{"id":895908,"date":"2026-03-31T08:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/snl-sets-jack-black-as-next-season-51-host\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:22:28","slug":"snl-sets-jack-black-as-next-season-51-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/snl-sets-jack-black-as-next-season-51-host\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SNL\u2019 Sets Jack Black as Next Season 51 Host"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d<\/a> tapped Jack Black to host the next Season 51 episode. <\/p>\n

The NBC variety sketch comedy will return with a new installment on April 4 with the \u201cAnaconda\u201d star at the helm, joined by Jack White as musical guest. The show announced the lineup during the anticipated March 14 episode, which featured Harry Styles doing double duty as host and musical guest.<\/p>\n

This marks the fifth time Black will serve as\u201dSNL\u201d host. The comedian is set to star in \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d and another \u201cJumanji\u201d sequel this year. He last hosted the show on April 5, 2025. For White, the April 4 episode marks his sixth appearance on the show as musical guest.<\/p>\n

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Black joins a stacked lineup of hosts for 2026 so far. \u201cStranger Things\u201d actor Finn Wolfhard kicked off this year\u2019s shows alongside musical guest A$AP Rocky. Teyana Taylor and Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd hosted other episodes in January. <\/p>\n

\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d star Connor Storrie then served as host Feb. 28, a major milestone for the actor after rising to prominence upon the hockey drama\u2019s premiere in November. Ryan Gosling then hosted on March 7, which also featured an appearance from Styles. <\/p>\n

\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d returns with a new episode April 4 on NBC. Previous episodes are available to stream on Peacock.<\/p>\n

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Music Skip to content The actor is joined by Jack White as musical guest Jack Black attends the photocall for “Anaconda” at Claridges Hotel on Dec. 19, 2025 in London, England. (Credit: Simon Ackerman\/Getty Images) \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d tapped Jack Black to host the next Season 51 episode. The NBC variety sketch comedy will return […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":895909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":{"0":"post-895908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-news","8":"tag-podcast-music"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}