Inde Navarette hosts the best ‘Saturday Night Live’ of the season so far. Any questions?

Saturday Night Live
Inde Navarrette & Gracie Abrams
October 31, 2026

Despite Inde Navarrette not being a household name (yet), she was the perfect choice to host the Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live this year. Navarrette plays the tragic Nikki in the horror sensation, Obsession, and has apparently been recruited to join the Marvel universe as Rogue in an upcoming X-Men movie. She is very pretty, and like most talented horror vixens, has surprising range. But that doesn’t necessarily translate into success navigating a live comedy program. We needn’t have worried, it turns out, because not only was Navarrette clearly very comfortable doing comedy and allowing herself to be goofy, she almost seemed more comfortable, more charged up in the live bits than in the safe pre-taped sketches. In fact, her portrayal as a horny dude might have been the highlight of the episode for me, an episode that also included a surprise appearance from both David S. Pumpkins and Drunk Uncle. I predict Inde Navarette will go on to be a big star, and that we’ll be seeing more of her on SNL in the future. (At least I hope so!)

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Bumper photo of Chris Rock for the December 14, 2024 episode of Saturday Night Live

Chris Rock comes home for a perfectly fine ‘Saturday Night Live’

Saturday Night Live
Chris Rock & Gracie Abrams
December 14, 2024

Remarkably, this is only the fourth* time Chris Rock has hosted Saturday Night Live since he was a cast member back in the early nineties. Despite (or maybe because of) being comedy royalty, Rock hasn’t really spent that much time in the 8H studio that helped make him a star. And honestly, it’s probably for the best? Rock seemed unprepared for live television, hesitant at times, and clearly dependent on the cue cards and teleprompter. It was almost like he was coasting on being Chris Rock.

As for the episode, it was … fine. It was completely fine and unmemorable. It was a mid episode of Saturday Night Live, featuring a couple of legitimately funny sketches, a bunch of middling ones, and a couple of desperately unfunny bits. But most unfortunately for Rock, the episode will probably be best remembered for an unexpected cameo from an entirely different SNL alum. (Not Dana Carvey.) (Thank goodness.)

*Fun little fact: note the Prince symbol necklace Rock is wearing in the bumper photo above? Prince was the musical guest when Rock hosted for the second time in 2014. R.I.P. Prince.

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‘The Today Show’ isn’t down with y’all

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