"Saturday Night Live" Season 51 will officially return tonight, Jan. 17. Here's How to watch the latest episode.

Saturday Night Live returned with a cold open once again featuring Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), this time boasting along with Vice President JD Vance and his cabinet members about his latest moves, furthering his presidential authoritarianism.

The bit, titled “Mike in Manhattan,” featured “SNL” host Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler) alongside his former “Stranger Things” co-stars Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair) and Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson).

The actor made his hosting debut on the sketch comedy series, where he was joined by musical guest A$AP Rocky.

Actor and musician Finn Wolfhard is slated to emcee the first show of 2026. The "Stranger Things" and "It" star joins the likes of Glen Powell, Melissa McCarthy, Josh O'Connor and Ariana Grande in hosting "SNL" during season 51.

Saturday Night Live returned from its winter break on January 18 with a Harry Potter sketch that parodied the hit hockey romance show, Heated Rivalry, sparking debate among viewers

As Heated Rivalry‘s global fandom continues to grow, the opportunities are endless for its stars, who just made their late-night debuts. Following Hudson Williams‘ appearance on the NBC talk show last week,

Those bits about the hosts were clearly tongue-in-cheek and aren’t getting much traction, but afterwards, he moved into another bit where he talked about how “gay” SNL is. Patterson said he literally shot at someone once on the streets but now he’s doing coordinated dances on SNL and you don’t understand what that does to someone.