12 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 7
The expanded run starts in September and continues into early 2027, after Hannah Waddingham hosts this Saturday and Ncuti Gatwa closes season one.
Executive producer Lorne Michaels said the show keeps improving, while Sky called it its most talked-about programme of the year and said it is now firmly in the cultural conversation.
Season one hosts included Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Riz Ahmed and Jack Whitehall, with Myles Smith and Holly Humberstone set as its final musical guests.
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