In the latest "SNL" cold open, President Donald Trump defended himself against new Jeffrey Epstein photos and ordered a strike on Santa Claus.

Saturday Night Live' returns with a new episode tonight featuring first-time host, actor Josh O'Connor and returning musical guest Lily Allen.

Josh O’Connor hosted this week’s episode, which satirized an airborne news conference and also featured a pair of very sensitive male strippers.

Anyone who’s aware of the SNL casting process likely knows that at some point, series hopefuls audition for series EP Lorne Michaels and later meet with him. That was the experience for Ashley Padilla,

SNL's Michael Che said Donald Trump's picks for Kennedy Center honors—KISS, Gloria Gaynor and Sylvester Stallone—raises one question.

“That was a tough one for him to recover from,” Che told Mike Birbiglia on his Working It Out podcast about his 2023 April Fool’s Day joke on his Weekend Update co-host. Che said the one prank he pulled on Jost that he thought may have gone “too far” was when he “told the audience not to laugh at anything Colin said.”

O’Connor was joined by musical guest Lily Allen, while next week's final show of 2025 will be headlined by Ariana Grande and Cher.

SNL's Donald Trump can't decide whether the newest photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate are real or fake—and the drugs aren't helping

James Austin Johnson returned as Trump, with cast member Ashley Padilla returning as Leavitt. In reference to the real-life Trump’s public thirsting over Leavitt, Johnson’s Trump told reporters, “Oh, how great is Karoline Leavitt? We love her.”

The final new “SNL” episode of 2025 will air on Dec. 20. “Wicked: For Good” star Ariana Grande will close the season when she hosts the show for the third time. Her return to “SNL” for the 2025 Christmas episode comes just over a year after she stopped by Studio 8H for Season 50.