting Saturday, December 2, with Emma Stone making her fifth appearance as host. Helping to close out 2023, the show has also announced that Adam Driver will host the Saturday, December 9 episode while former cast member Kate McKinnon will host for the first time on Saturday, December 16.

Making his musical guest debut during Stone’s episode will be Noah Kahan, a singer-songwriter currently nominated for Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammy Awards. His “We’ll All Be Here Forever” world tour kicks off next year. As for Stone, she has an upcoming film coming out in theaters on Friday, December 8, titled “Poor Things.” She also stars in the new Showtime series “The Curse.”

Marking his fourth time as host, Driver stars in the highly anticipated new film “Ferrari,” releasing Monday, December 25 in theaters. Olivia Rodrigo will perform as the musical guest during his episode, marking the second time she’s done so on the show. Rodrigo received six Grammy nominations for her second album, “GUTS,” for which she will embark on a 2024 world tour. 

Check out a clip from one of Driver’s most recent hosting appearances where he and now former cast member Cecily Strong performed in a soap opera-themed skit called “Marrying Ketchups.”

A two-time Emmy Award winner for her work as a cast member on the show, McKinnon starred as Weird Barbie in last summer’s record-breaking film “Barbie.” Making her third appearance as a musical guest during McKinnon’s episode will be Billie Eilish, who is nominated for six Grammys this year, five of which for the song “What Was I Made For?” which was an original song off of the popular “Barbie” soundtrack.

What follows is a breakdown of the final “Saturday Night Live” episode hosts and musical guest performers of 2023.

• Saturday, December 2 – Emma Stone / Noah Kahan
• Saturday, December 9 – Adam Driver / Olivia Rodrigo  
• Saturday, December 16 – Kate McKinnon / Billie Eilish  

Produced in association with Broadway Video, “Saturday Night Live” is broadcast on Saturday nights at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and is available to stream live on Peacock. Lorne Michaels is the show’s creator and executive producer.

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