SNL will feature Emily Blunt, Tom Hanks, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga

Season 42 is off to a great start.
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Saturday Night Live Season 42 is not holding back.

The show just announced via Twitter that Emily Blunt will be hosting with Bruno Mars as the musical guest on Oct. 15. The following week (Oct. 22), Tom Hanks will take on hosting duties with Lady Gaga as the musical guest.

This follows the recent announcement that Lin-Manuel Miranda will host the Oct. 8 episode with Twenty One Pilots as the musical guest.


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SNL had its season premiere last week, with Margot Robbie as the host and The Weeknd as the musical guest.

We can't wait for the Sully parody.

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