Gillis was hired as a featured player in 2019 and fired days later after videos resurfaced of him making racial slurs on his podcast

"When he came back to the show last year [to host], we saw, 'Oh right, he’s really talented, and he would’ve been really good for us.'"

Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of “Saturday Night Live,” says he will have to “reinvent” former President Trump’s character on the show. “I think we have the people to play [the candidates],

Saturday Night Live has announced its first five hosts and the musical guest for the opening episode. Saturday Night Live will celebrate 50 years of airtime with its upcoming season, which will surely make way for high-profile guest stars,

They’ll be followed by Ariana Grande and Stevie Nicks on Oct. 12 and Michael Keaton and Billie Eilish on Oct. 19. After a one-week break, John Mulaney will host on Nov. 2 with musical guest Chappell Roan. Grande will make her second appearance as host, Keaton his fourth and Mulaney his sixth.

But SNL did us one better today, announcing all the hosts through November 2 (that’s through the rest of election season, for the politically minded). There are some very familiar faces (John Mulaney!