Now that ‘SNL’ season 50 is behind us, let’s argue about what the best sketch was

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ABC would really like it if the mean ladies of ‘The View’ would be nicer to poor little President Toddler Brain

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We finally have a taste of ‘Philly Justice’ and I’ve never wanted a fake show to be real more

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Will ‘Buffy’ nepo babies be the newest members of the Scooby Gang?

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Scarlett Johansson is right at home at ‘Saturday Night Live’

Saturday Night Live
Scarlett Johansson & Bad Bunny
May 17, 2025

By closing out the 50th season of Saturday Night Live, Scarlett Johansson made SNL history, becoming the most recurring female host with 7 episodes, narrowly beating out Tina Fey and Drew Barrymore. (Alec Baldwin holds the record with 17 episodes.)

As I’m sure you know, Johansson is married to SNL cast member and “Weekend Update” anchor, Colin Jost, and there have been a lot of rumors that this would be his and fellow “Weekend Update” anchor, Michael Che’s final episode. So, was Johansson there to be with her husband on his last appearance on the show? If she was, it wasn’t confirmed during the episode, not even in the “good nights” which I understand were cut off in the broadcast airings.

Instead, all in all, the episode felt like a regular SNL episode: a few good bits intermixed with mediocre ones, and absolutely zero formal goodbyes from any of the cast members, like Kate McKinnon’s “Final Encounter” sketch, or being danced off the stage during the goodnights, like Kristen Wiig. If it was Colin Jost’s (and Michael Che’s and Mikey Day’s and Heidi Gardner’s) final episode, no one was letting on.

That said — Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman seemed to share a sad moment during the good nights. I don’t have either of them on my Bingo card for leaving next season, but Bowen has made a name for himself in Hollywood already, so it wouldn’t be a HUGE surprise if he were to leave.

But he better not.

As for Scarlett Johansson, she’s an excellent — and obviously experienced — host who helmed a solid finale. She’s a natural fit with the cast, and despite her movie star credentials, she’s unafraid to look silly or be ridiculous. Also, she can rap? Even if it was Jost’s last episode, I fully expect Johansson to return in the future: she’s family now.

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Former President Biden diagnosed with cancer and the media is being totally normal about it (no they’re not)

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‘Sirens,’ ‘Nine Perfect Strangers,’ ‘Big Mouth,’ a bunch of season finales and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

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In which the administration is considering going full ‘Hunger Games’ with a new reality TV show, because of course they are

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A dream sequence was cut from ‘The White Lotus’ and now it’s all I want to see.

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Welp, it’s ‘HBO Max’ again, and everyone — but especially HBO — has jokes

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